Lifestyle
  • 1 year 1 week ago

Preparing for my biggest adventure yet—a semester abroad

It’s been a dream of mine since high school to study abroad.Continue...
  • 1 year 1 week ago

Unpacking the ‘written by a woman’ TikTok trend

A recent TikTok trend celebrates real-life men who are "written by a woman" and criticizes women who are "written by a man."Continue...
  • 1 year 1 week ago

Adele’s ‘30’ is an album I can listen to with my mom

30 reminds me of why I fell in love with Adele in the first place.Continue...
  • 1 year 2 weeks ago

‘Red’ grew up with me in ‘Taylor’s Version’

When the original version of Red was released, I was in middle school.Continue...
  • 1 year 2 weeks ago

‘Barbarians’ boldly rewrites history

In the year 9 CE, the Roman army fought an alliance of Germanic tribes in what would be known as the Battle of Teutoburg Forest.Continue...
  • 1 year 2 weeks ago

Distance doesn’t make the heart grow fonder

From a young age, I vowed to never lose myself in a relationship. My greatest fear was to have a romantic partner chip away at my dreams until I was a watered-down image of sacrifice and devotion.Continue...
  • 1 year 3 weeks ago

Getting home safely as a woman still isn’t guaranteed

As a woman, getting home safe after a night out is often a major cause of concern.

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  • 1 year 3 weeks ago

Letting go of my fears of the world ending

I spent my childhood waiting for the world to end.

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  • 1 year 3 weeks ago

'Eternals' breaks the Marvel mold

In 2008, Iron Man was released to rave reviews.Continue...
  • 1 year 3 weeks ago

The Astroworld festival disaster is a cautionary tale

Nobody involved with the Astroworld festival disaster is innocent.Continue...
  • 1 year 1 month ago

@simran changed the game for brown girls everywhere

I distinctly remember the first time Simran Randhawa showed up on my explore page. She was wearing a crop top, ripped jeans, and a saree draped around her shoulders and waist.Continue...
  • 1 year 1 month ago

I’m going to stop performing my queerness for validation

I experience an enormous amount of pressure to perform my queerness to the perfect rhythm.Continue...
  • 1 year 1 month ago

‘You’ season three is a portrait of white mediocracy

In the latest season of You , new parents Joe and Love Quinn-Goldberg are as hot and murderous as ever.Continue...
  • 1 year 1 month ago

Confessions of a closeted theatre kid

It’s rare for me to tell people I love theatre.Continue...
  • 1 year 1 month ago

Why I lose all social finesse trying to work out at the ARC

It seems as if every time I walk into the ARC to work out, I’m either a witness to or participant in a cringe-worthy social moment. After three years of this madness, I can’t tell if I’m the problem or if the ARC is cursed.Continue...
  • 1 year 1 month ago

The ‘Toronto girl’ lifestyle can seep into Queen’s culture

Toronto has always represented the big city lifestyle I’ve dreamed of embodying. In my mind, it’s the closest Canadians can get to New York City.Continue...
  • 1 year 1 month ago

Piecing the puzzle together: Society’s fascination with serial killers

As Netflix rolls out series after series about the lives of history’s most depraved serial killers, many of us have spent countless hours in front of the TV, completely captivated by the shock, horror, and strange appeal of these stories.Continue...
  • 1 year 1 month ago

Exercise-tracking smartwatches are detrimental to a healthy body image

In the summer of eighth grade, I learned what it meant to be obsessive over my health and body weight. It started with a flimsy purple Fitbit knockoff. The simple reminder of how many steps I had taken launched me into a body image catastrophe.Continue...
  • 1 year 1 month ago

‘No Time to Die’ subverts our expectations of the classic ‘Bond girl’ trope

I’ve come to expect a certain kind of girl from the Bond franchise. She’s stunning, confident, and casually sporting a Beretta pistol strapped to her thigh.Continue...
  • 1 year 1 month ago

There’s more to running than burning calories

Part of my self-worth has always been tied to my appearance.Continue...

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