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What Getting Catcalled in Hobart Taught Me About My Trauma

Content warning: This piece deals with the impacts of sexual violence, but does not go into detail about the act itself. If you think this will upset you, do not proceed. If you have had a similar experience and require support, you can contact the Sexual Assault Support Service on 1800 697 877 and/or 1800RESPECT…

ByAva MarlowDecember 22, 2022

Japan Story

I Cockblocked a Kickboxer in Tokyo

3:32am I am barely five feet tall. He is a professional kickboxer, stocky and red, and a breath away from my face. His furious words land on me as spit droplets. His finger wags, like he knows everything in the world, and I know nothing. He calls me a little girl. “Don’t point at me,”…

ByCaitlin LowNovember 3, 2022

Story

I Used Incontinence as Self Defence in Bali

When I boarded my flight to Bali as a naïve, 19-year-old solo traveller, the last thing my mum said to me was “always wear a helmet and please, just don’t do mushies”. The world of party drugs was entirely new to me, and the thought of them kind of scared me. My first overseas trip…

ByYaminah WilcoxFebruary 18, 2019

India Story

Bhanged Up Abroad

“Dinner, madam?” A small frame stretched up and peered into my bed with inquisitive eyes as the Aravalli Range whipped past through the window behind him. He was a dabbawala – a lunchbox delivery man – and he couldn’t have come at a better time. For several weeks now, I had been traipsing across the…

ByGemma ClarkeNovember 13, 2018

Yarns

Tracking the Exchange Rate of my Trust

Content warning: themes of sexual assault In the winter of New Delhi, the birds of prey drew imaginary circles below the smog; they wouldn’t be seeing blue for a long time. The buildings that surrounded my hotel were hungover, power lines strewn over their stocky bodies like streamers at the end of a party. The…

ByZoe RidgwayAugust 17, 2018