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It was and always will be Aboriginal land.
Verse Magazine acknowledges the Kaurna, Boandik and Barngarla First Nations People as the traditional custodians of the unceded lands that are now home to the Univeristy of South Australia’s campuses in Adelaide, Mount Gambier and Whyalla. Verse Magazine respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past, present and emerging. Verse Magazine also acknowledge the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia.
As winter comes to an abrupt end, and the homestretch semester begins, we are excited to present to you the latest issue of Verse. This issue's theme is centred on “liberty," a topic that our contributors have taken the creative liberty to interpret and deliver with their unique imprint.
This edition is a variety sandwich. We are proudly featuring digital artwork, creative writing, and interviews that are illustrative of the topic (either discreetly or overtly), and has been carefully curated by the Verse Team.
We hope that this issue prompts you to consider your own voice and power in the world, and what you would be able to create or accomplish if there were no limitations.
Until next edition,
WORDS TAMARA MONTINA
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I’ve got freedom of expression And I’ve got freedom of mind, I’ve got so much freedom but so little time. I’ll struggle and I’ll stutter And I’ll always lag behind, I’ll exercise all my freedom until it’s a crime.
I can write many words And I can change people’s views, I can manipulate the mind and alter the truth. I can pursue my own ideas And I can make my own news, I can convince the old to despise the youth.
I can feed people fire And I can be fed the same fuel, I can make a lot of money as someone else’s tool. They’ll teach me how to answer And they’ll teach me how to speak, They’ll teach me how to lie for five days a week.
They can’t tell me who to love And they can’t tell me who to be, I was born with liberties before I could see. Send my kisses to the judge And send my kisses to the free, When I die I know I’ll die without liberty.
Croaking out literature. Scribbling on emptiness.
My heart moves where my tongue can't, My head contemplates what my skin squirms at. I want my hand to write for the tome, to drink the ink that drips from the pen.
How do I escape the generational jail, How do I taste the composition, And sit at the table, where Society and she have tea.
I long to read aloud, And let sounds flow out of me with ease. The same way their lips glide across pages, Trickling with abundance. And of power.
They whisper and she hears. Her touch blesses them, Giving permission.
Their vocal cords filter the absinthe, Their chest expands with each commencement. Fingers touching together at the tips, diving forward.
Give everything to me, I want all of it, I want to enjoy the abundance, every last drop, Let me sit and impress her with what I have to say.
Hypnotise her with poetry, woo her from my core. Become filled with passion and rage, and hope and belief, and conviction. And fulfilment. Let me speak. At the table.
I do not have the words that twists and turns through their veins. I do not have the words that protect and fight for them. I do not have the words. That saves them.
But she will let me paint on her skin, nonetheless. Let my words sink deep into her, touch her bones, And calcify the belief she has in me.
I will reach for her hands and see myself written in her palms. And then she will clasp them together, so I may dive into her.
I will speak loudly, So that she hears. For her to teach me again and again.
Do you find yourself peeking through the curtains of your hair?
Are you playing hide and seek and peekaboo?
Is that why you opt for clothing that are layered, so you could hide between its pleats, beneath the blazer, above the shirt?
Is that why you attempt to look at the painting a little longer? In hopes of leaving some of you ingrained and embedded in it, forever? Or in hopes of understanding it a little more, just so you could fill the void in you, with another artist’s strokes, thoughts and pieces, to be a little less clueless? To be both seeking and sought after, to be lost and found again?
How long do you look at the paintings and ponder around the art in the museum? Do you follow the crowd, or take your time? Do you plan your whole trip? Allocating the time you gift each of the pieces?
Are you afraid of leaving your essence behind? Or do you find it beautiful?
Replacing I’s with You’s, to not let go all of you in it.
Like losing yourself with every strand of hair that falls and bids goodbye to the body, goodbyes are painful, so is this, too?
Hailing from Gerringong, New South Wales, comes the band Pacific Avenue. The band was formed in 2017 by members Harry O’Brien (vocals, guitar), Ben Fryer (lead guitar), Jack Kay (bass guitar, vocals), and Dom Littrich (drums, vocals). The band in 2017 released their first single called *In Your Arms*, which would be their debut single, and was followed by *Sally* and *Excuse Me*, which were showcased to the world in 2018.
