Micra Musings

“I had bared my heart and my feelings were seemingly reciprocated, sharing five years of itemised service invoices, lamenting night shifts, even travelling to the south side of the Bridge for me.”

ComedyOlivia RussellApril 14, 2025cars, love, self-love, Issue 19

Parasite

“Parasites lead to heightened immune activity, making the body more capable of dealing with other invaders like pollen and bacteria. This idea parallels how, despite their destructive power, emotions can catalyse resilience and enlightenment.”

ArtMadeleine CahillApril 14, 2025art, emotions, sadness, Issue 19

Towards a Blak Australia Policy: A Manifesto for Decolonial Socialism

“For Australia to become truly free, it must cease to exist in its current form. A Blak socialist future envisions a society where land and people are no longer commodities but kin, where power flows from the wisdom of Elders and the collective strength of communities.”

CultureEthan FloydApril 14, 2025politics, socialism

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“With each ink roll, I think of those wronged by the police system. With each carving, I think of those lost in the grips of the police system. The police force needs to be defunded, dismantled, and abolished. No justice, no peace.”

ArtBipasha ChakrabortyApril 14, 2025art, politics, police, protest, Issue 19

Finding Faye

“When I listen to Faye yearn for her past/present lover, I can’t help but romanticise the early stages of any relationship; nothing mattered other than surrendering to the feeling.”

MusicLizzy KwokApril 14, 2025Hong Kong, Shoegaze, music, music history, pop music, Issue 19

WHO IS NEWTOWN AFFIRMATIONS ????

“I started to see The Admin in all my friends, everyone at every function, in every person I passed on King Street. I knew I had to uncover the uncoverable. I had to find the true face of The Admin of the famously anonymous @newtown.affirmations.”

CultureChina MeldrumApril 14, 2025investigation, Inner West, Issue 19

Big Slick

“Through drawing, this emphasis is placed on the physical labor and materiality involved in archiving digital sensibilities. An intention to elevate elements often dismissed as ‘low-brow art’ — such as text

ArtVienna Curran-StanovsekApril 14, 2025art, Jennifer Coolidge, Issue 19

A sharehouse, that thing which eats.

“All the objects that have passed through it are connected like a great fungal mind or a coral reef. In constant exchange with you and your housemates, the sharehouse becomes itself.”

CultureHugo Anthony HayApril 14, 2025furniture, housemates, sharehouse, home, University, Issue 19

The Suit of Armour in the Hotel Lobby at 3PM

The Suit of Armour in the Hotel Lobby at 3PM is a graphite and charcoal drawing inspired by an NPC in a friend’s D&D campaign. The suit has been designed for a small frog named Ted Lick.

ArtTamasin StantonApril 14, 2025art, Issue 19

Hum Dekhenge ہم دیکھیں گے

“When we - the dispossessed - the faithful -

Who have been barred out of sacred places

Will be seated on high cushions

When the crowns will be tossed,

When the thrones will be brought down.”

ArtMurtaza BandukwalaApril 14, 2025calligraphy, art, poetry, Issue 19

The Flesh of the Lychee

“I think of her sometimes, on nights like this, when my shirt is low and the wind kisses my chest as greedy eyes stare. They don’t know there is nothing there anymore. I ate her years ago, splitting the tough skin with my front teeth to reach the fruit inside. But tonight, here, with the moon hiding behind low, yellow clouds, Beautiful Girl walks with me.”

LiteratureHolly GerrardApril 5, 2025prose poetry, photography, travel, self-reflection, self-love, Issue 19

First

“When he slept, I chiseled out a keyhole

in his back to peek inside the crushed

velvet cavity, the bone cage of a person

who did not: a traveling ball of saliva,

surging breaths, simmering bile.”

Use this sound for good luck

I’m Eminem’s real daughter. I’m gonna join a cult if I can find one. I’m googling ‘how to survive sexuality’ like Lohanthony. I’m doing subliminals to you

LiteratureArwen Beaumont-LeeMarch 28, 2025internet, creative writing, love

External influences, memories, and interactions are central to the formation of identity, continuously shaping the self. In this series, I scanned various elements — my own self, calligraphy, and found graffiti/visuals — and superimposed them to create a layered composition, reflecting identity as a performative construct that is not fixed, but always in flux.

ArtAshray KumarMarch 25, 2025Issue 19, art, collage

When Did I Become Bound by the Shackles of my iPhone?

My problem is not with staying informed. I am asking you to consider who you pay your attention-currency to. Traditional mass media and public service media are years behind the quality and reach of online-only news outlets like The Daily Aus or Impact. Being aware of world issues has shifted from an expectation to a strange, gatekept knowledge-club.

CultureKate SaapMarch 10, 2025digital cultures, print media, social media, media literacy, Issue 19

True Nostalgia: PULP goes to salute

At the bottom line, salute rejected the pretension that seems to dominate much commercial dance music (read: the uninspired spoken word poetry of Fred Again). Eschewing these pseudo-philosophies of house heavy hitters, at the heart of TRUE MAGIC is a magical world of nostalgia, joy, and most of all, good old fun. Not only a testament to the varied influences upon salute’s signature sound, but the many influences that shape our first encounters with dance music.

Reviews, MusicMia RetallackMarch 5, 2025music, dj

LIFE IS A LANEWAY? I WANNA RIDE IT ALL DAY-FESTIVAL LONG: PULP'S LANEWAY REVIEW

Laneway 2025 was a refreshing return to normality for Australian music festivals. It featured a balanced and loveable lineup of fan favourites and internet sensations but was let down by its administration and infrastructure. Its artists provided fantastic and memorable performances that resonated but its vibes were either hamstrung by technical difficulties or over-police and surveillance

Reviews, MusicHugo Anthony HayFebruary 13, 2025live music