Lust
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Falling in love with Valentine’s Day again
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Valentine’s Day is a holiday that many, if not most people today, regard with general distaste and scorn if it’s even mentioned in conversation. I’ve heard all of the criticisms and I do agree with them — to an extent. It alienates people who are not in relationships. It’s a glorified occasion that’s a flimsy…
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Not giving into the pressures of Valentine’s Day
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There are two kinds of people in February: people who love Valentine’s Day and people who loathe it. From my experience, there’s no one who really sits on the fence. Stereotypically, the people who love it are in relationships and the people who loathe it are single. For the first time in five years, I’ll…
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Unsigned: HMV’s closing is the end of an era for the music industry
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Last Friday, HMV announced that they are closing their Canadian doors for good. As the last major chain music store in Canada, this represents the end of an era. A lot of people have had the rhetoric of “it’s about time,” or “it’s a long time coming.” These people are missing the humanity in the…
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