The band in 2019 released an EP on the 16th of August 2019 called *Strawberry Skies.* This EP was full of energy and made you feel a connection with the band as they took you on an adventure of parties and their youth and told a very compelling story with their music. The EP was later met with a national tour, that helped the
band get major recognition. This led to the band signing a record deal with label giant BMG in April 2022 and supporting One Direction member Louis Tomlinson on his previous Australian tour. On the 5th of May 2023, the band released their debut album, *Flowers*. This is one of the first albums in a while that you can listen to from start to finish with no skips. There have not been many acts in a while that have left me shocked when I heard their debut album, but this band definitely has.
The first song, *Spin Me Like Your Record*, is just a great opening track to an album, it’s a mix of past and current rock and it blends well. It has a feeling of wistfulness of influences from bands that we may not get new music from in a while. An example of this is One Direction; it has a similar direction to the song *Get You Down* from the UK boy group.
The Beatles, resemblance to David Bowie, Queen, and so many amazing UK legendary bands.
*Leaving for London* took a while to grow on me, but in the end, it has to be one of my favourite tracks on the album, sitting there with *Strawberry Daydream*, which is a great song to introduce yourself to the band.
But the two standout tracks on the album that show great musicianship are *Lay Me Down* and *Give It Up for Yourself.*
The band happily wears their influences on their sleeves with references to
*Lay Me Down* gives me the vibe of The Beatles crossed with David Bowie, but with a modern touch that just works. The use of acoustic guitar and the lead guitar just sitting in the background creates an amazing atmosphere. But when that chorus kicks in, the lead guitar takes over with the licks and just gives that punch factor before it sits back into the groove of the verse.
This song is the number one standout track for me. Harry’s vocals throughout the track are raw and energetic, just getting you in the groove and showing the potential he has as a singer and songwriter. But the ending of the song gives the vibe of Hey Jude, in that it has a massive build-up with the instruments and the band singing in unison before it goes into a massive crescendo.
*Give it up for Yourself* is probably the most motivating song on the album. The song starts with the rhythm section of the band, just with a nasty and tasty groove of a bass line, before the vocals and drums kick in. The guitar lays back throughout the verse just adding
little snippets in to fill the void. But when that pre-chorus lyric sung by Harry, *Give it up for Yourself,* kicks in it creates a peak in the song before we go into a very catchy chorus.
The song itself delivers the theme of liberty throughout. It’s well written and gives you the feeling that you have been through the good times and the bad, but you’ve made it, you’re free, and you should be happy about that because, as they say, ‘give it up for yourself." The song is a true rock song, as we are given a heart-melting solo by Ben on the Wah Pedal, which fits with the vibe of the song and shows the influence he has as a guitarist, showing an aspect of Jimi Hendrix.
But the song just ends up being a big rock anthem, is one of the top tracks on the album, and deserves to be in the spotlight forever.
*Flowers* by Pacific Avenue has to be one of my favourite albums released in the past 5 years. Pacific Avenue has written an anthem of an album for the current generation.
The album itself displays the ideas of love, liberty, and excitement. As we all experienced heartbreak, feeling like we had been hidden away and couldn't express ourselves, this album helps you understand that it’s okay and you should just go out and do whatever you want and be yourself.
*Flowers* is just a great refresher for the music scene, and these guys have the potential to show the world that Australia has some great bands that deserve to be on those big stages.
I recommend giving this album a listen and checking out Pacific Avenue the next time they come to your city.
I give this album 10/10.
WORDS JORDAN DZWINIEL
What does liberty means to you?
"Based on your responses"
To live by my rules but being respectful of others’ in the same time
To speak one’s mind without being scared of repercussions or fear of being judged by social death
Having agency in a world that is programmed to stifle originality
Tell us a bit about yourself!
I’m an illustrator and maker, and one of 12 members of the Bloom Graduate Exhibition Committee. As the committee president, I take the responsibility of organising meetings and events, public speaking, scheduling, and making sure we’re meeting our goals. In my personal artwork I draw a lot of inspiration from queer culture, seasonal changes, and my home. My work is often characterised by warm and muted tones, a romanticisation of the mundane, and a handmade quality. I also enjoy crocheting, baking, and listening to audio dramas. You can find me at @acedawndraws on Instagram.
