‘Smooth criminal’ is the embodiment of all things politics, society, and the arts. This edition covers a broad basis of issues in carceral systems: the lives devastated, the voices silenced, but importantly how carceral and settler-colonial violence is resisted. We hope you will take away reflections on how the current carceral systems must be dismantled and hope for a world that doesn’t lock children up.
In this week’s feature Jack Glass investigates just how fucked up our carceral system is here in so-called Australia.
Our editors are also back from the budget lockup in Canberra! In this edition our very own Charlotte, Imogen, and Mehnaaz break down the 2025 Federal Budget for you.
Within these pages, Ellie analyses our criminal justice system, Lilah Thurbon reasons why the age of criminal responsibility should be raised, Audhora Khalid urges us to listen to First Nations voices, and Hamna Khan reflects on Eid and the Lakemba Night Markets, Emma Georgopoulos warns us of the danger of glamourising murderers, and Emilie and Annabel dive into the art of refugee Mostafa ‘Moz’ Azimitabar.
Enjoy this week’s edition of Honi!
Love and solidarity,
Honi Soit
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Dirsten is a third-year architecture student exploring how art and the built environment can give a voice to the unseen and unheard. Growing up in the Philippines, I was surrounded by art, music, dance, and performance — but rarely in architecture. It is my responsibility to design spaces that uplift the human experience rather than conform to the rigid concrete structures of capitalistic consumerism.
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