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Meghan and Harry’s Oprah interview and the royal Twitter storm
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The recent interview of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle by Oprah Winfrey can be seen in many different ways. Was it a polemic against the royal family? An attack on the system of monarchy itself? Did it expose the attitudes of royals that had been kept in the dark? Was it, alternatively, an act of…
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Weight Watchers sheds its name for a new look
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Weight Watchers, the American weight-loss support group that was founded in 1963 by homemaker Jean Nidetch, has recently taken a slightly different direction with their approach to weight management. The company officially changed their name to WW in late September, shifting their brand and focus towards “health and wellness” rather than just dieting and shedding…
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Lindsay Shepherd critiques the use of land acknowledgements on social media
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On Dec. 24, 2017, Lindsay Shepherd tweeted a photo of a syllabus from CS101B: Canadian Communication in Context taught by Judith Nicholson. Nicholson allegedly confronted Shepherd citing she breached intellectual property. I wonder how indigenous people feel about the holier-than-thou “SJWs” who use land acknowledgments to virtue signal. This land acknowledgment is on a…
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