Don’t Go Down to the Basement: Why We Shouldn’t Enjoy Horror… and Why We Do Anyway

Sarah Dornseiff, Creative Literature and Writing Society (writer); Zoë Hoffman (illustrator)

Writing horror represents a mastery of controlling and releasing tension.Read Article

Dating App Armageddon

Emma Barrett (writer), Alexi O'Keefe (graphics)

I’m in bed on Hinge. I scroll through a couple of photos on a profile and then hit the cross in the bottom left corner. Read Article

Empathy and Entropy: Mobile Gaming’s Advertising Dystopia

Nicholas Speed (writer), Phoebe Lee (graphics)

We are deep within the entropy of hyper casual mobile gaming. New apps are uploaded every single second, often as previoRead Article

The Aesthetics of Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Aries (writer), Ella Cao (graphics)

The Animal Crossing franchise’s cosy aesthetics and relaxed gameplay have enjoyed wild popularity, especially since the Read Article

Robots and Lawyers: What Being ‘On the Spectrum’ Really Means

Ishan Morris-Gray (writer), Amber Liang (graphics)

In this final column, I want to have a look at a few examples of some stories on screen and in literature that seem to pRead Article

The ‘VAPE NATION’ To Sad Girl Pipeline: How Melbourne’s Vaping Epidemic Is Fuelling Mental Illness

Maggie Stoner (writer), Maggie Ung (graphics)

If you live in Melbourne—or anywhere really—you’ll be aware of the rise of disposable vapes and their many enthusiasts. Read Article

“Giving It All Away” (to him): Analysing Phallogocentrism in Helen Garner’s Monkey Grip

Maggie Slater (writer), Ella Cao (graphics)

Bitches love Monkey Grip. And by bitches, I mean me, and every other indie kid and/or English/Creative Writing major in Read Article

Review: A World With No Shore by Hélène Gaudy

Sarah Pemberton (writer)

Review: Seven Kinds Of People You Find In Bookshops by Shaun Bythell

Christina Savopoulos (writer)

Laughably and Painfully AccurateRead Article

Review: Let’s Talk About Layla by Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Sarah Peters (writer)

A Message to the Uni Gods: Change Your Extension Policies

Joel Duggan (writer), Amber Liang (graphics)

Extensions, huh? You can’t really get through uni without needing one at least once, but boy do they make it an absoluteRead Article

When ‘Less Is More’ Is Too Much

Bella Farrelly (writer), Maggie Ung (graphics)

Those of us who have been subjected to feminine beauty standards will remember with some contempt the ‘Instagram makeup’Read Article

Loving/Hating DALL-E

Emma Barrett (writer), Alexi O'Keefe (graphics)

I’m fidgeting in a swivel chair as we wait for Craiyon, formerly known as DALL-E mini, to spit out images for the text pRead Article

Can Electronic Music Still Conjure the Future?

Nicholas Speed (writer), Amber Jepsen (graphics)

It became apparent to late writer Mark Fisher that around the mid-2000s, electronic music as a genre had failed to produRead Article

Who is the Cool Girl? The evolution of coolness in a culture that thrives off impermanence.

Maggie Stoner (writer), Maggie Ung (graphics)

We’ve all seen her, in some way or another, in some time or place. The illusive walk, the ethereal mystique, the silent Read Article

Abortion in Australia

Sophie Breeze (writer), Maggie Ung (graphics)

As of September 2021, abortion practices have been legalised under Australian law nationwide. It’s been a long journey, Read Article

Social Media and the Body Image Crisis

Laura Quintero (writer), Maggie Ung (graphics)

The College Captain to Green Hair Pipeline

Emma Xerri (writer), Phoebe Lee (graphics)

I loved high school. I loved my teachers and my friends. I loved immersing myself in my subjects and my role as College Read Article

WHY AM I CRYING OVER 18 YOUNG MEN?

Velentina Boulter (writer), Phoebe Lee (graphics)

But just like that. After 20 years of nothing but constant support. This is how the North Melbourne Football ClubRead Article

Women in Muscles

Sophie Breeze (writer), Amber Liang (graphics)

I’ve been working out since I was in my early teens. Not always consistently, and very rarely well, but I grew up with aRead Article

A Love Letter to the Seventies

Emma Xerri (writer), Amber Liang (graphics)

I can still remember where I was the first time I heard ‘Everything I Own’ by Bread. I remember who with me at the time Read Article