ARTS

Stuck in Love

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

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

“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

Some tunes to start a new decade on a good note

Cozy winter playlist

It’s winter, whether you like it or not!

Rosalía’s colonization of Latin music

When the lines of “Latina” are blurred

Lawrence of Arabia and Victoria University

The epic cinematic story behind the bust of Colonel Lawrence at Victoria University

The Strand reviews 2019

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

MEOW MEOW MEOW (3/3 meows, a rejoiceful scarf flick, a puff of smoke)

In defense of Twilight

It’s not that bad, you’re just misogynistic