Sitting at the park, I have lost track of time. I will never finish this editorial if I don’t take a step back and protect my writing from my overthinking.
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In an indirect way, the SSAF we pay serves as salves to our loneliness, if we know where to look.
I hope these perspectives can make you stop and think more often about where we live, why our home is the way it is, and what we can do about that.
In this economy, if you have an appetite for risk, you must challenge its meaning – rethink risk to encompass something else. When I told the Honi reporter group that this edition would be risk-inspired, I encouraged them to think beyond being handed their first joint.
I hope that you learn something from all the brilliant writers who have contributed to this edition, or that you at least do a double take in the mirror next time you put on a new outfit. And I hope you see the value of learning to cut from your own unique cloth.
Make sure to join us at upcoming rallies for queer-specific issues and other student organising alike to call for an end to the CAP and to revolt for sex workers’ rights, refugee justice, queer liberation, and a free Palestine!
Far from the boldly prescriptive propagandic works of Lissitzky, the ideology disseminated through art on campus is so enduring and pervasive you could waltz through an undergraduate degree without noticing it. Many do.
Go out and find your ghosts. Invite them in and wait for the kettle to whistle. And then listen. They have much to tell you.
In these pages, you will find Honi’s feature on the USyd Gaza solidarity encampment. After four weeks, the encampment has grown to over 90 tents and represents a united front across multiple factions who are all uniting to participate in the struggle for a free Palestine, and the moral reckoning of our time.
Central to the edition is the ongoing Gaza Solidarity Encampment. Although it may be passed absent-mindedly on your way to Courtyard — a historical reckoning of our time is sprawling over our previously, perfectly manicured Quad lawns.