Dear Reader, In Act 2 of Hamlet, the titular character says, “The play’s the thing / wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the King.” Though Shakespeare was referring to a staged play—and he certainly didn’t intend for a group of students in 2020 to read so deeply into one line that it became the first […]
It feels like everything in the news is making me upset these days. From COVID-19 to the violence that the Wet’suwet’en land protectors have experienced to the Democratic primaries in the States, trying to stay informed has been incredibly stressful. It’s easy to fall into a rabbit hole of bad news: there’s a coronavirus death
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The first time I said “I love you” to my current boyfriend was over Facebook messenger. It was the summer of 2017. We had been dating for about three months at that point. The details of that night, once so important and precious to me, are now secondary to this one moment. I realized I
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City policies criticized for inability to affect change
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Dear reader, What is space? From finding safe spaces, to taking up space in the world and society, and even to considering the ethics of space exploration, we are always inhabiting space and space is always affecting us. It reflects us, curates us, harms us, and accommodates us—just as we do to it. Our fall magazine contains 12 pieces, each concerned with aspects of an
Bong Joon Ho’s new film is a beautiful, tragic, and hilarious exploration of the class struggle
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It’s finals season. UofT needs to examine mental health infrastructure, now more than ever
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Student Choice Initiative struck down after legal challenge by the CFS-O and YFS
Ontario Court rules in favour of the students Read More »
We’re no longer living in the era of climate change; we’re living in the era of the climate crisis
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