social issues

What you need to know

Feminism Some people think that feminism means that women want to be equal to men. I don’t. Why would I want to be equal to…


Same job, different pay?

I expect to earn equal pay for performing the same job as my male counterpart. I don’t think that’s an unfair request, do you? In…


Meet the FAQ Collective

The FAQ Collective, consisting of Mylène Gamache, Jen Portillo, Tara Lambert, Raelene Foisey, Ryn Broz and Nadine Boulay, have worked together arduously to publish the…


Existence

Compulsory heterosexuality is an interesting concept if you really look at it — whatever side you’re on. A common question is “what side of the…


RebELLEing in Winnipeg

Who said feminism is dead? With all of the controversy and challenges that women-centred organizing and advocacy groups have faced, they are as strong and…


Science Opinions

There’s been a lot of controversy surrounding the “discovery” of supposedly arsenic-based bacteria that NASA published in early December. Even respectable media outlets have touted…


The Big Issue

Over the holiday season, a day in a new city and a brief encounter with a man named Victor taught me an important lesson, managed…


Midnight massacre

Protests and memorial ceremonies attempt to comfort Coptic Christians who seem to be surrounded by hatred and discrimination everywhere they go in Egypt, in the…



The education we never received

It is difficult to dispute the fact that many people these days just don’t give a crap about politics. In the recent by-election in Winnipeg-North,…