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You don’t know if I want you to touch me but I do
What do the climate crisis, capitalism and crushes have in common? Terror, for one. Read, ‘You don’t know if I want you to touch me but I do’ by Eliana Gray to find out the rest.
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Pausanias Explains My Sexuality to Me
In a fit of surreal uneroticism, Dani Yourukova goes to rope class with their flatmate’s Tinder date and has a cry in front of some conspicuously well-adjusted members of the kink community.
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celestia
‘celestia’ chronicles a messy, magical night of first queer intimacy through both the cinematic and the silly details you fixate on while knowing you will remember something forever.
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James Mustapic’s ‘Into the Multi-Media-Verse — A Review
Dimensions shatter and worlds collide as the multiverse of Mustapics invades your local comedy venue. Katie Meadows reports back on what deep-cut NZ referential jokes these new versions of James have in store.
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For what it’s worth
‘For what it’s worth’ is a poem penned in a frantic reflection of the intoxicating and often nauseating sensation of falling in love when you are young.
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The Joy of Releasing Music When You Have No Fans (Yet)
Alex de Vries aka adv calls out to his fan, yes, one fan, and lets them know how much of a flop he is.
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EMDR
Imagine you’ve got trauma. Imagine they say the way to heal is to think a lot about it while watching something move back and forward really fast. Imagine it starts to… help?
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Waterview Tunnel song
This poem is about the absurdity of love, tunnels, Tinder, and singing in the car.
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A Delusional Review of ‘Hi, Delusion!’
It starts with a bad date, and ends with a bloated body swinging from the rafters—is it a typical night out in Auckland, or is it Johanna Cosgrove’s new show Hi, Delusion!? Here’s Naomii Seah with a fresh review.
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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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