Escaping winter bluesIt’s that time of year again. When the air gets colder and the wasps get bolder, when the sun goes away and the clouds come to stay, when the holidays come alive and families gather and thrive… or at least we hope they do. A change is in the air, and I’m not just talking […] Continue Reading |
The evolution of masculinityAre you a real man? A real man would know exactly what to say to start this article off strong. Are you man enough to read it all in one sitting, or are you going to sissy out and play on your phone? Maybe you’re not a man at all, or maybe you identify as […] Continue Reading |
The worst cocktail you’ll ever taste: My life with ADHD and anxietyWhat’s your favourite drink to have at the bar? Maybe you and your colleagues like a nice cold mug of lager or a stout after a hard day’s work in the summer sun. Maybe you prefer to unwind with a nice glass of wine and relax by yourself in a quiet section of the venue. […] Continue Reading |
The degree of separationFor a long time, the topics in the ethos of femininity or fields that women, for the most part, choose to study within have not been taken seriously. The social sciences and humanities are seen this way: dismissed under the assumption that they add less to societies, especially compared to subjects traditionally dominated by men. […] Continue Reading |
Hurricane Faith: Why we are lying, why we are believingIt hadn’t seemed so difficult to parse through the false narratives and fabricated realities before this moment. It hadn’t felt this frictionless, as it appears today, to slip into the fringes and remain deep below. Or we had been familiar enough with the propaganda and the media bias and corporate or political control over rhetoric […] Continue Reading |
The importance of being readers: Why we study literatureThere’s something sacred about opening a book, entering a whole new world, and becoming entirely immersed in a story. English classes were always a favourite of mine for this very reason. Although my education is focused on a very different field of study, I think that everyone can benefit from the practice of literary analysis, […] Continue Reading |
Live from Victoria: A concert-reviewing odysseyMusic is filling the summer; the City of Victoria has opened their pop-up venues at Ship Point, Cameron Bandshell, and The Fort Commons, and the regular spots still are keeping busy with live music. Victoria has so many live music events during the warmer season, most of which are free, that it was possible to […] Continue Reading |
Returning student: On starting over in mid-lifeIt’s the beginning of September and the leaves fall into a sleepy dance of ballerinas on opioids. Everything on campus looks like a movie set meant to capture the fleeting thrill of back-to-school commercials: instructors with satchels chatting with one another, overfed squirrels darting between golden leaf piles, and undergrads, breathless and excited, clutching their […] Continue Reading |
Shopping alone: On the death of the department storeOn each floor of the Hudson’s Bay department store, luxury goods stale under fluorescent light. It prides itself on DKNY and Calvin Klein. It offers Levi’s and Breville and the Wonderbra. They stew in uninhabited air and have mildewed. They wait for buyers who never show. A scuffed white hue, presumably pampered many decades ago, […] Continue Reading |
No books allowed: What libraries face when challenges hit shelvesWhen it comes to distribution of books, there’s always a question of propriety and the follow-up of censorship. The subsequent challenging, shadow banning, or outright banning of books is most common in school libraries and curriculum-required books for students of high-school age and younger. This problem is most heavily documented south of the border in […] Continue Reading |
