September 2003

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body piercing: jacquelyn’s story

from issue three: by Jacquelyn Curtis

My mum is pretty conservative by nature. She doesn’t smoke, loves Elton John and goes to church on Sundays. So you can imagine that when she called me at work one afternoon and asked me to come with her when she got her navel pierced, I was quite shocked.
“Hey, darling, [...]

a broad boy abroad

from issue three: by Phillip Kelsey

I wanted to be a German pop star. No, really. I had a bunch of posters of German techno DJs and dance projects I had cut out from foreign, teeny magazines and taped to my wall. If only I could jump into it all, I would often muse in long, [...]

my secret life: the army of ballet

from issue three: by Michelle Yan

Age five was the first time I stepped out onto the parquetry of the ballet studio. Excitement, wonderment and joy filled me. I was dressed in a pretty white leotard and skirt, pink ballet shoes and my hair in piggy tails with colourful ribbons. All this filled me with curiosity [...]