What’s Up With Her?: Identity politicsFor decades, society has been seeing more and more identity politics: claiming an identity as a member of an oppressed or marginalized group. Legal scholar Kathryn Woodward argues in an article entitled Mapping The Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color that within a minority group there often exist intersecting minorities. Woodward […] Continue Reading |
In Search of Lost Time: Cake is better than sexSexual feelings and behaviour in Canadian society are incredibly diverse. Many sexual identities, however, are invisible in our society due to supposed rarity, misunderstanding, and the hegemony of heterosexuality overshadowing minority dispositions. Our multidimensional sexual character is determined through introspection and experimentation following our inborn sense of self as we develop. We then ascribe socially […] Continue Reading |
Comics: February 8, 2012 issue |
New Music Revue: February 8, 2012 issueThe Soul Rebels Unlock Your Mind (Universal) 5/5 Get ready to eargasm. Over and over and over again. With Unlock Your Mind, eight-piece New Orleans jazz band the Soul Rebels (a.k.a. the Soul Rebels Brass Band) bring you the funkiest 13 tunes this side of 1978. Trumpet, trombone, tenor sax, tuba, and percussion are all […] Continue Reading |
Tanya Stephens rocks MarleyDancehall veteran Tanya Stephens appreciates the iconic affect Bob Marley has on Jamaica’s arts and culture, there’s no doubt about that. But the Jamaican headliner of the upcoming Bob Marley’s 67th Jubilee Celebration confesses she doesn’t even have a Marley album in her collection. But that’s okay: she’s always done things her own way. Unlike […] Continue Reading |
Garnhum re-imagines CarmenWay before Lady Gaga, and way before Madonna, there was Carmen. And, according to Dennis Garnhum, the artistic director of a production of the age-old opera about the gypsy girl, Carmen was a true outsider. “Everybody loves the outsider, everybody hates the outsider, and everybody wants to be, at some point in their lives, the […] Continue Reading |
Exhibit shows how architecture defines VictoriaDuring the ’50s and ’60s, architectural firms changed Victoria’s structural environment with modern planning and new architectural forms. Coinciding with Victoria’s 150th anniversary and UVic’s 50th anniversary, The Emergence of Architectural Modernism 2 exhibition recognizes architectural leaders and the post-war design relationships between Victoria’s urban landscape and UVic’s architectural design. The sequel to last year’s […] Continue Reading |
Local, Live, and Loud: February 8-21Thursday, February 9 Tanya Stephens, Kia Kadiri, Ndidi Cascade, Elaine Lil’ Bit Shepherd, Skyla J, Tank Gyal Club 9ONE9, $25, 10 pm I’m pretty sure that there’s a small community of people living in Victoria that absolutely freak out when they discover that any legitimate and well-known reggae artist is coming to town. Well, if […] Continue Reading |
Eye on Campus: February 8-21Saturday, February 11 and Sunday, February 12 Last Charge Camosun College Chargers Volleyball will support COPS for Cancer with their final games of the season at the Pacific Institute for Sports Excellence (4371 Interurban Rd.). Starting on Saturday at 6 pm and Sunday at 1 pm, both men’s and women’s games will feature prizes and […] Continue Reading |
News briefs: CFCS, preschool, Keystone, Pickton, international studentsCollege international enrollment up Camosun International director Geoff Wilmshurst recently announced that Camosun College’s international student enrollment for January is nearly double what it was the previous year. Increasing international enrollment has been a key mandate of the college, aligning with the “sustainable results pillar” of Camosun’s strategic plan. Wilmshurst said he hopes to have […] Continue Reading |
