“We need to talk. Look, it’s not you, it’s me…” “Maybe we should take a break.” “I love you… but…” We’ve all been there. We’ve all heard the million and one iterations of this message. No matter how nicely they put it or how much they attempt to soften the blow by “wanting to stay…
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Editorial board of Monash University Student Association
Butterfly Effect: Tiny Monkey and the What Ifs
The old Tree knew. She knew all that happened in the land, and she watched as the Tiny Monkey sat in the arms of her boughs and dreamt of many worlds. The Tree kept silent, though she knew a Secret that would help Tiny Monkey reach those worlds. It was not her place, not the…
Butterfly Effect: Words Between Silence
Words rarely come easy to me. Which is ironic considering how I identify myself as a writer. Yet, a wall sits between my heart and tongue. The whole concept of saying what I feel is foreign to me. Sure, I am aware that certain things make me feel a certain way – sometimes my heart…
Monash Career Peer (MCP) Soft Skills Workshop 2022
Monash Career Peer (MCP) soft skills workshop brought along with it a plethora of sage advice, guidelines as to how to learn to be a better human being not only in the workforce but just in your everyday life as well, along with thought-provoking entrepreneurial discussions. Our speaker for the second day of the seminar…
Humans of Monash: Nurul
“She’s into superstitions, black cats and voodoo dolls” She’s always had these two sides to her. Upon initial impression, one would perceive her as rather dreamy, a little ditzy, spontaneous, bright-eyed and bubbly. Essentially, what one would deem, the ever so controversial Manic Pixie Dream Girl. She would just randomly whip out her deck of…
Women’s March: In a delirium
I swipe. I swipe a lot. I swipe incessantly. I swipe so much that I hate myself for it but I can’t stop myself from it. The app, the people, the desires, needs, wants; the simplicity of it all makes it so accessible to construct a fantastical fictionalised reality for me. People become objects. I…
Women’s March: Pick-Us Era
“I’m not like other girls.” Is honestly my favourite punchline as a joke, simply because of how ridiculous it sounds. And my friends are always in on it as well, along with the rest of the internet sphere, always ready to make fun of the concept of ‘pick-me’ girls. But there was a dark time…
Women’s March: When ‘No’ Isn’t Enough
“Do you want a lift from me? I can drop you off at the train station anytime.” “No, thank you, hahaha. I prefer to sleep on the train.” “Are you sure? Let me pick you up, then you can sleep at the train station.” “Nope, that’s okay. But thanks for the offer!” Imagine someone you…
Therefore Cafe: Pi(nk)ture Perfect
Set against the backdrop of Menara Symphony Square’s grey steel-and-glass structure, Therefore Cafe’s (@therefore.cafe) iconic pink hue was a welcome reprieve from the drab and rainy Grab ride we had just endured. Well-known for its almost entirely pink-and-gold accented colour palette, Therefore Cafe has been featured in many Subang-ites Instagram feeds… but aesthetics aside, will…
Women’s March: The Male Gaze
“Male fantasies, male fantasies, is everything run by male fantasies? Up on a pedestal or down on your knees, it’s all a male fantasy: that you’re strong enough to take what they dish out, or else too weak to do anything about it. Even pretending you aren’t catering to male fantasies is a male fantasy:…
Women’s March: So What?
I curated a Spotify playlist which I titled “어쩌라고.” which in Korean means: “So What?” Yeah, it sounds obnoxious I know, but bear with me because I swear I have a reason. I’m a 20 year old Malaysian Chinese female who comes from a relatively traditional extended family. Very joystick-toting, “no boyfriend yet ah?”, children-are-meant-to-be-seen-and-not…
MUSA Did What: Getting our S*** Together (MSC #2)
The moment that we have all been waiting for (and some have dreaded I’m sure) has finally arrived! 🤩 We are finally back on campus and able to meet each other without a screen separating us from our fellow peers. We hope that all freshies and old-timers have managed to navigate through Week 1 without…
Butterfly Effect: Open to Submissions!
The term “Butterfly Effect” was coined by Edward Lorenz in the 1960s who, based on chaos theory, suggested that something as miniscule as the flapping of a butterfly’s wings as it takes off into sweet, spring air could cause minute changes in the Earth’s air pressure, a chain reaction, a torrential falling of dominos that…
MUSA Did What: New Year New Chaos (MSC #1)
Hello there everyone and welcome back to MUSA Did What 2022, featuring your all new Head Writer aka… me, Ashley. As I take charge of this running series of articles spilling all the MUSA tea, here is my solemn vow to you dear readers: “I vow to report the truth and nothing but the truth,…
I sent out a survey to all the men who’ve ghosted me
As a 21-year-old in my physical prime and mental rock bottom, my ego could not handle being unwanted. So, I got a little passive-aggressive, neglected my social reputation and structured out a self-deprecating survey to send out to a handful of men who’ve ghosted me…
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