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  • 9 years 5 months ago

Issue 13: Darts & Laurels

Each digital release of the Journal will feature weekly darts and laurels, listing what should be celebrated and criticized from the previous week in world news and campus culture.Continue...

According to Queen's Film and Media Professor Sidney Eve Matrix, putting down your phone to give someone your full attention has become a significant compliment.
  • 11 years 9 months ago

Rules of digital engagement

If we accept that we’re willing to be slaves to social media, then knowing the ground rules of etiquette in the digital forum seems necessary.Continue...
  • 1 month 3 weeks ago

Battle of the socials: Instagram versus Twitter

Between Twitter and Instagram, Instagram will always be my social media of choice. It's a multi-use, multimedia-allowing platform that can accommodate everyone and their needs.Continue...
  • 2 months 1 week ago

Doctor training Queen’s medical students victim of antisemitism

Dr. Michelle Cohen, a Jewish family doctor who trains medical students at Queen’s, received an antisemitic death threat on Dec. 22, over Hanukkah. The incident is the latest of a slew of antisemitic incidences affecting the Queen’s community.Continue...
  • 4 months 1 week ago

Kit Connor didn’t queerbait you

Congrats, internet—once again, you’ve taken things too far.Continue...
  • 4 months 2 weeks ago

Musk’s Twitter takeover sends the wrong message

Tech tyrant and notorious billionaire Elon Musk finally made his Twitter purchase official this past week to the dismay of many users.Continue...
  • 3 years 1 month ago

Twitter shouldn’t be a platform for propagating hate

Two weeks ago, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the US, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent Jaboukie Young-White changed his Twitter name and picture to resemble the FBI’s official profile, and tweeted, “Just because we killed MLK doesn’t mean we can’t miss him.”Continue...
  • 3 years 2 months ago

Social media threatens the art of doing nothing

Think about the last time you did nothing. I don’t mean scrolling through your phone mindlessly, or half-watching Netflix—I mean doing absolutely nothing.Continue...
  • 3 years 7 months ago

Casting Halle Bailey in The Little Mermaid is a splash in the right direction

This July, Disney announced that Black actress and R&B singer Halle Bailey will star as Ariel in its upcoming remake of The Little Mermaid. This decision marks the first time a woman of colour will play a traditionally white heroine in one of Disney's live-action adaptations.Continue...
  • 5 years 5 months ago

Although well intentioned, #MeToo needs to refocus

While #MeToo is currently trending and well intentioned, it isn’t doing anything radically different than the hashtags that have come before it.Continue...

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