Under new budget cuts proposed by the government on Monday, university students will have to pay thousands of dollars more to crawl their way into…
“Dude, I’m freaking out!” I gasped. Arm-in-arm with my friend Ayla, I waddled into the disrobing area, conveniently located in the main fucking foyer of…
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle-fucking-Dum could tell you that members of the same species share similarities – we all eat, sleep, walk, shit, laugh, cry, love…
Many would be surprised to discover a hole-in-the-wall gym burrowed in the heart of Amlapura in Bali, which is where I began doing my admittedly…
BDSM: an overlapping abbreviation of Bondage (sexual practice involving tying up or restraining one’s partner) and Discipline (BD), Dominance and Submission (DS), and Sadism (deriving…
One afternoon at a Balinese gym in Seminyak, I got bored and downloaded Grindr. I scrolled through the application, squirming at the sea of bicep…
In 2015, Yusra Mardini crammed into a decaying boat that sailed thousands of miles across the Aegean Sea to seek refuge on the Greek island of…
The footage that surfaced last week depicting unprovoked physical abuse of indigenous youths by staff at the Northern Territory’s Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre sparked…
“Violators of laws related to illicit drugs… are subject to the death sentence.” That’s what it says on the Customs Department of Thailand’s website anyway. Witnessing…
A few days ago, an American tourist collapsed outside of a bar in south Bali, claiming she had overdosed on Rohypnol after getting her drink…
As an Australian, I’m accustomed to approaching all living things in the wilderness with trepidation, fearing that any bite, scratch, or sting could well be…
Yesterday, birdsong stopped. The world became a mixture of darkness and persimmon. Nocturnal crickets and other insects began to roar, signalling the approach of evening….
