In Search of Lost Time: The social policence to those of us who deviate from binary restrictions of gender and compulsory heterosexuality. This is not to say that family problems do not exist outside of the LGBT identity; rather, it can be a compounding factor that fuels problematic family relations. There are events in our lives that we wish to share with […] Continue Reading |
Sour Grapes: Conquer the hangoverIt’s January. A time to decompress from December stresses, look toward the new year with a hopeful gaze, and recover from the inevitable holiday hangover. It’s that magical time of year when a month’s worth of overeating, sugar binging, and booze culminates in a cloudy-brained crash landingÉ just in time for a new semester! Sure, […] Continue Reading |
A look at 2012’s tunesWhile 2012 didn’t host the end of the world, it did produce some interesting new music. Here are a few of the more notable albums released in 2012. Ben Folds Five came out of the woodwork to release their first album since 1999. The Sound of the Life of the Mind is a full-length disc […] Continue Reading |
News Briefs: Blue bridge debacle, sexual health clinic moves, immigrating onlineCamosun VP gets tip of literary hat John Boraas, vice president, education for Camosun, recently received the 2012 Peter Gzowski Award from Literacy Victoria. Boraas got the nod for his “life-long personal and professional commitment to adult literacy,” according to a press release. Then I go and spell “commitment” wrong when I’m first writing this! […] Continue Reading |
UBC campus protest raises aboriginal issuesA red blanket adorned with traditional symbols draped over her shoulders, Shelly Johnson took the mic in front of the UBC First Nations Longhouse on the afternoon of January 3 and began verbally assailing Bill C-45, a sweeping new law from Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government. “We can all do something about this colonial and […] Continue Reading |
Open Space: Rev up the idling feministA Facebook chat on a popular Idle No More site started innocently enough. Various people were coming to grips with an attempt by one woman to place misguided blame. It was her pain speaking, but her argument was so provocative, and so poorly researched, we couldn’t resist weighing in. Within a dozen or so comments, […] Continue Reading |
20 years ago in NexusI remember you: Wait, that’s Skid Row. Remember Toronto sleaze rockers Slik Toxic? No? Back in 1993, they were hot stuff, as evidenced by our January 11, 1993 issue, which featured an interview with guitarist Rob Bruce. The band briefly were on top of the world, with gold records on major labels, limo-related dust-ups at […] Continue Reading |
A look ahead at 2013 in musicWith Arcade Fire capturing the album of the year in 2010 and The Black Keys, Jack White, and Mumford and Sons tossed in the mix for the accolades this year, it seems like some of the people behind the scenes at the Grammys may have seen the light. Great bands like Alabama Shakes and The […] Continue Reading |
