Author: Emily Waitson
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Being mindful of your behaviour on the bus
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Riding the city bus can be quite a harrowing experience, despite it being such an arbitrary necessity of my everyday life. As a student…
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Being critical of diet without criticizing others
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We are fortunate to live in a day and age where we are given seemingly endless dietary options that can fit specific eating restrictions…
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Editorial: Overcoming Social Anxiety
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The first year I entered university, I was absolutely terrified. Beyond the general fear that most people have going into a new environment, I…
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Dwayne Johnson wouldn’t “Rock” the presidency
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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is a famous figure that has gained widespread notoriety for not only being a box office powerhouse and HBO star,…
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Embracing a cartoonish perspective
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“D’oh!” was added to the Oxford Dictionary of English in 1998. It’s an exclamation of frustration that is universally associated with The Simpsons and…
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The benefits and blemishes concerning Buzzfeed
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Recently, I was scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed when I saw a link to a quiz posted by Buzzfeed called, “Choose a Deranged Doll…
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Kesha catches the cold shoulder
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A recent oddity in pop culture news that has quickly garnered the attention of the internet has been a video of Jerry Seinfeld declining…
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Filters, festivals and fake followers
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Music festival season is a time where social media is flooded with photos of Valencia filtered girls in distressed shorts, flower crowns and chokers.…
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The “#Girlboss” is not a role model
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Trending through popular social media feeds at every turn as of late, has been the proudly emboldened phrase “#Girlboss.” A term popularized by Nasty…
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The Button Factory hosts community folktales, anecdotes and music
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Presented by the Baden Storytellers’ Guild, Stories Aloud is an event hosted at Button Factory Arts the second Friday of every month from Sept until June.…
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