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Content warning: mentions of sexual assault, child sexual abuse, nonconsensual porn, and sex trafficking The Cimmerian darkness of Incognito mode, the insulating presence of earphones, the feverish desperation for a hit of dopamine… an all too familiar description of how most of our nights are spent during this period of social isolation. For those of

Dear Faculty and Students of Victoria College, The murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis law enforcement was yet another example of the dehumanization of Black people in North America. We, the Victoria Black Student Network, have been called upon to reflect and share our thoughts as Black people in Canada, and as Black students attending

It’s a Sunday in November, and my mom is visiting. I just had one of those weeks where it feels like you’re running from one thing to the next while trying to catch up in every class. Needless to say, I had not gotten a lot of sleep. I did, however, make sure to eat

Performative allyship often goes deeper than the surface. So-called allies often label themselves as such but engage in behaviour that supports white supremacy and benefits their own status in the social/racial hierarchy. But cultural appropriation is a surface level kind of racism that can contribute and align itself with the same kind of performative allyship we criticize. It devalues a culture’s history and language, and