A Collection of Things I Have Already Said About This
Memoir
A Collection of Things I Have Already Said About This
"Kick up a fuss." November 14, 2019
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
2 min read
Forever West Zine: an interview with Gabby Bortolot
Articles
Forever West Zine: an interview with Gabby Bortolot
To mark the launch of the Forever West, a new zine created by Gabby Bortolot of Rude Baby Records, we turned the tables and asked Gabby a few questions of our own.
Jake Stevens
by Jake Stevens
3 min read
This One's For Bill.
Memoir
This One's For Bill.
There is nothing like the bond that lives between kids and old people, and while I'm sure Bill would actively contest the idea that he ever reached "old age", the sentiment remains true. I couldn't put a name to it, but something special happens whenever memory and imagination meet.
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
3 min read
Anecdotes
Articles
Anecdotes
"You can hold two truths at once, Mia. Someone can be beautiful in your life and terrible in another's."
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
3 min read
Tidbit: The contradictions of Australia’s 'fast track' policy
Articles
Tidbit: The contradictions of Australia’s 'fast track' policy
Whilst the name conjures up images of quick processing times and swift decisions, the policy is anything but. One paper went as far as to rename the ‘fast track’ process as “lethal hopelessness”.
Eiddwen Jeffery
by Eiddwen Jeffery
3 min read
Don't Be A Dumbass. Writing to the Hippocratic Oath
Articles
Don't Be A Dumbass. Writing to the Hippocratic Oath
After years of being told that women shouldn't be angry—that we shouldn't be loud and disgruntled and ugly in public—I've found myself like a kid banned from drawing on the walls: all the more willing to do it.
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
5 min read
The gaslighting of a city
Articles
The gaslighting of a city
It took a single announcement to shatter the last vestiges that ‘we’re all in this together’, with the state government letting the burden for its disastrous hotel quarantine scheme fall on marginalised communities in Melbourne’s north and west.
Jake Stevens
by Jake Stevens
4 min read
Tidbit: Morrison’s past proves useful in the erasure of Indigenous history - but we’re not buying what he’s selling
Articles
Tidbit: Morrison’s past proves useful in the erasure of Indigenous history - but we’re not buying what he’s selling
As the outrage of the Black Lives Matter movement spread globally, this time sparked by the murder of George Floyd at the hands of violent Minneapolis police, Australia has been forced to confront their own race relations.
Stella Mollica
by Stella Mollica
3 min read
Moving Into Home: Recipes for Moving Out
Recipes
Moving Into Home: Recipes for Moving Out
Moving out for the first time, it is easy to forget how much the notion of home and community revolves around food. Nor do you stop running long enough to pause and reflect on how quickly your diet has degraded to two minute noodles.
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
2 min read
Tidbit: The hypocrisy of Scott Morrison's "free country"
Articles
Tidbit: The hypocrisy of Scott Morrison's "free country"
You may recall hearing the phrase ‘it’s a free country’ thrown around the schoolyard. It acts as a justification. It’s not a counter argument, it’s an on the spot defence, lacking in substance and without forethought.
Eiddwen Jeffery
by Eiddwen Jeffery
2 min read
On Unions and the Working Class.
Articles
On Unions and the Working Class.
In my father’s household, Peter Lalor was the name of a saint. From it all, I’d learnt a valuable lesson: if the higher-ups won’t listen, make them.
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
3 min read
Just Play Ball
Articles
Just Play Ball
I want to hold hands with my partner and lose my voice at a packed concert. And we will, soon. But no app will get us there faster.
Jake Stevens
by Jake Stevens
5 min read
I Am A Lion. On 'Melb Guys Pal'
Articles
I Am A Lion. On 'Melb Guys Pal'
More and more, I find myself wondering if it’s been a smart idea to be so public with what a friend of mine calls “lion feminism”: the loud and proud statements against sexism that put my anger in the public eye.
Mia Boonen
by Mia Boonen
3 min read
Lessons We Learned
Memoir
Lessons We Learned
After a long, anxiety-inducing summer spent isolated with my parents in our family home on the burning NSW South Coast, it seems I learned some lessons about dread and impending doom that have come in handy.
Will Hall
by Will Hall
3 min read
You've landed at the bottom of the rabbit hole.
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