Feeling our feelings about 2022
Although it’s only November, with our final issue of 2022, we here at A&C thought it would be fun to ask our fellow masthead members to provide their thoughts and feelings about the many things this year has presented us with!
To start, we collected some data on pressing pop-culture related concerns:
Was Harry Styles’ performance worse in Don’t Worry Darling or My Policeman?
36 percent – My Policeman
64 percent – Don’t Worry Darling
Will Taylor Swift recover in 2023 from The Great Ticketmaster Debacle?
36 percent – Yes (she is the music industry)
64 percent – No (she’s the problem, it’s her)
Should Saturday exams be abolished from 2023? (If you don’t say yes, you’re wrong).
Unsurprisingly, 100% of our masthead voted to ban Saturday exams.
But in terms of this year as a whole, apparently, The Strand masthead has learned a lot about themselves…
Describe your 2022 as a click-bait headline
“Girl who thinks things are getting better gets a shocking surprise!” – Janna Abbas, Co-EIC
“Heartbreaking: Local guy realises they must do things for things to happen!” – Shelley, Art Editor
“Ladies and Gentlemen, a new member has been added to the circus for clowning too much (#real)” – Isha, Social Media Manager
“Wow! This university student signed up for hard courses and is surprised when they’re hard!” – Kieran Guimond, Science Editor
“Stressed student realises that dying your hair does not actually fix your life” – Janus Kwong, Production Manager
“Girl Who Thought She Couldn’t Possibly Go Through Any More Character Development Somehow Goes Through Even More Character Development” – Abi Akinlade, Opinions Editor
“Burnout in 3D: a guide to doing too much” – Rion Levy, Co-EIC
“Local Man Breaks Records With Infinite Swag” – Soup, Associate Web Editor
“Girlboss! This woman is still existing despite the literal dumpster fire of her life!” – Faith Wershba, Stranded Editor
“SHOCKING turn of events! Student suffers the consequences of his own actions” – Max Lees, Co-News Editor
“Local woman thinks her mental health couldn’t be worse post-pandemic – you’ll never believe what happens next!” – Mikaela Moore, Associate Arts and Culture Editor
“Stupefied by Toronto weather, student makes scarves a personality trait” – Ishika Rishi, Co-Poetry Editor
“Girl Bursts into A Flame From Roller Coaster Ride” – Maeve Ellis, Associate Copy Editor
Best streaming service original movie?
“Wendell and Wild on Netflix” – Kieran
“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story on The Roku Channel” – Mikaela
Who is (or do you predict to be) your top listened to artist of 2022?
“Arctic Monkeys for sure” – Roensa Salija, Senior Copy Editor
“I wish I could experience the thrill that comes with waiting for your Spotify wrapped, but my top artist is gonna be Taylor Swift and I know that for a fact.” – Janna
“Taemin :)” – Shelley
“Either Lizzy McAlpine or Joshua Bassett” – Isha
“The Amazing Devil” – Kieran
“Tswift” – Janus
“Elton John” – Rion
“Brent Faiyaz or Beyoncé” – Abi
“Coldplay” – Soup
“Feng Suave” – Faith
“It’s definitely gonna be whatever lofi music I’ve conditioned myself to write papers to… or The 1975” – Sarah Abernethy, Arts & Culture Editor
“Mother Mother or Stromae” – Max
“Måneskin” – Mikaela
“Radiohead” – Maeve
Most overused/overdone TikTok sound or trend
“This is a hot take, but the “Bejewelled” trend (I’m sorry). It’s because I’m a little disappointed by Taylor due the whole tour tickets debacle!!!! – Isha
“The MBTI personalities (I’m an INFP)” – Janus
“Sped-up versions of songs (I like them! It was just a lot)” – Abi
“A negroni… sbagliato, with Prosecco in it” – Rion
“OH NO. OH NO. OH NO NO NO NO NO” – Soup
“I wanna gooooo home” – Faith
“They go by really fast, before you get sick of them” – Maeve
“The “Oh no’s” for sure” – Sarah
Worst moment on campus
“Ned’s NEVER serving anything other than pasta — please I need some variety” – Janna
“Finding some mystery substance on my coat after lying down on the Vic quad” – Shelley
“Every single lecture this semester” – Isha
“Spent five minutes trying to unlock a door and one of my professors definitely saw me” – Kieran
“Stepping into the biggest snow slushie outside robarts with my white sneakers” – Janus
“The main UC entrance closing </3” – Abi
“Accidentally coming to class one hour too early” – Roensa
“Paying $150 on Ubers in a week when I broke my toe” – Rion
“Partying too hard dressed as a squid” – Soup
“Getting covid on the literal second day of school” – Faith
“Being in class during Caffiends open hours all semester” – Mikaela
“The construction. We all know it.” – Sarah
Share your biggest 2023 resolution
“Trying to sleep more” – Roensa
“To be more grateful!” – Shelley
“Sorting my life out!! (It’s a big mess right now)” – Isha
“Not stress out about what I’m gonna do after undergrad” – Kieran
“Actually read my readings” – Janus
“To let go of all my academic guilt after I graduate lol” – Abi
“To not kill any more plants” – Rion
“Camping trip!” – Maeve
Something you hope gets left in 2022
“Ticketmaster (derogatory)” – Janna
“The self-consciousness that stops me from trying new things” – Shelley
“Instagram Reels” – Isha
“Elon Musk >:(“ – Kieran
“Negativity” – Rion
“Harry Styles and Taylor Swift and their vehicular manslaughter” – Soup
“The maze of construction site closures throughout campus” – Ishika
“A year without going on a camping trip :/” – Maeve
