Opinion
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Tears of the Kingdom, the legend of the perfect sequel
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*Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom* It’s been two months since Nintendo released The Legend of
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My first Toronto pride experience
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There’s something about hundreds of people coming together to celebrate each other’s identities and fight for each other’s freedom that gives one hope for
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Representation at the Oscars: The bar is on the floor
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It’s been almost a century since the Oscars began. On Mar. 13, they hosted their 95th annual award ceremony, and nobody has been able
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Battle of the books: the physical versus the digital
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Gone are the days of lugging around your thick textbooks and heavy novels: Audiobooks and eBooks are here to help, with all the convenience
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The importance of radical publishing
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Critiques of ‘mainstream media’ have been consistent and implacable for a significant amount of time. The biases of news outlets perceived as trustworthy seem
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Political cancel culture: Canada’s anti-Islamophobia advisor faces calls to back down after controversy
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Recently appointed to the new position of Canada’s anti-Islamophobia advisor by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, journalist and human rights activist Amira Elghawaby has already
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Dan and Phil to LGBTQ+ pipeline
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From the time I was 13 onward, I was what one might call “a chronically online individual.” This persisted until I was 17-18, where
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Dating apps beyond the romance: finding platonic connections online
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I’ve always had a prejudice towards online dating. Maybe I’m an old romantic, or maybe I’m just cynical about today’s hookup culture. Either way,
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The effects of 2000’s diet culture lingers today
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Almost every magazine cover in the 2000s showed thin models with bold fonts cheering on the next fad diet that will guarantee the fastest
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Outside the binary of doom-scrolling and oblivion
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The mid-50-year-olds in my life always say that they doom scroll as soon as they wake up in the morning. It’s a habit that
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