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253 Summer 2023/4

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Dženana Vucic on the subtle and not-so-subtle Marxist symbolism in Sailor Moon, John Docker, a "non-theatre person" by his own admission on The New Theatre, Sarah Schwartz on prison healthcare as punishment and the killing of Veronica Nelson, a poignant short story on memory and displacement from Nasrin Mahoutchi-Hosaini, Jeanine Leane's prize-winning poem, "Water under the bridge", and more.

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Nadia Demas

Nadia Demas is a Coptic trans woman from South-West Sydney. Her focus is on relationships between marginalised people and why they break down, as well as gender. She has a bachelor’s of psychology, is a massive dyke and general menace. Find her @kefayakhalas on Twitter.

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1 March 202315 May 2023 · LGBTIQ

What testosterone does to a girl

Nadia Demas

Transitioning was, for me, a way of making my body mine. It let me decide what this body was and what it meant. This is what five years of testosterone actually does to a girl. From the words of Abigail Thorn, trans YouTuber and playwright: ‘the cause is my will.’