ARTS
The Best of Love in Media
Strand Editorial Assistants
February 11, 2020
Wholesome opinions held with sincerity
Distance Makes the Heart Grow Longer (and stronger?)
Miranda Carroll
February 11, 2020
The positives of long-distance dating
A Review of Hart House’s Legally Blonde: The Musical
Marjan Mahmoudian
February 11, 2020
There’s something truly special about the right combination of humour, heart, high-energy choreography, whimsical set-design, and a catchy score— – and this is the exact combination Legally Blonde: The Musical so expertly delivers. Based on the popular film, and directed by Saccha Dennis, Hart House’s production of Legally Blonde: The Musical follows everyone’s favourite blonde, Elle Wood’s, as she navigates love, life, and ...
Stuck in Love
Abbie Moser
February 11, 2020
I was about six years old when I first believed that I was romantically in love with another person. I didn’t even know what his name was., I had seen him on the playground during recess;, his bowl cut, camo pants, and black rainboots filled my stomach with butterflies and made my heart soar. I never interacted with him or even made ...
Vacation reading: Indigenous women’s literature
Miranda Carroll
January 28, 2020
As an English literature student desperately trying to fulfill the requirements for my major, I find myself reading all the time. However, I hardly get the chance to choose what I read. This past summer and into the winter break, I found myself taken with Canadian Indigenous women’s literature. A ...
The Strand reviews The Two Popes
Emma Paidra
January 28, 2020
“Don’t stop, keep moving. Don’t stop, keep moving,” echoes a robotic voice. Emanating from Pope Benedict XVI’s (Anthony Hopkins) fitness watch, this voice serves as a stark reminder that the Pope cannot evade notifications to meet his daily step count, and perhaps more importantly, that he has made an inescapable ...
We’re thriving in 2020, bitches
Abbie Moser
January 28, 2020
Some tunes to start a new decade on a good note
Rosalía’s colonization of Latin music
Abbie Moser
January 28, 2020
When the lines of “Latina” are blurred
Lawrence of Arabia and Victoria University
Steven Hu
January 28, 2020
The epic cinematic story behind the bust of Colonel Lawrence at Victoria University