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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,…
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…
The Space Between
Words by Joseph (he/him), 30 QLD The piece ‘The Space Between’ contains themes about mental health, anxiety and depression which may be difficult to read or triggering to some readers. Readers in need can seek support from the following services. 1800RESPECT – 1800 737 732 Lifeline – 13 11 14 Being unheard is…
Intrusive
Words by Isabelle (she/they), 22 NSW The piece ‘Intrusive’ contains themes about mental health, anxiety and depression which may be difficult to read or triggering to some readers. Readers in need can seek support from the following services. 1800RESPECT – 1800 737 732 Lifeline – 13 11 14 A foul thing has followed me…
Brown… White … In-between…
Words by Dionne (she/they), 17 WA To grow up brown is to be Sisyphus, without a crime. Atlas to your parents’, societies’, and your own standards In that order. To grow up brown out of India, is to be subject to both Western and Eastern societal pressures. A never-ending Pandora’s box of perceived failures. To…
Unfiltered Thoughts: Social
If we thought the topic of wellbeing was huge this is topic is GIGANTIC! We also know based on past submissions – this is what matters the most to our contributors. Young people around the world are standing up “for the Greta Good” amid droughts, bushfires and once-in-a-lifetime environmental disasters that are happening every other…
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…
Unfiltered Thoughts: Style
We have watched all over the world, as young Iranian women cut their hair in protest. The average person cuts their at least once a year (if we can be bothered) so why has this made us cry with rage? As the next generation we’re mindful of climate change, does this impact the way we…
Unfiltered Thoughts: Tech
We grew up with it all around us! In fact, you would be hard pressed to find a person on this platform who isn’t regularly engaging with technology. It’s how we communicate and connect, schedule our lives, keep ourselves entertained, and learn new things. There is still a lot we don’t know about the digital…
Unfiltered Thoughts: Experiences
According to trusty Google an experience is ‘an event or occurrence which leaves an impression on someone’. In other words, it could be an observation, understanding or knowledge, worldliness, involvement or exposure. When we talk about experience we’re talking about physical experiences – things you’ve lived through such as your first travel adventure in a…
