Author: musaeditor

Editorial board of Monash University Student Association

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:…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

Top Chef: You can never have TOO MUCH dessert! Presenting to you cupcake basket

I love to eat desserts. I’ve been baking since I was a kid, not much of a story there. My main inspiration has to be MasterChef Australia (I took the “dream big or go home” thing to heart). I am a super fan without a doubt, but the twist is, I don’t want to be there as a contestant. I want to be the judge. Maybe somewhere in my subconscious I feel like baking will help me replace a judge some day? :P 

Top Chef: Cooking a scrumptious scalloped potato roll with Fatima

Ah, potatoes. Who doesn’t love a good, hearty dish with this starchy root vege? Pursuing a food science degree now, Fatima, the winner of the non-vegetarian round shares with us her experience and inspiration behind preparing this heavenly scalloped potato roll.

Passion: Open to Submissions!

Tell us about yourselves, what do you like to do in your free time? What are the things that make you smile the widest, what makes you feel the most fulfilled? What makes you happy? Or maybe, who?

MUSA Did What: Towards A More Progressive MUSA (MSC#10)

Well well it’s Week 11 and I see some of you are drowning by massive piles of deadlines (jk, stay strong, we trust you’ll do just fine!) Today’s MSC News includes a note for Monashians who plan to join MUSA 2022, MUSA Bots, and the pre-order of Monash Malaysia’s official student publication MONGA!

What’s Wrong with Vincenzo: the trivialization of female characters

Vincenzo was a big hit, yes. It’s reasonable being a show with no loopholes, no boring moments, and perfectly-placed dark humour. But even shows like this have their flaws. In this case, it’s a pretty big one – that the writer of “Vincenzo” can’t write female characters.