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COLUMNSDecember 23, 2020

IF I’M A WATER-BEARING AIR SIGN DOES THAT MAKE ME PERSPIRATION?: NOVEMBER

By Jasmine Shirrefs

The itch to be social returned, not the fear of missing out so much as a peer pressure. Recall the lift in lockdown some…

COLUMNSDecember 22, 2020

By Jasmine Shirrefs

In Rural Victoria, my sister went to the beach for her birthday. Which felt bizarre considering that I could only go within 5km of…

COLUMNSOctober 8, 2020

By Jasmine Shirrefs

I spent all of August at Grandma’s house to help her recover from ill-health. Did the grocery orders, weeded the garden, painted the windowsills….

COLUMNSJuly 11, 2020

By Jasmine Shirrefs

Jasmine Shirrefs is a zine maker, dog parent, writer and social work student living on Boon Wurrung land. They were a Wheeler Centre Hot…

COLUMNSMarch 19, 2020

By Jasmine Shirrefs

Jasmine Shirrefs is a zine maker, dog parent, writer and social work student living on Boon Wurrung land. They were a Wheeler Centre…

COLUMNSFebruary 21, 2020

By Jasmine Shirrefs

Jasmine Shirrefs is a zine maker, dog parent, writer and social work student living on Boon Wurrung land. They were a Wheeler Centre Hot…

COLUMNS, NON-FICTIONDecember 12, 2018

By Jessie Perrin

Vinicius asked me why people always looked at us on the street and I asked him if they did. I started looking at people…

COLUMNS, NON-FICTIONNovember 28, 2018

By Jessie Perrin

I started teaching my new Intermediate English class. We played a game to practise the future tense. We went around in a circle and…

COLUMNS, NON-FICTIONOctober 30, 2018

By Jessie Perrin

In this column, Jessie shares as much as she can about things that have happened and things she has done in the last two…