Stereotypes

The blonde/brunette dichotomy excludes the BIPOC community

Hair: its colour, length, and style has strings attached when understanding our everyday beauty practices and ideas of attraction.Continue...

Unpacking Queen’s archetypes

Our beloved campus is filled with all kinds of characters. As I venture to and from classes, I often find myself people watching and observing the masses, mentally categorizing them based on the interactions I’ve had with similarly dressed folks over my four years of undergrad.Continue...

The 'nice Jewish boy' trope is stereotypical and damaging

Amid rising anti-Semitism and ever-present gender norms constricting male expression, we need to consider why a restrictive trope about Jewish men eludes criticism.Continue...

How I got over my faculty stereotype

I used to think that attending Queens, no matter your faculty, was prestigious in itself. Apparently, I was wrong.Continue...

Hypersexualization hypnotization

19.6 million views in 24 hours.

With these numbers, Nicki Minaj’s music video “Anaconda” shattered Vevo’s record for amount of clicks within a day of release.

The video...Continue...