Dealing with disability
As diverse as human bodies are, there is a tendency towards privileging certain body types and disregarding non-compliant bodies. This results in a very limited…
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My uncle’s lesson
Disability is something many of us see as happening to other people. We feel compassion of course, but we never understand in a deeper way…
Looking inside the anxious mind
“You know you’re being irrational, but you can’t stop your heart from racing,” says Lindsay*, a U of M student diagnosed with anxiety. “And if…
I just wanted to be friends
He waved the marker around, possessed; his body limp except for his furiously moving right arm. The equation was so elegant, how it all fell…
Gendered experiences of disability
when it comes to disability, there is clearly a gendered divide. Women’s experiences differ significantly from men’s, pointing to the need for more specialized resources…
Four Loko: Less stress per can
Stress is something all students suffer from, with varying degrees. We go about dealing with stress in equally different ways; however, many students find that…
Status update: STFO
Yes, I am proposing a new acronym. One that I hope will henceforth be launched into the popular glossary of the webular world. STFO stands…
The most stressful moment of my life
The most stressful moment of my life to date came during the early spring days of 2005, two days before the end of the school…
Hammer away the stress of marks
As children we are told to aim for the most distant of stars for they are just the start. To pursue whatever it is our…
When the answer to ‘how’s it going’ is ‘fine’
If there’s one thing that stresses me out more than anything, it’s the way people, particularly students, like to obnoxiously complain about how stressed out…