ARTS
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
The Strand reviews 2019
Strand Editors
January 14, 2020
Hadiyyah Kuma, Features Editor Best movie of the year? Parasite Relevant take on capitalism and how much it screws over EVERYONE. Incredible directing, acting, everything. Original and full of nuance. Time for a revolution, amirite? (I’m right) Best album of the year? Magdalene by FKA Twigs Magdalene is a tender, dream-like, holy take on ...
A review of Cats
Tamara Frooman
January 14, 2020
MEOW MEOW MEOW (3/3 meows, a rejoiceful scarf flick, a puff of smoke)