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It's the last call for Grapeshot Contributor Callout: Issue 5- Season 10, Episode 5!!! I swom to jom if you don't brew up some sweet pop culture tea like this summation of the cultural impact of Doc Martens - well, heh, let's just say you'll regret it. grapeshotmq.com.au/2017/08/whats-…

Hey! You! If you don't send us a tasty pop-culture related article like this succinct deconstruction of the 'solo female' trope by Georgia Drinan, you're totally boned (until next issue, that is!) Check out... grapeshotmq.com.au/2017/05/pop-cu…

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The deadline for Grapeshot Contributor Callout: Issue 5- Season 10, Episode 5 is fast approaching! To get your creative juices flowing in time for the deadline this Friday, check out this fab article on Pop Culture Queer Coding by Nikita Jones. grapeshotmq.com.au/2017/09/gay-co…

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"For me, being queer and Christian is not a difficult thing. I grew up with a knowledge of a God that is all-encompassing love with a strong passion for disruption, and that definitively includes queer people.... grapeshotmq.com.au/2018/06/featur…

"In the end it wasn’t me who discovered the joys of horticulture, but my friend. The more I asked about his garden, the more I heard with incredulity the exploits of this avid gardener who finds ingenious ways to garden... grapeshotmq.com.au/2018/06/featur…

"I love ghosts, and I love haunted houses. But most of all, I love the thought of terrifying, supernatural apparitions haunting me while I sleep. So, with this excitement in mind, my partner and I ventured to the... grapeshotmq.com.au/2018/06/featur…

"Katoomba is weird. Like much of the Blue Mountains, it’s a small nugget of a location seemingly stuck in time, safe from the gentrification of the city." In our latest 'You Are Here', Max Lewis shares the oddest experiences from his many stays in... grapeshotmq.com.au/2018/06/regula…

"Have you ever wondered what it would be like to look at someone you love and feel nothing? Your boyfriend? Your girlfriend? Your father or mother? For people with Capgras delusion, this is exactly what they... grapeshotmq.com.au/2018/06/regula…

Cardi B, Robert Rodriguez (director of 'Spy Kids') and everyone's favourite boy wizard Draco Malfoy serve up more tea than a swanky Melbourne cafe in our latest 'Shame Your Unit'. grapeshotmq.com.au/2018/06/regula…

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"The South-Asian experience is riddled with navigating a complex series of Western stereotypes about our food, culture and beliefs, which is further perpetuated by the characters who represent us." James Booth... grapeshotmq.com.au/2018/06/regula…

"When I saw an ad floating around asking for students to participate in a hypnosis study led by MQ’s Cognitive Science department I jumped at it, half out of curiosity of university studies and... grapeshotmq.com.au/2018/06/regula…

"It’s as if eBay actually existed as a place you can visit, full of useless junk that you won’t ever look at again once you’ve taken it home." Wielding Grapeshot's measly budget, Nathaniel Keesing ventures to... grapeshotmq.com.au/2018/06/regula…

"From textbooks on psychological disorders veering into discussing weight as a physical problem rather than the many associated psychological factors, as well as... grapeshotmq.com.au/2018/06/a-weig…

"Far right-wing youth are bored of the polite, hollow-souled neoliberalism of the Coalition, and have instead become attached to Clive Palmer, whose lack of concern for decorum, posting of incoherent poetry, and cartoonish... grapeshotmq.com.au/2018/06/news-p…

"The exhibition has amassed a great deal of controversy surrounding the source of the cadavers used to create the exhibits. Spokeswoman for Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting, Sophia Bryskine, stated that she had,... grapeshotmq.com.au/2018/06/news-r…

"RMIT University has conducted a study on what they call image-based abuse, which they define as sexual images non-consensually distributed by people known to the victim or strangers. The motivation for image-based... grapeshotmq.com.au/2018/06/news-i…

"Unknown parties are uploading videos en masse disguised as children’s content. You can probably guess to the extent of kids content on Youtube, but harder to comprehend is how unsettling some of them are." Max Lewis unpacks... grapeshotmq.com.au/2018/06/news-e…