What is the Bloom Graduate Exhibition and why was it created? Can you tell us a little about the goals of the club?
Every year, the graduating students of the Bachelor of Design (Illustration & Animation) host an exhibition to showcase and celebrate all their work, and to make valuable connections with the creative industry. The club was created to let the students gain experience organising an exhibition and promoting themselves, and raise funds for the event, because venue and printing costs are very hard to cover out of an art student cohort’s budget.
Our goals are to represent the hard work and talent of the 2023 cohort, and also to network with the community here at UniSA through our fundraisers as it’s our last year here!
In the lead up to the exhibition we will be holding a variety of fundraisers and attending local events - you can follow along with us by following our Instagram and Facebook pages, and by looking for the sweet posters around campus.
Why do you think this club is important?
Giving young artists a chance to showcase their work before they go out into the world and try to make a name for themselves is incredibly important in our line of work. The fundraising that this club does means that this exhibition is able to go ahead, and it wouldn’t be possible without the incredible efforts of the club committee every year.
Giving young artists a chance to showcase their work before they go out into the world...
What type of fundraising initiatives does the club engage with? Can anyone get involved?
Our fundraising consists predominantly of events like bake sales and movie nights. We will be stalling at Papercuts Comic Festival this year, which we are treating as an opportunity to raise funds for the exhibition by selling our artists work, as well as network. We also have something exciting planned for Halloween this year – keep an eye out for posters this September!
We post about upcoming fundraisers on our Instagram, and have posters up around campus, and anyone is more than welcome to come along to them.
How can students learn more and support the Bloom Graduate Exhibition?
Students can follow us on Instagram @bloomgradshow, and check out our carrd (bloomgradshow.carrd.co) to find out more. We have a gofundme if you are interested in supporting, but the best way to support us is to attend our events!
And, of course, anyone can attend the exhibition! It runs from the 24th of November to the 8th of December, and is a fantastic opportunity to discover emerging artists, and see some amazing art. We hope to see you there!
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Join our club: usasa.sa.edu.au/ clubs/join/illustration/ Instagram: @bloomgradshow
...the best way to support us is to attend our events!
Hi! I’m Rachel, the creator behind Reggie by Rachel. I study journalism, but I also have a passion for all things creative and use Reggie as an outlet when I want a break from my academic commitments.
How/When did you get into sustainable fashion and customising garments?
I have always tried to keep the environment at the front of my mind. I was part of the Youth Environment Council in Year 7 and grew up around beaches. I would clean them up with my dad, and I thought I would become a marine biologist at some point. That dream changed over time, but I still hold onto the values I learned at that age.
I first started noticing the importance of sustainable fashion during the rise of thrifting as a trend online. I was young and didn’t have a lot of money to invest in lifelong pieces. I found that despite this, I still wanted to be as eco-friendly as possible while discovering my sense of style. From there, I did countless school assignments on the fast fashion industry, which made me realise how important it was to keep sustainability in mind.
It has almost been a lifelong journey because I could pin down so many moments over the years that have led me to the way I have decided to run Reggie. I could give credit to art classes, Instagram accounts I love, multimedia classes, screen printing videos, and plenty of random hobbies. All of this, combined with my love for fashion and art, created Reggie as it is today.
I have always tried to keep the environment at the front of my mind.
Who are your biggest art inspirations?
I always post my inspirations to my Instagram when I get a chance because I love to shout them out. Inspiration comes from all sorts of places for me, but the accounts that have impacted me the most would be @bird_like_dog, @shop_69_tearz, @anastasia_uncanny, @unhingedpeach, @bugdumb, and @uma.____..
I often also get inspired by tattoo artists like; @sinewpark_tt, @renelamouise, or @latchinga_.
Where do you source inspiration when repurposing existing pieces?
For custom pieces I like to ask the client what they want or try to get a read of their personality. When I created the I-Spy pants for my friend Chelsea, I was able to work with her to see what toys she grew up with to add to the piece and I think it made it all the more personal. For the pre-made pieces I sell, it mostly comes from Pinterest, song lyrics I like, or poetry I have been writing. I also love to add references to my favourite shows or movies.
Why do you think it’s important for others to take the initiative and buy from local fashion retailers?
