Columns

In my last column, I touched on healthy, readily available snacks like nuts and seeds and chopped fruit. Despite the nutritional benefits of “healthy” easy foods, it’s important to be mindful of their varying caloric density. Not to count calories, but for the purpose of illustrating volume, let’s use the measure of what 100 calories […]

At this point, we all know that sleep is essential. We’ve heard countless lectures from parents, professors, coaches, and maybe even friends on the importance of getting quality sleep. But when college life gets busy and the assignments start piling up, sleep is the first thing to go to the wayside.  This is counterintuitive. Work […]

I recently purchased a suede leather jacket from a vintage shop. She’s a deep orange-tan shade with stylish braided details around the seams—I’ve guesstimated it’s from around the early ’70s. The moment I tried her on I found myself. To me, she “represents a symbol of my individuality and belief in personal freedom,” as Sailor […]

I really start to notice my age when I start making comments about the way children are raised today. Kids seem to be so protected that I wouldn’t bat an eye if they started to be sent out the door swathed in bubble wrap. When I was growing up we didn’t have social media to […]

For the first edition of this, my new music column, I decided it’d be fun for me, a punk rock girl, to check out some rap battles. I have yet to really explore the musical landscape of the Victoria hip-hop scene; The Bridge Live Rap Battles presented by Set the Bar at the Victoria Event […]

A dedication to careless responsibility. A eulogy to tangled childhoods. A tribute to bad fathers all around the globe. Daddy Longlegs (2009), directed by Josh and Benny Safdie, is a semi-autobiographical tale about fatherhood at its best and very worst.  Lenny (played by Ronald Bronstein), is a father for two weeks out of the year. […]

Self-actualization is a hot topic these days. Everywhere I look I see phrases like “Love yourself!” or “Only you matter!” or, the one that particularly sets my teeth on edge, “Dance like nobody’s watching!” I can’t walk down the street without passing 10 gyms offering some new yoga routine that will change my life. It’s […]

As the first month of school gets on, you’re liking spending a lot more time sitting again, which is not ideal for the lower back or hips. A quick way to alleviate hip tightness is to shift off to one side of your chair so one buttock and one thigh are still on your chair. […]

While doing some research for this column, I stumbled upon a mind-boggling statistic: 80 percent of people will have failed or completely abandoned their New Year’s resolutions by February 1. My hope is that those of you who read my column several weeks ago on New Year’s resolutions fall into the minority of people who […]