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The problem with mission trips

Words by Caitlyn (she/her), 18 NSW  I was on FaceTime with a friend when they said they wanted to do a mission trip with a prominent charitable organisation to build houses in a developing community. After they realised that my screen hadn’t in fact frozen, they asked why I’d gone completely silent. I, an Indian-Australian,…

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Invasion day. Hip hip hooray?

Words by Caitlyn (she/her), 18 NSW    Hey! It’s been a little while since we last caught up, and with a public holiday just around the corner, I thought we should celebrate that time my ancestors robbed, murdered, and enslaved your ancestors. Doesn’t that sound like so much fun? The idea that the 26th of…

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Unfiltered Thoughts - Culture

Unfiltered Thoughts: Culture

Although creativity is often associated with the arts, it’s actually a vital form of intelligence that drives people in many disciplines to discover something new. There is no real consensus on how exactly to define creativity – it’s interrupted by the individual. Is the finger painting that your parents held onto since you were 3…

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