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Aotearoa’s tastiest queer arts and literature journal. Run completely on volunteer work.
We extended our deadline for the bad apple WORLD TOUR! Now closes Sunday May 11 at midnight in your local timezone.
April 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Ella Sage unpicks her own mind and the anxiety that has lurked in the corners of her psyche my whole life; she is in love with the art of freezing.

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April 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
We are almost there! Only a few hundred dollars to our goal with a week to go. If you’re able to throw even a few dollars to our Boosted it will be deeply appreciated!

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March 31, 2025 at 11:27 PM
In this response through personal essay, Nuanzhi Zheng stretches her thoughts on Xin Ji’s ‘Body Story’ to consider queerness, Chinese identity, family and whether the body truly keeps the score.

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March 31, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Last week, Rebecca Mary Gwendolon had a raucous time at ‘Antonio!’—a musical that perhaps was made specifically for them.

“It is a complex game they’re playing and this team didn’t once drop the ball.”

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March 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Hannah Jamieson had the rare opportunity to sit down and learn about the art of reviewing from Sam Brooks. Here, she notes some takeaways.

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March 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Holly Rowsell laments on the curvature of citrus fruits, the taste of coconut water and the smell of an old friend’s letters in this new poem ‘you’ve crept into everything!’.

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March 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
bad apple World Tour! Accepting submissions from international queer artists and writers for publication in June 2025.

Deadline is April 30 2025. For details on how to submit head to badapple.gay/world-tour/
March 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM