Tortoise tales and the West African ethos
I was five, maybe six, when I heard the story of the tortoise and the hare. In the classic folktale, an arrogant hare challenges the…
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To protect trans kids is to demand a better future
It seemed like the fascists wanted to hurt us. The anti-queer 1 Million March 4 Children (1MM4C) protest in Winnipeg last Wednesday drew far larger…
Rise up, gamers: the corporate miasma of professional League of Legends
My fall semester so far has involved neglecting my growing September backlog of games in favour of the most divisive video game of our time,…
Men’s sexlessness societal win, hookup culture not real
These are sexually twisted times for sexless men and sex-frenzied 20-somethings. In the United States, nearly one in three men between the ages of 18…
Manitoba should have no space for hate
In case students somehow missed the visual cacophony of political signage on their trek to campus, the Manitoba provincial election is this upcoming Tuesday, Oct….
Squeezing deuces (or the politics of pooping and peeing)
Picture this: you’re scrambling into a public washroom, clutching your abdomen at the eleventh hour. You pick the perfect unoccupied stall — no neighbours —…
Finding friends in familiar places
1977’s Between the Lines opens on a group of 20-something beatnik amateur journalists surviving on cigarettes, weekday booze and sexual misadventures. These characters — including…
Canada needs to protect the rights of 2SLGBTQIA+ youth
As a Canadian citizen and grad student researching human rights, I always want to see the country continue to progress forward. However, Canada continues to…
Noisy neighbourhoods and the quiet we crave
Noise ruins my life. All of the windows in my apartment face the back of a shopping complex. Sometimes there’s yelling as someone careens out…
Disco Elysium and the problem of capitalist production
Sometimes we grow attached to art because it speaks to our values, and it hurts when we find out the history behind that art doesn’t…