It can be hard at the moment for people to want to spend money at all, let alone locally if it is more expensive. But it is important to remember that locally sourced items and
sustainable products have a far more lasting and positive impact. Being conscious of the way we consume can be both economically viable and environmentally conscious if we adjust the way we think. Less travel for clothing means less emissions, less new products mean less waste, and local interaction is better for the community too! The benefits are never-ending. The aim for Reggie is to offer pre-loved clothing with a minimised environmental impact or to take something you haven’t worn in a while and turn it into something new and exciting which can be deeply personal to you.
...locally sourced items and sustainable products have a far more lasting and positive impact.
Why should students opt for sustainable options over fast fashion?
Sustainable options feel better for your soul. Knowing that you aren’t leading to more waste in landfills and more emissions is a great feeling. Buying new from sustainable brands will give you a better product that lasts longer than fast fashion, and buying second-hand or repurposed items will give you something unique.
What has been your biggest challenge in selling customised clothing and fashion pieces?
Getting the word out! I think people are too scared to reach out, but I promise I can work with almost any piece, and I will happily answer any and all questions.
Other than that, I would say trying to do the final version on the clothes knowing that you only get one chance. There is no backup pair of jeans, so I am as careful as possible and try to give my clients the reassurance that it might take me longer, but the product will be better.
I also always want to keep everyone’s items for myself by the end. I fall in love with them all as I work on them,
but what makes me even happier is seeing people wearing my art.
Where can we find your work and how can we support your business?
You can find my work on my Instagram page, @reggie. by.rachel (and DM me for a custom piece if you would like), or you can head to my Depop, @r_forbes, to see what’s up for sale!
...buying second-hand or repurposed items will give you something unique.
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I hate that I’m not genuine, but if I don’t tug up the sides of my cheeks, I’ll just sit there, silent and dead. What is wrong with me? Why can’t I accept that I’m a corny person? Fake, exaggerated, theatrical, they tell me. Tell me again, because I forgot the mask was there and beneath is the furious black bear from my youth. The beast that starved, cut, and burnt itself. Drank too much and never asked for help. I’ve thrown a napkin over the hibernating face, but when the snow melts will the façade stay in place? And, this smile, you see is nothing more than an
illusion of me. An illusion of someone who cares, who loves. And this heart is munted, so I distract you with my flashing teeth but by the time we’re finished, I’ll have bitten off your hand. I’m losing myself in this smile.
And I can’t remember the last time I was real. I’m a clone of ideals. No beating heart here. No breath to be found. I’m a lunatic, living as a performing clown until the knife comes down on my balloon animal heart. Pop! It will go and nothing will remain. No blood there. Nothing but air. I’m not real, I’m not real. I’m fake, I’m a fake person. A babushka doll rattling, all the heads are cracking, but when you’ve opened me up what can you see?
“I’ve relied on fellow trans-folk to help educate me”: the inaccessibility of trans healthcare in South Australia
Transgender and gender diverse (TGA) Australians seeking surgical procedures can only go to a handful of specialists for gender-affirming surgery, and the process itself is lengthy and costly. OTR journalist Joanna Tucker reports on the journey faced by South Australians.
Dorian Lenoir, 21, a non-binary queer individual living in Adelaide, spends their days working a typical nine to five job, and their nights performing under the stage name of Dorian Courtisan.
“In Australia, trans healthcare is relatively difficult to access, since there’s so little public information on it,” Lenoir says. Performing around Adelaide for just under a year now at various venues and festivals, Lenoir says they prefer performing intimate acts where the audience gets to feel their energy up close.
“My style is a blend of drag, burlesque and even recently dabbling in a little bit of sideshow,” Lenoir says with a smile. They have had a passing interest in drag for a very long time, but only started performing in June of last year.
“I’ve relied on fellow trans-folk to help educate me on which doctors are good, the recovery process, and how to even begin navigating the medical system as a trans person,” they say.
Lenoir says that most medical professionals they spoke to, besides the surgeon, were not adequately knowledgeable on the process of ‘top surgery’, and that a lot of the information had to be given by Lenoir.
Top surgery, or reconstructive chest surgery, is a surgery typically sought by trans people who were presumed female at birth (PFAB), which includes men and non-binary people, to remove breast tissue and sculpt the chest into a pectoral form. With that said, not all trans people seek or want surgery, and being trans does not necessitate it either.
