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<\/a>Consent awareness around Valentine\u2019s Day is not only about receiving informed consent when propositioning romance with a crush, but also encapsulates an overarching environment of respect and trust.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo often with holidays that have that kind of romantic nature, there can be increased pressure in romantic situations,\u201d says Lee-Radigan. \u201cCreating an ongoing respectful and safe environment for everyone is especially important to keep in mind.\u201d<\/p>\n
With consensual valentines, Lee-Radigan says that the focus can be shifted away from romance.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey can absolutely be platonic\u2014there\u2019s nothing better than telling your friends that you care about them,\u201d they say. \u201cThere\u2019s so much focus on Valentine\u2019s being a very romantic holiday, and I think this is a fantastic opportunity for students to also bring it into the friendship realm. We\u2019ve had some students order them and then organize in a group so that their entire class has received them on the morning of.\u201d<\/p>\n
CCSS advocacy and outreach coordinator Michael Glover thought up the idea for the event several years ago, but this year, the CCSS is changing it up a little.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe used to hand-deliver the valentines to different classrooms for students, but simply due to the event expanding, we\u2019ve had to stop that,\u201d says Lee-Radigan. \u201cThis year, students can pre-order their valentines in advance, and then go pick them up on the 11th [at Interurban] and 13th [at Lansdowne] of February. Then they can give them to their friends themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
Students can sign up to have either candy, a flower, or an orange with their valentine.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s lovely to give and receive, especially if it\u2019s a free event,\u201d says Lee-Radigan. \u201cIf you are a student who doesn\u2019t feel like they can afford to splurge on their friends, this is a wonderful opportunity to get them a little treat.\u201d<\/p>\n
Campus Life Days, which go on every week from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, happen in the Centre for Business and Access foyer on Mondays and Tuesdays at the Interurban campus, and in the Fisher building foyer on Wednesdays and Thursdays at the Lansdowne campus. From Monday, January 27 until Thursday, February 6, students can drop by the CCSS table at Campus Life Days and pre-order their valentine. There will be a few available on the day of, but it’s recommended to pre-order, says Lee-Radigan.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Office of Student Support will be joining us [at Campus Life Days] to have one of their consent information booths set up,\u201d says Lee-Radigan. \u201cSo not only can you get a valentine, you can also have trained professionals give a little bit more information on consent culture.\u201d<\/p>\n
So if you\u2019re feeling down and the romantic pressure is high around this Valentine\u2019s Day, it could be an opportune moment to see a friend and take a break from homework.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s so easy to get bogged down in schoolwork and everything going on in the world and all around us right now,\u201d says Lee-Radigan. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to have that person-to-person connection highlighted.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The superficial displays of Valentine’s Day romance have become exhausting over the years. Where\u2019s the holiday for platonic love and community? The Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) will be putting a twist on Cupid\u2014during Campus Life Days, students can subvert the norm and order a \u201cconsensual valentine,\u201d a sweet treat to be delivered by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webexclusive","category-campus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26399"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26405,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26399\/revisions\/26405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}