Musings from a courtroom
They say that jurors fall into two camps; those who thrive from the start, and those who enjoy themselves eventually. There is, however, a third camp they don’t talk about. Those who don’t—and continue to not—want to be there. I fell into this third camp. A jury summons letter isn’t what m
Letter to the Editor: Part of the solution
To the Editor, How refreshing to be seen! Many-a-time I have been accused of performative reading. Occasionally, I carry a novel in my back-pocket. This seems to provoke especially vehement allegations of performativity…but isn’t that the point of a paperback? One day stands out in partic
TW: Genocide
In times of conflict, the images that reach us don’t just inform us, but play a vital role in deciding who, and what, the world chooses to remember. During the Vietnam War, widespread access to television sets brought the scenes of violence into American living rooms, eroding support for the c
Letter to the Editor: This scene kicks and screams
To the Editor, It’s around 8:30pm, and I’m backstage at the JdP music building at St Hilda’s. I’m sweaty, and I can barely walk in the tight dress I chose completely of my own volition. The second half of the concert is about to start, and as is typical of me, I’m not sure […
Guillotine: Give all children unrestricted internet access
In case you were wondering where half the world’s capital ran off to, two hot new AI innovations dropped: OpenAI’s Sora and Meta’s Vibes. They are both social media feeds. Sora’s gimmick is that you can now very easily make AI videos with real people in them. I first found out about it throu
The Isis MT25 Pitch Prompts – Juvenilia Issue
Write a visual poem that looks like its subject. Invent a language. Use it to write a story. Is it gross to call your significant other ‘baby’? Is nostalgia the root of all evil? Do you still believe in magic? Write us a closet drama. Would your younger self be proud of the person [&helli
Greetings from Boston
Boston seems to stand alone amid the current political clusterfuck of America. Clusterfuck is not a word one should use lightly— not language befitting a postcard— and yet, it is the only term suitable for a nation taking a hacksaw to its own foundational pillars. I don’t mean that Bost
Greetings from a grown-up
It is summer, still. I can tell because it is warmer outside than it was last summer. I can tell because sudden hot rainfall is welcome: it makes people laugh and leaves behind an earthly dirt smell like it did in Khartoum, where I spent all my summers as a child. Now, with Khartoum desolate, [&hell
Stop calling me pretentious.
Everyone needs to stop calling me pretentious. Right now. This detestable designation has sept into our contemporary cultural like a viral infection of the kidney, and it fails me to launch a moral crusade against it. It’s a vacant phrase, a tool for the uneducated to attack the righteous.