Lenoir began their drag journey through going to a show at My Lover Cindi in Adelaide, which featured local drag kings who gave Lenoir the advice and confidence they needed to take the jump into drag performing.
This led to taking a beginner’s burlesque class at Hot Sauce Burlesque to define Lenoir’s dancing skills, but ended up making them fall in love with the satirical element of burlesque. Recently, Lenoir has been training in sideshow and learning the history of the artform and safety tips from burlesque and sideshow performer Aleksandra the Great.
Sideshow performing is the act of using little-known methods to offer the elements of danger and excitement; such acts include knifethrowing, lying on a bed of nails, aWnd more. Lenoir’s latest act uses some of these techniques, and includes stapling objects to their body,
...they still face negativity in the Adelaide drag scene due to society's mainstream perception...
which Lenoir says is new for them.
However, they have managed to find a new home on the stage with so many performers who have helped them grow into the person they are today — particularly their friends at Mega Drive Events and The Finest Filth, who have supported them since their very first show.
Lenoir says they still face negativity in the Adelaide drag scene due to society’s mainstream perception of drag being significantly limited, such as feeling unwelcomed due to comments about them not being able to perform drag as they don’t identify as a “drag queen”.
According to Lenoir, most people picture a cisgender man dressing up as a glamourous drag queen when they think of drag, but it is so much more diverse than that.
“There’s kings, things, queens, and all sorts of weird and wonderful flavours of drag,” Lenoir says. “Drag, at its core, is about exaggerated performances of gender, and that’s one of the best parts about it.
loosely defined that it can be almost anything, and that’s the beauty of it.”
After performing for about four months, Lenoir began their journey to get a consultation for top surgery. There are a limited number of resources for information on top surgery, but ShineSA, an organisation for sexual health that seeks to improve the sexual health and wellbeing of South Australians, recommends that to get gender affirming surgeries in South Australia, patients should first familiarise themselves with available surgeons and surgical procedures in the state.
Then, they are told to go to another website, TransHealthSA — a digital information and resource platform for all trans and gender diverse people in South Australia — which has an updated list of the 13 available surgeons currently willing to perform gender-affirming surgeries in South Australia.
“I’ve seen everything from cis[gender] female drag kings to trans men who still dress up in super femme drag. Drag is so
These surgeries currently include chest reconstructive surgery — which is what Lenoir received — breast augmentation surgery, and facial feminisation and masculinisation surgeries. Twelve of the surgeons are transmasculine
surgical specialists and three are transfeminine surgical specialists. There are no genital reconstructive surgeons in South Australia to the knowledge of ShineSA.
Before all of this, Lenoir had an eight-month wait from their GP referral to their first consultation with a surgeon, and another consult to book the surgery, and then surgery three months after their second consult.
Christian Taylor, 21, a trans man, is a member of the Youth Advisory Council that works out of the Perth Children’s Hospital. Taylor’s work assists the Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS) of the hospital, which covers all of Western Australia’s public health for those under the age of eighteen.
Lenoir says that although this may seem like not long of a wait to many, their diagnosis of gender dysphoria made it feel like forever. Gender dysphoria causes someone to feel distress when they feel like their sense of being male or female differs from the gender they are assigned at birth. For some, the difference between their gender identity and physical characteristics can cause significant and persistent emotional distress.
Taylor says the only public health options for trans people in Western Australia are the gender diversity service for under eighteens or the Royal Perth Hospital Sexual Health Clinic, which is not a dedicated trans health team, and both options have wait times of up to a year or longer.
“I’ve been able to speak to the head of the gender diversity service [and] learn about how they treat patients, [as well as] the process for under eighteen trans health here,” Taylor says. “We give feedback and advice on any changes around CAHS that need consumer input … so, new
additions or changes to the hospital … and we look at frameworks for new policies and procedures,” he says.
“Being on that council allows me to give input that betters the experience for trans patients, as well as other LGBTQIA+ patients and neurodiverse patients, since there’s a massive overlap, as well as simple things like the addition of pronouns in emails and letters or addressing the public to help create a more inclusive environment.”
“All up, I probably spent around $7,000 or $8,000 total of my own self-funded money. However, this will, of course, depend on your choice of surgeon and hospital,” Lenoir says. “I wanted top surgery so that the way I looked on the outside could finally match the way I see myself on the inside,” they say. “It’s very freeing finally being able to see myself in the mirror and know that I have the body I’ve always wanted, which seemed impossible years ago.
