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…
Jessie Krahn
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…
The indignity of grad students’ frozen federal funds
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…
Government inaction in landfill search is negligence in action
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…
What’s the deal with Timothée Chalamet?
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…
Generic Male
4/5 stars Generic Male is shaping up to be a favourite at this year’s Fringe Fest with audiences discussing it long after they have left…
Why Not Murder Mother
3.5/5 stars Why Not Murder Mother begins the moment the theatre doors open, with a character lying comatose on a bed flanked by her oddly…
The Ultimate Actor’s Nightmare
4.5/5 stars Club Soda Improv returns to Fringe Fest with its resoundingly successful formula. Because the show is improvised and is therefore different every day,…
Call the University of Waterloo attack what it was
Feminism is core to who I am. My past experiences dealing with men’s rage when they discover this about me make me nervous to share…
Illicit drug supply horrors demand action
A substance called xylazine has been popping up in Street Connections’ and SaferSites’ overdose reports. Xylazine — or tranq as it is known on the…