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Offensive Voting
Offense or defense? In this comic work, Sam Orchard contemplates the reality of voting with a live target on your back.
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an automatic aggravating factor
Callum Knight takes out his digital eraser in this ‘black out’ poem attempting to ‘fix’ the New Zealand First Policy page.
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The Phantasmagoria of Avatar
In this marathon essay delving into the world of James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’, Eamonn Tee explores the biology of Pandora. On the journey to make it make sense, he manages to include NCEA Level 2, Hannah Montana, the Last Universal Common Ancestor, The Humongous Fungus and a whole host of other references.
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politik
“ARE YOU NOT TERRIFIED?” harold coutts asks what we’re all thinking in their new poem, ‘politik’.
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Staring into the bright future of ASHA
Afro-Carribbean singer-songwriter ASHA chats to Callum Knight about a their recent single, dream collaboration and embodying being a Black Femme artist.
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a story in ten parts
One day it is the past, and you’re not sure if you’re going to survive. The next it is the future, and you’re alive and reckoning with what that means. It is a crossroads, an intersection of memory, suffering, and longing.
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The Artist by Ruby Solly
Exploring a verse novel for the first time on bad apple, harold coutts visits the poignant world of Ruby Solly’s ‘The Artist’.
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what David Seymour needs is a stone top
Private Browsing Mode: Activated Independent Masculine Essence Available Now…Limited Time Only. kī anthony is honestly so cursed for this poem about D*vid S*ymour.
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Rating This Year’s Political Party Slogans, Because I’m too Depressed by this Election to Focus on Anything Else
Hannah Marshall queues up their hot takes on a selection of political slogans for the 2023 New Zealand General Election. Who will come out on top (no, not TOP)?
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From the Editor — A 2024 Reflection
Lead editor Damien Levi tries to sum up bad apple’s 2024 in retrospect, with a selection of ten pieces to read over the summer.
In a dream, you saw a way to survive, and you were filled with joy.
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