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‘Tis the Season to Consume
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If you ever want to experience true madness, just go shopping during the holiday season. Flocking through crowds in the mall, fighting over deals is nothing short of an Olympic sport. Online shopping is also a frenzy, with occasions like Cyber Monday causing flash sales that have caused popular sites to crash. In the spirit…
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The pressure to consume and why thrifting isn’t as great as we think
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As I’ve moved past my dreadful teenage years of fashion and started to care about my personal style more and more, I’ve also begun to realize that having a decent-sized wardrobe is incredibly wasteful and ethically concerning. The amount of clothes I’ve felt the need to buy based on passing urges is ridiculous. I’ve bought…
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The best thrift shops in Kitchener-Waterloo
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As Generation Z (and some Millennials) continue to adopt TikTok as their main form of social media, certain trends continue to become prolific on the app. In 2022, one of these trends is “ThriftTok” – a section of TikTok obsessed with finding the best eco conscious thrifting finds. A major supporter of shopping local and…
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What is the first thing you plan to do after the pandemic ends?
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March 2021 marks the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 lockdowns, and after this year of disruption, we asked some of our staff and volunteers the first thing they want to do after the pandemic. Really, I just miss baseball. All my other obsessions can be fed some other way. My preoccupation with material literature has been…
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Sexual Violence policy approved by Laurier Governors
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The recently proposed Gendered and Sexual Violence Policy and Students Procedure was approved by Wilfrid Laurier University’s Board of Governors on Nov. 24. The document outlines the university’s policy of not tolerating gendered or sexual violence, as well as the mechanisms in place for the university to handle cases of gendered and sexual violence, from…
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Etsy Holiday Market more popular than organizers expected
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As a very conscious spender, I have always been taught to really evaluate my shopping decisions. I think deep down, my parents just believed me to be the child to uselessly spend $100 on trinkets. And they weren’t wrong. My motto is, more is more. So when the Etsy Holiday Market came to the Waterloo…
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