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Insecurity should not be a universal currency
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The beauty industry profits from creating a culture of insecurity and dissatisfaction with our appearance, so that it can continue to exploit people’s insecurities by creating a demand for beauty products and services that...
Zero-sum politics hurts everyone
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Shortly before the special board meeting to discuss the recent University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) elections on March 30, a student asked me how I knew Victoria Romero, the runner-up. To her surprise,...
Support for Palestine is crucial
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Ongoing conflicts in occupied Palestine beg the question of whether it is a fair two-sided conflict when Palestine and the Palestinian people have always gotten the short end of the stick.
Early foreshadowing of the...
Using the loopholes in our DNA
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My mom said that every parent’s worst fear is what happened to three-year-old Madeleine McCann in 2007 when she disappeared from her family’s accommodations while vacationing in Portugal.
Fast forward to this past February, when...
Putting people above politics
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The misinformation and disinformation that spreads as often as it does within the sphere of student governance draws from the juxtaposition of two age-old sayings — “no news is good news,” but “good news...
Embrace being cringe, reject being cool
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I have recently noticed that there are a lot of accounts on platforms such as TikTok, Twitter and Instagram dedicated to exposing “cringe,” but when I watch the videos posted on these accounts, a...
The ‘kid-centric’ agenda
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I came across a TikTok video captioned, “pushing the agenda to make our boys look like girls against our will is just sick.” I watched as a woman filmed clothes around the kids’ section...







