Vulnerability

by Nadia Hirst A review of Nomadland and Hi Mom! as their filmmakers sweep the 2021 awards season. Hi Mom! (2021) In a year punctuated by hits to film revenue across the board, Chinese comedian Jia Ling’s Hi Mom! is an outlier that managed the impossible. It broke the world …

by Shajara Khan An exploration of the way the grief brought about by trauma is being discussed in the current cultural landscape and how creative outlets can provide a first step in processing that grief.  Since I began my master’s degree last February, I have found myself fixated on Riz …

by Chantel Henwood Sydney’s Mardi Gras festival has a violent history and this violence remains entangled within the lives of LGBTIQ+ people to this day. Police brutality, political injustice and Violence.  These things are not often associated with the festival that sprinkles biodegradable glitter through Sydney’s streets each year.  However, …

by Thao Pham It was another late night. The glare of the streetlights spilled from the edges of my blinds and, just outside, a cricket chirped away. The most unsettling part of all this was the absence of joyful music, roars of celebration, and Vietnamese karaoke – but at least …

by Jeremy Ellis An exploration of the so-called triviality of sex, dating, and love after coming out. It’s no secret that being part of the LGBTQI+ community is rife with challenge and obstacles. It’s hard to know where to begin; marriage equality, harassment and discrimination, microaggressions socially and professionally, identity …

by George Raptis How a ‘LOCALS ONLY’ sign speaks to the many boundaries which divide the people of this country. If you get the chance to visit the beach I live close to, you will see that on its northern cliff face, painted in thick white lines now faded by …