Mother, I wore that dress you bought, it’s pink, with frills around the bottom. You did my hair up in that ponytail and made me wear some lipstick. You told me girls are supposed to look pretty all the time. I’m five, but I hope I’m more of a girl now. Mother, it’s hard for…
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May Thematic Month: Hello Future (Open to Submissions!)
The process of homeostasis in the body is a self-regulatory process that ensures all our bodily functions maintain stability while we adjust to any changes in our external environment. Without this regulation, our bodies would shut down and perish. It is in our very nature, threaded into our very DNA that we, as humans, are…
MONCH! @ Luckin Kopi
*This article features a halal restaurant Located in the heart of KL, a cosy unassuming restaurant sits between rows of buildings in Jalan Panggong. The exterior of the restaurant is simple with a touch of traditional nostalgia as seen by the wooden details of the entrance. We made the mistake of coming right during lunch…
Monash Sri Lankan Protest: Fighting for Home
“You messed with the wrong generation.” Sri Lanka, the beautiful island nation in the heart of the Indian Ocean, currently faces the worst economic and political crisis since the country’s independence. Over 22 million people have been left to fend for their own without access to food, water, gas, electricity, and medicine, all by a…
MUSA Did What (3): #TGIMS (Thank God It’s Mid-Sem Break)
The headline probably says it all doesn’t it? Mentally, this Head Writer confesses that she is somewhere in Week 3 (along with all of my lectures woops) so thank God for sem break, which won’t be much of a sem break for me let’s be fair. However, for those of you who are planning to…
Women’s March: Foremothers
To all my Foremothers, I apologise for not knowing your name, Although you carried generations in your womb; I apologise while you bled in despair, Only to hold your female heir, People taunted at your failure; I apologise for not knowing your name, When you fought for my breath; I apologise for calling you weak…
Women’s March: Creation Story
In spacetime before the First Rising, the Aqueon (now known as Earth) was only made up of the seas and skies. The Great Serpent emerged from the deep Aqueon waters and clawed its way onto the lands. The hails of soil it sent flying into the sky turned into clouds while the holes it left…
Women’s March: Post-Semester Reflections
slumped over in bed, i telephoned a close friend of mine- kiki, for an interview- asking for her thoughts, feelings and understandings developed throughout her first semester of her second year as a theatre school dropout majoring in gender studies, as a girl and as a student. she- in a bathtub with an arm and…
Butterfly Effect: Phantom Limb
“You don’t want a sibling. They’re tedious, annoy the shit out of you and honestly if they’re younger than you, you might just end up taking care of them instead of your parents.” A lot of people have told me how fortunate I am, having been born the only child, allowing myself to be the…
Butterfly Effect: Wasted Time
When I look back upon the expansive yet monotonous yore of the past twenty years of my life, the sentiment that I feel the strongest isn’t necessarily regret. I did the best with what I had at the time, that’s the mantra I’ve been trying to incessantly memorize. However, what is life but a yawning…
Butterfly Effect: The Road Taken Looks Real Good Now
I love the idea of filmmaking and storytelling. Always have, and probably always will. I love the way ideas, visions, dreams, come to life on the screen. The nuances in how emotion, setting, and ambience is portrayed in film. It’s something I could talk about for hours. And so naturally, when it came time for…
Butterfly Effect: Missing Signal(s)
What does it mean when someone texts you first? Is it out of necessity because of work? Is it out of boredom? Is it the burning curiosity you have of someone else? And what is the appropriate reaction anyway? Do we reply politely? Do we leave them on read? Do we block and archive them…
April Thematic Month: Favorite Crime (Open to Submissions!)
“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…
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…
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