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Parenting: Empowering or Draining?
It’s okay to want a life outside your children. To love them unconditionally yet feel no fulfilment from the act of parenting them. To...
Storm Mackenzie
Feb 10, 20246 min read


Climate Change - Beginning My Transition with Education (27.7.21)
I'm new to the concept of Climate Change. While I know of its existence and have a basic understanding of what it is, I'm lacking in a...
Storm Mackenzie
Jul 27, 20214 min read
AstraZeneca Vaccine - Side Effects in the Month Post Vaccination
Honestly, this post will be short and sharp. I had very little symptoms in the month after my vaccine. The week after, I was maybe a...
Storm Mackenzie
Jul 27, 20212 min read


23yo Vaccinated with AstraZeneca (Side-Effects)
On Monday the 28th of June, 2021 we sat around the TV at 8pm watching PM Mark McGowan announce another lockdown in Perth and Peel as a...
Storm Mackenzie
Jul 1, 20217 min read


Realms Beyond - A Short Story by Storm Mackenzie
The path ahead was long and stretched far in each direction. The quiet music of the woods surrounded us. I could feel the pull of our...
Storm Mackenzie
Mar 21, 202137 min read
Depth of Mind - A Short Story by Storm Mackenzie
Penelope stood at the edge of the canyon, looking down into the depths of its gaping mouth. She didn’t want to go there anymore than she...
Storm Mackenzie
Mar 21, 20215 min read
How "The Lovely Bones" promotes dominant ideologies
People change with time, through new experiences and changing views. This ideology is dominant in our society, and can be seen greatly in...
Storm Mackenzie
Mar 21, 20213 min read
Generic Conventions Present in "The Flats" by James Bradley.
Published in 2011, Jame's Bradley's short story "The Flats" can be read for free here. We were only given an excerpt and had 20 minutes...
Storm Mackenzie
Mar 21, 20214 min read


How 'I am a girl' alters the ideologies of the viewer.
This is an essay written for Year 12 English, in an exam setting with a 20 minute time frame. Take this into account when reading the...
Storm Mackenzie
Mar 21, 20214 min read


Am I Failing University?!
Am I failing University? No, but I’m taking a bloody long time to complete it. I mean, there’s been a few hiccups along the way....
Storm Mackenzie
Feb 25, 20215 min read


Overcoming Cold Feet - Facing My Wedding Fears
When I first started a relationship with my partner (well maybe not at the VERY beginning, but somewhere along the line) I told him that...
Storm Mackenzie
Feb 13, 20214 min read


Engagement Photo Failures
This post was meant to come out over a year ago. Basically, I tried to take my own photos. I failed. But they're memories I can look back...
Storm Mackenzie
Apr 10, 20201 min read
20 Ways to Hide That You're Pregnant (Or TTC)
Ways to hide that you’re trying to conceive (or that you already have!) When trying to conceive, sometimes we just aren’t ready to let...
Storm Mackenzie
Apr 10, 20205 min read
Tricks and Wives Tales for Determining Baby Gender
Shettles method: Male sperm swim faster but female sperm don’t live as long. Based of this theory, we are having a GIRL because I wasn’t...
Storm Mackenzie
Apr 10, 20202 min read
Endometriosis Ruined My Life
This is a post I wrote a while ago, and it's bizarre looking back on it now. I remember this, because I wrote it during the last cycle I...
Storm Mackenzie
Apr 10, 20206 min read
Isolation - The Terrible Feeling of Being Alone
This isolation is one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. I thought it wouldn’t affect me, as I mostly stay home as it is. I’ve studied...
Storm Mackenzie
Apr 10, 20207 min read
Who Am I?
Originally published January 22, 2019 This is something I refer to a lot in my posts, but never seem to elaborate on. Those that really...
Storm Mackenzie
Dec 11, 201912 min read


A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet – Book Review Part 1
Originally published January 19, 2019 Book Review: A Promise of Fire from The Kingmaker Chronicles by Amanda Bouchet This was a book I...
Storm Mackenzie
Dec 11, 20196 min read


Babies are as old as humanity itself…
Originally published January 16, 2019 This is something I wrote a while ago, that I forgot about and just now stumbled across once again....
Storm Mackenzie
Dec 11, 201910 min read
Pregnancy Dreams
Originally published January 16, 2019 I always wonder why people claim to dream so vividly when they’re pregnant. To me, dreams are the...
Storm Mackenzie
Dec 11, 20198 min read
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