The demise of Kanye West
In mid-October, I wrote an article about a tweet posted by known rapper and influencer Kanye West, now legally known as Ye. The tweet in…
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Women’s bodies continue to be policed
Since September, Protests have erupted across Iran and the world following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman who was found dead in…
Living in the North
Over the past six weeks — and for the next six and a half months — I have embarked on a co-op work term placement…
Consumer’s graveyard: commercialism of spooky season
Let us begin by saying that this is not a Halloween hit piece. We genuinely enjoy the holiday. When Braden was younger, he was far…
Banning strikebreakers is good for workers
Manitoba New Democratic Party (NDP) Leader Wab Kinew recently announced at the Manitoba NDP annual convention that if elected, the party will consider banning replacement…
Haven’t you heard? Hot people dress up for Halloween
As social media editor at the Manitoban, I scroll through every social media platform all day, every day. Although we don’t have a TikTok, I…
Suffering for life
As a former U.S. student, I am lucky enough to have never had the experience of hiding in the back corner of a classroom, trembling…
Tomato soup and spilled milk
It has been a busy two weeks for liquid foods, which unexpectedly shot up in popularity as the weapon of choice for climate and animal…
The unremarkable is revealed by planetary defence test
It was on Sept. 26 that NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) — after traveling for 10 months with a trajectory aimed at a small…
Celebrities have inevitably disappointed us yet again
The Golden State Warriors have found themselves in a media frenzy after their starting forward Draymond Green punched teammate Jordan Poole at practice. Rumors of…