Stories @ Vic

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Stories @ Vic: Secrets to self-love

Arts and Culture, Stories @ Vic, Volume 65, Volume 65 Issue 9 / By

Self-love has become an all-too-familiar word, but what do folks actually think about it? In response to this, I interviewed Victoria College students about their views on self-love and how they practise it. “I think self-love is beautiful,” says Mikaela Moore, a fifth-year student majoring in history and English (and the Associate Arts and Culture

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Stories @ Vic: An interview with ‘Hey, Teach!’ Co-Editor in Chief, Imani King

Arts and Culture, Stories @ Vic, Volume 65 Issue 3 / By

This month I had the pleasure of interviewing Imani King, a fourth year English major. She has been an active member of the Vic community for four years through her contributions to the Victoria College based magazine Hey, Teach!. King states that Hey, Teach! is “the only UofT publication solely dedicated to the topic of

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Stories @ Vic: The art of collecting

Arts and Culture, Stories @ Vic, Volume 65, Volume 65 Issue 2 / By

When we think about the parameters of ‘excess,’ it’s difficult not to consider the boundaries between minimalism and maximalism. How much stuff is too much stuff? Pro-minimalists (such as the infamous Marie Kondo) would suggest it is anything that does not “spark joy.” Though sometimes, a lot can spark joy.  To kick off Stories @

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