Issue 17, 2025

News

Are Vapes Exploding In Our Mouths? Coalition Says “Nuh Uh”
Chaos on the Commute
Execrable: BDS Abandoned, NZUSA Withdrawal & Protests Planned
Nurses Strike Against “Detrimental To Patient” Working Conditions
Shit Times in Studentville with Chlöe Swarbrick
Trip Report: 98 Years of OUTC’s Bush Ball

Features

Is It Cheating? The Line Between Sleeping Sound and Sleeping Around

Columns

Booze Reviews: Coast Road Creamery Chocolate Cream Liqueur
Debatable: Bush or no bush?
Editorial: Let’s Humanise Sex Again
Horoscopes: Issue 17 2025
Local Produce: Flipper Fest
Mi Goreng Graduate: Sexy Self-Saucing Chocolate Pudding
Moaningful Confessions: The Long Arm of the Law
OUSA Exec: Winter Well-being

Culture

A Lesbian, Bisexual & Straight Woman Walk into a Bar
Popping Cherries: Virginity Horror Stories
The Flatmate Erotica: Within Or Without You

4th August 2025

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