Society is awful — homophobic, transphobic, racist, ableist, misogynistic, imperialistic and classist too. With this horrible cloud clogging up our social stratosphere, institutions jostling to appear inclusive start to seem more threatening than promising. The...

In 2021, around two thirds of Canadians had gym memberships. The third who didn’t presumably were doing Chloe Ting’s month-long YouTube workout regimens. Meanwhile, internet body-building personalities like Jeff Nippard are animating pictures of...

For over a century the Manitoban has been at the forefront of the fight for a slightly more informed world. This fight has raged since humanity first started lying to each other, but continues...

People with disabilities make up 22 per cent of the Canadian population aged 15 and older. Despite being a global community of an estimated 1.3 billion people, they face numerous social, institutional and physical...

When I got a tattoo, a relative asked me, “What are you going to do now that you’ve ruined your body?” That relative is no longer with us — not by my hand. But I...

I was taken aback to see Matt Soprovich’s slanderous attack on University of Manitoba political studies professor Radhika Desai in the Manitoban, published Oct. 10, 2023. This “commentary” combined an ad hominem attack on...

Coffee: the potentially addictive treat that is the friend of students and labourers everywhere.  While I wouldn’t consider myself a coffee expert, I do drink it and I do like it. As a coffee enjoyer,...