ARTS

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Room to grow

Extending the coming-of-age story
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An Arts and Culture guide to Toronto

This fall, the University of Toronto will finally welcome back many of its students. For some, Toronto will be a completely new space, and for those who knew the city before the pandemic, it will be a somewhat different one. In light of this, I present to you an introduction ...

The power of fiction podcasts

An incredibly versatile medium
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The tender indifference of the world

The human fight for meaning
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The Strand reviews Shadow and Bone

A dive into Netflix’s formulaic YA dystopia

I understand why the world loves Patti Smith

Patti Smith’s book Just Kids came out in 2010, but I didn’t read it until this past reading week. My Mum’s book club read it years ago and warned me against it, saying that her writing was convoluted and distracting. But something about the mythic, universally loved Patti Smith really ...

How to Fix Radios

A review of the debut film featured at the Kingston Canadian Film Festival

Filling space “empty:” Vaporwave as a placeholder for silence

Filling empty space also means populating the airwaves

Hot (& sexy) take: Bridgerton sucks

This is what I get for taking TV show recommendations from TikTok

Where have all our friendships gone?

The over-portrayal of romantic love in the media