Lenoir states that top surgery was expensive to such a degree that it is essentially inaccessible to lower income trans people.
“I paid $7,000 out-of-pocket for the surgery alone, which only received a roughly $1,500 rebate from Medicare,” Lenoir says. Along with this, you have to pay for the insurance excess, anaesthetist fee, post-surgery binders, multiple scar creams and any appointments with your surgeon before and after the surgery,” they say. Luckily, Lenoir was fortunate enough to sign up for private insurance that completely covered their private hospital stay and theatre fees, which would have cost another $7,000.
“It’s genuinely been one of the best decisions I’ve ever made in my life, and even through all of the recovery pain, I haven’t regretted it for a second.” Lenoir received double incision top surgery. “There are various types [of gender affirming surgery] available, depending on your anatomy and preference on how you would like your results to look, and double incision was my personal favourite, aesthetically,” they say.
“I’m grateful that I had no complications in my recovery, even living with chronic illness. I was very fatigued for a while, but I’ve been able to get back to regular life faster than expected.
“In all honesty, the drains are, by far, the worst part. It’s a gross feeling having your postsurgery fluids literally sucked out of you, but it’s worth it for the end result.”
This costly and lengthy process meant Lenoir had to take a break from any kind of performing or even rehearsing for a while, which did not improve their mental health as performing is such a key aspect of their life.
Recovery can be an isolating experience, considering all the rest needed after a major surgery, Lenoir says. They were able to attend light social events after approximately one month of recovery, and then was able to return to full-time work and nights out after approximately six weeks of recovery.
Lenoir is grateful to be on stage again, having recently performed in Singin’ in the Pain: Flare at My Lover Cindi. This open mic variety night was specifically for disabled and chronically ill performers, giving a platform for people to talk about their lived experiences of disability and chronic illnesses whilst performing whatever they would like.
“It’s a very special act to me, and a lot more vulnerable than I usually let myself be onstage,” Lenoir says.
SA Health did not respond to OTR’s request for comment on this story.
If reading this article has been difficult for you, TransHealthSA offers a list of crisis supports.
If you are reading this article has been difficult for you, TransHealthSA offers a list of crisis supports.
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My name is Isaac Solomon, and I am the USASA President for 2023.
Most of us understand liberty to be freedom. Liberty is something which has largely been expressed throughout the student movement.
The concept of liberty has always had a home at universities. University is a place where people are most free to be themselves but more important, have the freedom to explore who they are and who they may become.
The term liberation finds itself littered throughout the retellings of histories about the fight for both women’s rights and queer rights as part of the student movement.
In fact, one of the most pivotal moments in the South Australian queer liberation movement was after the death of University of Adelaide Professor, George Duncan, over 50 years ago in 1972. Professor Duncan’s death led to the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1975, a major victory for the queer liberation movement and something which was incredibly hard for the Dunstan Government to get through Parliament.
Liberty has also manifested in the form of academic freedom, the right to challenge popular ideas and question ways of life.
Though despite all its benefits, the pursuit of personal liberty is a two-edged sword.
University is a place where people are most free to be themselves...
At its best, it allows for a deeper and more meaningful expression of self but at its worst it can mean the taking of liberty from others, as some view their freedoms more important than the freedoms of those around them.
In this sense, the Australian idea of liberty is uniquely different to our American and British counterparts. When during debates about liberty, the idea of “Australian values” almost inevitably comes up, one thing stands out above all else. The concept of “mateship”.
This rather simple principle of looking out for one another underpins our collective understanding of liberty. That we should seek a more inclusive and compassionate society rather than one where individual beliefs and desires trump other people’s freedoms in a selfish race to the bottom.
Multiculturalism is one such idea which displays this collective understanding of liberty. People being free to live in their own
way in a society that embraces diversity of culture rather than forcing assimilation.
As UniSA students we strive for a more inclusive society where your right to express yourself is embraced by our community rather than undermined by others freedom to criticise your way of life or how you choose to express yourself.
Like many things, the embrace of liberty is an extraordinary balancing act. The pursuit of liberty is a tightrope to be walked but nevertheless one we must attempt to walk if we want to create a better society.
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