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I'm Not Racist But... I Am

I’m Not Racist But… I Am

July 28, 2017
by Nic White
Features

Alright, alright. Quiet from the left of the room, please. I can hear your shouts of protest from here. Admitting you’re a racist isn’t overwhelming…

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Home, Savoury Home

Home, Savoury Home

July 28, 2017
by Julie Maclean
Features

Last year, I boarded a departing flight from the USA with a heart four kilograms heavy and with seven lumps in my throat. I’d left…

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Getting Kicked by a Homeless Man in Budapest Broke My 20-Year Nail-biting Habit

Getting Kicked by a Homeless Man in Budapest Broke My 20-Year Nail-biting Habit

July 26, 2017
by Jasmine Parrotta
Hungary Yarns, Yarns

On the floor of an underground train station in Budapest, I sat sheltered from the rain, biting my fingernails. I was waiting for a bus,…

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Why I'll No Longer Put Up With Low-Key Racism

Why I’ll No Longer Put Up With Low-Key Racism

July 26, 2017
by Alysha Cozens
Features

“With that beard, you look like a bloody bomb thrower!” “I’m not racist – I just can’t stand the Chinese in groups.” “I was sitting…

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A Valium and Vodka Cocktail

A Valium and Vodka Cocktail

July 25, 2017
by Morgan Steven
Yarns

He moves me across to the middle of the bed from above with his strong hand between my shoulder blades. My arms flop over my…

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I Got Naked and You Should Too

I Got Naked and You Should Too

July 22, 2017
by Harriet Donegan
Features

“Naked? As is no clothes, tits out, vagina exposed?” “Precisely.” “And then you just frolic around in the nude, naked?” “Precisely,” Daisy repeated, smiling. “Hmm…”…

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Why You Should Visit the USA

Why You Should Visit the USA

July 21, 2017
by Gravy
Features

The United States has long been written off as a destination for tourists, not travellers, man. Even before Chipolata Fingers tweet stormed his way into…

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I Got a Hand Poke Tattoo in Bali

I Got a Hand Poke Tattoo in Bali

July 20, 2017
by Kayla Slack
Features

I squirmed with clenched palms as the needle dug and scraped beneath my tender inner-forearm. The hot light sprawled across my body, causing it to…

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In Pursuit of Nimble Swedes

In Pursuit of Nimble Swedes

July 19, 2017
by Liam Carroll
Yarns

Our hotel room has a bare-bones Prison Break chic: white-tiled floors worn into a mushroom grain thanks to the oppressive southern Mexico heat, three rust-encrusted,…

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Camping in the Sahara Desert

Camping in the Sahara Desert

July 18, 2017
by Rowan Montgomery
Morocco Yarns, Yarns

oIt was 7am in the Sahara Desert, the sun was about to rise and I was going to miss it because I could no longer…

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An American Airport at Dawn

An American Airport at Dawn

July 17, 2017
by Alistair Johnston
Yarns

5:45am, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Atlanta There’s a kind of politeness that’s so polite it’s impolite, you know? Like you can tell the person talking to…

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I Cockblocked a Kickboxer in Tokyo

I Cockblocked a Kickboxer in Tokyo

July 16, 2017
by Caitlin Low
Japan Yarns, Yarns

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…

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