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With endless content available, why does it still feel like there’s nothing good on TV? Despite the amount of content spoonfed to us by streaming services, it sometimes seems like there’s nothing worth watching anymore. As streaming service companies harbour more than enough data to cater to viewers’ exact entertainment ...

An exploration of pop, jazz, and the importance of diversity in music As an unapologetic fan of popular music, watching this year’s 67th Grammy Awards was a delight. The most anticipated awards of the night went to Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter for Album of the Year, Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” ...

Your guide to the attention recession The ‘attention economy’ has been called into question in light of struggles with maintaining focus in today’s increasingly busy world. This way of thinking about attention goes beyond psychological focus, including the political and social aspects involved with attention. While every generation has had ...

How the quest for true love inspired a generation of feminists When I was younger, an obsessive reverence rooted in fear of the power of romantic love led to substantial time spent reading (and allegedly publishing) fiction in online communities such as AO3, fanfiction.net, Ww*ttpad, and even… Quotev. As I ...

Engaging with erotica through an asexual lens Erotica—media portraying sex or its elements—has two uses. Its surface-level purpose is to sexually arouse the viewer. Its second function is to allow the audience to explore artistry, aesthetics, and psychology through a more nuanced lens than what is otherwise found or permitted ...

An interview with writer/director Mashreka Mahmood about her new play 71 The Strand:  As you are both the writer and director, could you walk through the process of developing the show? How long did it take and what was that process like?   Mashreka Mahmood: I wrote my last show over ...

Is our generation as progressive as we thought? Donald Trump is set to begin his second term on January 20, 2025, this time having secured both the Electoral College and the popular vote. While we are quick to assume his reelection is a sign of a greater fall into a ...

How taking the creative plunge can result in the most meaningful cultural impacts  Well-behaved artists have seldom made history. Creating art in a world that often favours mass appeal over individual creativity is in itself an act of nonconformity. When looking at artists whose work transcends the confines of history ...

A conversation surrounding Yann Martel Content warning: allusions to self-harm and suicide The family I was born into are fixtures among the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, colloquially known as the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Their peculiar faith which they call “the truth,” includes anti-2SLGBTQ+ views, the primacy of church doctrine, and ...

When culture becomes a competition They say that university is where we find our people. We tend to gravitate towards the people who remind us of home and our families as we associate them with the feeling of belonging. But what happens when these places become a ground for competition? ...