Contents
I S S U E
T H R E E
Editors Allison Bermingham Cameron Hart Christopher Quyen Gabrielle Rawlings
03
Editorial
04
Meet the Editors
June Murtagh Katie Kendall Rachael Versace
07
An Emoji A Day
08
On Learning To Be More Present
10
Volunteerism: The New Colonialism
13
Have A Slap
14
What’s In The Hat
18
An Open Letter To My Parents
20
Heroism And Hedonism
22
At Least When I’m 80 I Won’t Be Boring
24
Meta[data] Matters
26
The War, The Myth, The Legend
Sambavi Seermaran Creative Directors Ting He Rose Wallace McEwen Designers Joy Li Bec Lourey Angela Tam Brian Nguyen
30
Why Won’t These Women Shut Up And Let Me Help
32
10 Albums Released 10 Years Ago
34
BLT, BLAT or BLOCMAT
35
She Said Guac
36
Be Yourself(ie)
Collette Duong Cassie Ciccarelli Matthew Harrington Alya Higgins
38
What Goes Up
Contributors
40
TV and Reality
Cat Bendiech
42
The Force Tingle
44
Vertigo Serial Pt 3: Prophecy
46
Do You Know Him
47
The Fever
Vail Bromberger Jess Chen Victoria Chong Cassey Coleman Liam Edwards-Playne
48
A Journey To Kanchanaburi
Harry Goddard
50
Time
Henry Goodwin
54
Project Rooftop
Intisarul Hoque
56
Art Showcase
58
Photography Showcase
Sudden Matsa Raynor McKay Vanessa Papastravros Nicholas ‘Freddy’ Phillpott Zoe Rochford Robert Scarfone Gabrielle Shina John Taase
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Design Contributors Levi Hayes Kimberly Luo
Cover Image Ting He
Marie Good