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Is the Political Centre Truly Dead?

Discovering your ‘political self’ is yet another challenge of emerging adulthood for university students. Differentiating through generational bias, parental influence & programmed thinking, to find at one’s core what they hold as ‘just’. Yet, in the chaotic realm of social media and growing partisanship, how are the political views and behaviours of Gen Z influencing…

Chimeric Blink

“The whole procedure will take roughly twenty minutes. You’ll feel a slight pressure behind your eyes.” Dr Abram peers through bushy black lashes and narrow, wire-rimmed spectacles, his face contorting into an expression of concern. A neuroscience researcher, it’s no mystery why he didn’t pursue general practice. This strange, neurotic little man’s weirdly contrived attempts…

The Economics of Naming Rights: Are We Living in a Corporate Naming Dystopia?

My first encounter with the bizarre world of corporate sponsorships and naming rights was at the age of 11, during the construction of a new ice hockey arena in Detroit, Michigan. This coincided with the death of professional ice hockey player Gordie Howe. The timing seemed perfect for a posthumous tribute to a beloved Michigan…

Exhausted Uni Student Uses’ Networking’ as an Excuse to Skip Class and Drink Coffee with Anyone Who Has an Internship

In a world where it’s not “what you know, but who you know,” third-year marketing student Ellie Cartwright sips on her third oat latte of the day, claiming, “I’m playing life while life is playing you.” The third latte involves some overly eager nodding at an acquaintance who just landed a “dream internship” at their cousin’s private…

The Erasure of Women: Afghanistan’s Silent Crisis

There is approximately 11,500 km of distance between Sydney, Australia, and Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.  That’s a completely useless fact that will mean almost nothing to you – if you are a man, it means even less. But if you are a woman, that distance is a blessing.  The Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion…

Feminism and Fashion: The Politics of What We Wear

Fashion has always been a form of self-expression, but for women, it carries a weight that goes beyond style or personal taste. In today’s world, a woman’s clothing is still often seen as a marker of her character and intentions, with assumptions made about her morality, respectability, and consent. This troubling link between fashion and…

Iron Mike’s Mid-Retirement Debut: The Script and the Legacy

Talk is currently on fire over the recent streaming of former heavyweight champion, boxing legend and senior citizen Mike Tyson, against the controversial youtuber and illegitimate Gen Z boxer, Jake Paul. Let’s go through it all – the fighters, theories and what legacy remains after the loss… Tyson or ‘Iron Mike’ holds possibly one of…

Beyond the Somatic Rituals of Remembrance Day: Are We Capable of Peace?

At the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, the Great War ended. In his speech to the House of Commons that same day, David Loyd George pronounced his hope for the signing of the armistice to, in fact, be an end to all wars. We know now that this…