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Noisy neighbourhoods and the quiet we crave
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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 the back exit with their shoplifting spoils. Adding to this...
Disco Elysium and the problem of capitalist production
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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 align with our image of it.
The critically acclaimed Disco...
Profit margins on pharmaceuticals at GPA’s pose problems
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GPA’s is a major convenience for U of M students at the Fort Garry campus. We rely on its presence to fulfil many of our needs, whether they be in the form of food,...
The indignity of grad students’ frozen federal funds
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Returning to campus for the fall semester, many of us will ignore displeased hissing as the most miserable members of the U of M retreat under sunny streams of shimmering dust motes into the...
Facing the first year of university in a post-pandemic era
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As the school year begins, I can’t help but reminisce about the past few years. I often think about how our lives and university experiences changed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, I...
Government inaction in landfill search is negligence in action
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In 2017, I attended Tanya Talaga’s talk at the Millennium Library where she was promoting her book, Seven Fallen Feathers. Part of Talaga’s book is a damning account of the ways police racism and...
What’s the deal with Timothée Chalamet?
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Those who watched Barbie recently may have seen previews for Wonka, starring Timothée Chalamet as a young Willy Wonka before he founded his funhouse of candy-coated child torment.
As a premise and as a product,...
