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How the world will know me

Melissa Taylor is a queer 23-year-old who is studying their 2nd-year Creative Writing at RMIT. They'll write science fiction, philosophical essays and urban fantasy, all the while looking to the likes of poetic prose from Allen Ginsberg, Rene Descartes' and Plato's philosophies, and the aesthetic of The Illuminae Files from Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman. Their philosophical essay Abortion: Ethical Thought (2014) published in The Kents Tomb by Holmesglen, and their non-fiction piece, My Coming Out Story (2015), was published in the queer zine, Alex. You can find them arguing with random people online about politics and why Mass Effect: Andromeda wasn't all that bad.

Mutli-Culti Literati

Multi-culti literati is just the term for Asian art, literature and performances showcased in Germany. There's nothing else to say about the definition, at least that's what Xi gives us. In most cases, multi-culturalism is where there are multiple cultures of multiple ethnic groups in one area. Political Correct (or PC) is the idea of not using words that exclude, marginalise or insult minority groups. In terms of Xi's piece, the way of using PC is that PC is a replacement of multi-culti, it's a form of not addressing the differences between us all and just writing certain aspects in the way that we wish society would be.  Which is understandable, I think in terms of PC culture and Multi-Cultural culture is that many people from other groups don't want to address the history of certain aspects. Many White-Australians wish to cover up the Stolen Generation because "that wasn't us now", which is obviously true, I didn't steal any Aboriginal Aust...