


Clubbing Before and After a Feminist Conscience
Clodagh Schofield on why clubbing is shit (or maybe not that shit).


Fetishising Trans Bodies
My cheek itches in the heat. Sweat beads minutely form on the dozens of black whiskers grown a little past stubble. But this irritation is minor when set against my distress at being whiskered when I feel my body should be unwhiskered. This is dysphoria: the distress that transgender people experience at being misgendered or…

Human Resources
Patrick Morrow is a friend, foe and face of the University of Sydney Union

Locked up on Racial Lines
In Orana Juvenile Justice Centre, 99% of the inmates are Aboriginal. Indigenous youths represent only 5% of young Australian people. Yet 39% of the young people in the juvenile justice system are Aboriginal. At the Centre, I heard some of the adults telling the kids not to waste their opportunities. But what opportunities are they…

Cheeky Colli Bastard: Rapping in Walgett
Halfway through our interview Michael Graham stops me mid-question. “We might just see what these kids want,” he says, grinning slightly. I juggle phones and cameras as five young boys climb all over him, posing for photos and shaking his hand. In the background of each snap is the Walgett Showground and a stage where…

I Know What You Want
Lyra Talise is a student and a sex-worker. These are the online profiles she uses and the clients they attract.
National Union of Students cuts funding for the marginalised in between drinks
Astha Rajvanshi thinks that there was a giant, marginalized elephant in the room at last week’s National Union of Students Presidents’ Summit