OPINIONS
Are you straight or just lonely?
In 2019, I was a first-year commuter student with high hopes for my future years at UofT. I dreamt of being able to live on residence and do everything my two-hour commute time and unforgiving Go Train schedule prevented me from doing. Then, of course, came the COVID-19 outbreak, and ...
The reality of women’s hockey
In February of 2020, The Rally Report (a national study on sport participation by Canadian girls from ages six to 18) determined that one in three girls drop out of sports by their late teens, and that girls are three times more likely to drop out of their respective sports ...
Why do we schedule happiness?
“It’s almost like scheduling happiness.” The words turn over and over in my head. On our FaceTime call, my best friend Damien hunches over his sculpture and insists that he will be happy once he is done with his portfolio. After our call, I wrote his words down on a ...
A South-Asian Perspective of What Kamala Harris Represents
I want to address the fact that this article is based on my personal experiences as a South-Asian woman. It in no way represents all of us or our experiences. What Kamala Harris Represents Saturday, November 7, was the day I discovered that Kamala Harris became the Vice President (VP)-elect ...
How white women weaponize their privilege
Why I no longer trust cis white women
Lost in death
A former immigrant contemplates on her Mexican ties to the Dia de Los Muertos celebration
To (de)value a people
What I learned about politics while living in COVID-era Russia
Spend it, use it, screw it.
We’re in the middle of a pandemic, and I still can’t convince myself to use a bath bomb. I got some for Christmas last year, but every time I think about dropping one in a nice bath, I think “No—I should save it for a really bad day.” It’s the ...
The asterisk
What a potentially tainted academic year has to do with the 2017 Houston Astros
Write better survey questions about gender
Every year, some of you are inevitably going to collect data about people’s genders. Maybe you’re a psychologist, or a social science student doing an experiment or a survey. Maybe you’re a club executive trying to create an application form. So, how do you do it respectfully? I don’t think ...