When I’m not writing I am considering the answer to life, the universe, and every...Oh wait it’s 42. Next year you’ll find me hopefully in a new apartment. My favourite thing about GSM this year was contributing to the awesome. When I grow up I want to be sure about what I want to grow up as. I hope I will be remembered for the lulz. No words…no power. Words are a power unto themselves. Empower yourself, with words.
I contributed to GSM by writing reviews! I also contributed some political features. Also, I was music editor for six months. That was fun! When I’m not writing I am a musician/manager/hustler with my band Project Mayhem. Next year you’ll find me touring and recording with my band. Hustling for cash. Travelling as much as possible. My favourite thing about GSM this year was seeing it grow! I first heard about GSM a couple of years ago and it was called G-Spot Magazine, and it resembled a B2B and it was fucking ridiculous. Since Tom’s come on board he has turned the whole thing around. I’m really pumped to have been a part of that, even briefly, and I look forward to seeing GSM grow. In my past life I must have been Bon Scott, John Lennon or Yagan.
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Chris Gibson I contributed to GSM by writing game reviews and articles mostly related to games.
I contributed to GSM by writing politics, and editing the work of others. When I’m not writing I am reading. Next year you’ll find me as an active member of the Northbridge Branch of the ALP. My favourite thing about GSM this year was the blend of diverse contribution. In my past life I must have been Alexander the Great. I hope I will be remembered for my ideas and the practice of them in society. - Finish this sentence No words are without cause. Some words are immortal.
No words… Halliburton.
Letter to the Editor. Dear Sir or Madam: My name is Patrick Marlborough, I am 21 years old, white, middleclass-ish, and the editor of UWA’s student magazine, the Pelican. I write in regard of the image Tom Reynolds sent me of a woman dressed in an SS uniform pinning down a bald man. This image is inoffensive and should not be censored in any way. The defining element of good student press is complete freedom. When I look at this image I see a standard example of the freedom that student press offers. It is not offensively sexual, nor is the Nazi imagery going to cause any great furore. If we published something akin to this in the Pelican, a publication in its 82nd year, I doubt anyone would even raise an eyebrow. It is aiming to provoke the reader, but I don’t see anything harmful or offensive in this provocation. Indeed, the swastika tape on the nipples is a nice touch. You have to ask yourself whether you are willing to limit the freedom of content in a paper in its first year. It is a strange thought to me. You will set an eerie
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precedent: by censoring or even shifting this image you are making a dangerous concession, one that will only allow more censorship in the future. The danger of this is not that the paper will lose the ability to ‘shock’, rather it will become vulnerable of turning stale. This is the greatest problem a student paper can face. The appeal of a magazine such as Pelican and hopefully GSM is their ability to have completely original, unique, strange and thought-provoking content. If this is limited in anyway, then the paper begins a journey to an unread purgatory, where its existence is essentially pointless. I believe using this image as the cover of GSM will not hurt anyone who has their wits about them. You only run the risk of alienating the dull, which as I’ve stated, should be a central commandment of any decent student paper Cordially yours, Lord Patrick Marlborough Ed. Thanks Patrick. Those Swastikas were my suggestion.
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