• kitten by Olive Nuttall

    kitten by Olive Nuttall

    Those who get it, get it. In review of Olive Nuttall’s debut novel, ‘kitten’, kī anthony writes of trans experience. Somehow they also manage to reference ‘Haikyuu!’, Torrey Peters and ‘My Immortal’ along the way.

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  • Raving 17,736 km from Berlin

    Raving 17,736 km from Berlin

    On the cusp of launching a new show, ‘The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave’, choreographer Oli Mathiesen jotts down some thoughts about creating this work.

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  • The mating dance of otters

    The mating dance of otters

    Josh Hopton-Stewart’s evolving relationship with body hair bubbles to the surface and he calls on his otter brothers to wear their fuzzy pelts with pride in his first piece for bad apple.

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  • Queer Business Profile: Cam Yates from sybs

    Queer Business Profile: Cam Yates from sybs

    In this brand new series highlighting local queer business owners and their practice, Sarah Kreig aka Sazzok interviews Cam Yates of sexy sybs candles fame.

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  • REDUNDANT with Jess Karamjeet

    REDUNDANT with Jess Karamjeet

    Ahead of her return season of ‘REDUNDANT’ as part of the Auckland Pride Festival 2024, Jess Karamjeet chats with Devon Webb about the arts, evolution in artistry and what the future holds.

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  • Killer Rack by Sylvan Spring

    Killer Rack by Sylvan Spring

    Jo Bragg sits down with bad apple contributor Sylvan Spring’s debut poetry collection ‘Killer Rack’ and lets us know whether this is one to read on repeat.

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  • Swallow Your Grief!

    Swallow Your Grief!

    A house slides down from its perch on a cliff and a departed pet is kept in a cake-shaped box in the freezer in this essay from Gurleen Minhas.

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  • *Bigots in Training

    *Bigots in Training

    Wondering if we have ever been truly free in play, olive (blyth) looks at the genealogy of ideology.

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  • Hopeful Things

    Hopeful Things

    In their bad apple debut Aroha Witinitara returns to the trenches of childhood to reflect on adulthood and deliver an optimistic message to their younger self.

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