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floodgates
‘floodgates; is a poem from kī anthony that tiptoes around self-actualisation, desire, and mutual destruction.
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it’s a dog eat dog world
Have you ever been overwhelmed by your intrusive thoughts? What if one day, you gave in? All it takes is just one decision…
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Hayley Sproull’s Ailments — A Review
“A dead kidney, a weak bladder, a full beard and a uterus shaped like the devil—Hayley Sproull’s body is a constant source of mild disappointment.”. In her NZ International Comedy Festival show, Hayley shares all this and more, so we sent along Tate Fountain to get the full list of Ailments.
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i don’t think necromancy is something you put on a cv
How do you mend the ache in your body that screams “something should be here”? Rebecca Lester doesn’t know, so she wrote this instead.
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Small Town Gay in the City
Mary Mosteller writes a jaded love letter to Uber in this punch-drunk poem.
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Pikitia for Sad Tamariki
Time for a reo Māori lesson with Nicola Andrews. Kupu hou o te rā? Takatāpui.
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To Be Queer in the Aotearoa Summer
“Rather than rural spaces being intrinsically homophobic, I think that there are inaccurate assumptions of queer folk present”. Inspired by the lived experience of queer people, Mik writes about how looking queer impacts experience of place in regional New Zealand.
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Moonlighting
A piece by Dani Yourukova in which a dungeon-crawling, adventure game is also secretly about the relationship between value and time, the evils of capitalism, and the financial precarity that comes with being a working artist.
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The Long History of Trans Activism in Aotearoa New Zealand
The protests held to oppose notorious anti-trans activist Posie Parker’s speaking tour are the latest in a long and proud history of trans activism in Aotearoa New Zealand. Historian Will Hansen takes a look back at this past, tracking trans communities’ records of defiance as generations of trans people have worked together to demand change.
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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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