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Is Heartstopper Netflix’s best queer show to date?
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After “binging” Heartstopper Season 1 in under three days, I had been waiting with bated breath for season 2 to drop on Netflix. So, on Aug. 3, I was ready to break my record by watching the show in two days instead of three. I was successful. As anyone who watched the first season will…
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Feeling SOUR: Olivia Rodrigo’s Introduction into the Music Industry
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On May 21, Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album SOUR was released. Coming off her chart-topping single ‘driver’s license,’ the release of SOUR was anxiously anticipated by fans and music fanatics alike. After the album’s release, it skyrocketed to the top of the charts, holding the number one position on the Official Charts for two weeks. With…
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Social media isn’t the problem, it’s you
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Social media has such a large reputation for presenting a false reality, setting unattainable expectations, and stealing time from us, that we actually forget who is in charge. Yeah, that person is us. We are in charge of the content we see! Every like, share, and comment shape our future social media experience; let’s dive…
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Representation, Mythos and Dragons in Raya and the Last Dragon
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Directed by Don Hall and Carlos Lopez Estrada, Raya and the Last Dragon tells the story of Raya, Kelly Marie Tran, the young daughter of Chief Benja, Daniel Dae Kim. Part of the Heart Tribe, Raya has been trained since birth to guard the “orb,” a mystical object that was created by the dragons of…
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“While We’re Young” balances layered and nuanced plot
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While We’re Young is the seventh film written by Brooklyn-born director Noah Baumbach—starring Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver and Amanda Seyfried. The film tells the story of forty-something-year-old, childless couple Josh and Cornelia—played by Stiller and Watts—in New York, who have the course of their lives changed forever by artsy hipster mid-twenties’ couple Jamie…
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News in brief: Oct. 15, 2009
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WLU student congress holds first meeting Last Wednesday evening, leaders of different student groups on campus gathered in the Hawk’s Nest for the first WLU student congress meeting. Hosted by Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union president Laura Sheridan, each student group gave updates about upcoming events within their groups, and discussed how to better integrate…
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Golden Hawks fall to Gee Gees on Homecoming
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The Ottawa Gee Gees combined with torrential rains to spoil Laurier’s homecoming celebration on Saturday afternoon. The Gee Gees downed the Golden Hawks 27-25, while a thunderstorm chased the majority of the boisterous homecoming crowd from the bleachers as lightning caused the game to be delayed at half time. “It was very disappointing,” said manager…
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Supporting women in KW
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For the past 26 years the Waterloo Region has taken part in the annual Take Back the Night march, which raises awareness about violence towards women. This year the walk took place on Thursday Sept. 24 when women gathered from across the area to walk from Brewmeister Green in Waterloo to the Victoria Park Pavilion…
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How power can corrupt
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There always seem to be people who, when acceding to just a little power, become absolutely monstrous. We have seen it in celebrities of all colours, political figures all along the spectrum, lottery winners and CEOs who pamper themselves and take huge severance packages while heartlessly down-sizing, forcing staff reductions and squandering millions while simultaneously…
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