On Thursday the 16th of June I represented Western Sydney University and The Academy at Youth Action and the Committee for Sydney’s event: Future Proofing Western Sydney. There were four keynote speakers, including myself, Khushaal Vyas from UNSW, Alice Yan from...
By Nicole Gismondo: You probably don’t know that Western Sydney Uni has women’s rooms, so you probably also don’t know that it has two rooms in multi-faith centres. These rooms are autonomous safe spaces for female-identifying students to use. I recently visited the...
By Nicole Gismondo: There is, from the perspective of the outside observer, a certain appeal to the rebranding of the University of Western Sydney to Western Sydney University. From that outside perspective it is a university that embraces its demographic and provides...
Films and TV shows often offer the viewer a new perspective (pun intended) every day. From portraying that there’s beauty in the mundane and that there’s more to the world than what meets the eye. In this piece, three films will be reviewed: a short film named...
Picture this: You’re sitting in a café with a friend, and instead of the usual, “How’s work?” they casually ask, “So, what’s your inner child been up to?” And it’s not weird at all! You sip your coffee and say, “Oh, just reconnecting with some childhood fears;...
The Gen Z Guide to Love We belong to the 'replied to your story' kind of love. Where at the end of shared playlists a tender hug awaits, We belong to the 'tagged you in a meme' kind of love, Hoping that the algorithms align our fate. We belong to the ‘Taylor...
I am 22 and I haven’t had sex in 3 years, because ever since I was a little girl I have believed that romantic love should be a priority in my life. The media I consumed heavily informed this belief. I loved the 1999 romantic comedy Never Been Kissed starring Drew...
As we approach the end of our studies, some of us will be feeling drained and debilitated from exhaustion with no motivation to do the things we once loved to do or to complete those last rounds of assignments. You may be contemplating “Why am I so lazy? Why do I...