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Hysterical Women and the History of Sex Toys
Liberating women one (or a couple) orgasms at a time– how feminist sex toys normalized sex-positivity in a world that made women out to be monsters.
Trigger Warning: themes and images of mental health disorders, suicide.
The Underground’s Beginner Guide to Filing Taxes as a Student
Students are no strangers to credits, but what about taxes? The Underground has put together the beginner guide to filing your taxes in-between assignments with advice from a CRA representative.
A Woman’s Right to Choose
A submission by a contributor that addresses the beliefs and societal systems in place that make it difficult for woman to have power over their own body.
To You, Overbearing Lover
A letter to someone who loves too much that it’s suffocating. But suffocating for who? The writer of the letter or the one it’s directed to?
Self-Redemption
Continuing the story of a glass mosaic broken by others and who broke with it.
When the World Stops Celebrating - Around the World in 4 Unique Festivities
From radish people to chasing after giant cheese wheels, countries around the world began to reintroduce some of their most unique and absurd celebrations after a global pandemic had shaken our planet out of its festive spirits.
Celebrating the Small Wins
When we achieve a level of greatness, reach a milestone, or major advancement, this is often cause for celebration. But what if we allow ourselves more freedom to celebrate the small achievements in life?
A Brief History of Making and Breaking New Year’s Resolutions
4000 years of committing to and falling off the wagon of self-improvement.
The Party to End All Parties: Celebrating the Apocalypse in Film
Welcome to the end of the world. We have a DJ and an open bar.
Fake Ads, Real Change: How a Curiously Clever Citizen Changed the TTC (probably)
New year, same violent TTC. Here’s how one clever citizen chose to protest it.
Celebration or Consumerism: What are the Holidays Really About?
“To give or not to give? What are the holidays really about and who are they really meant for?”
It’s The Year of the Rabbit… and the Cat
Unlike the other Chinese zodiac, this Lunar New Year features two zodiacs depending on which Asian culture.
They All Looked Up
Follow our character as he reacts to fireworks through the years: in wonder, annoyance, exhaustion, nostalgia. One thing does not change though. Every single version of him looks up.
Celebrating Those Who Don’t
Sometimes it feels like the whole world is celebrating. However, there are always people who forget the holidays. They are often the ones making the holidays possible. Here’s to the invisible, the unheard, the unnoticed. Here’s to those we don’t celebrate enough.
What Am I Supposed to Celebrate?
What effect does commemorating my achievements have when you undermine my existence?
The Importance of Enjoying Celebration
Are you cherishing celebrations or are you letting them consume you? Making sense of why we let moments meant to be commemorated become moments full of trickling anxiety, and how that shouldn’t be the case.
Know Thyself
To know, or not to know, for that is the question.
Discovering Life (and Myself) Somewhere New: Lessons I Learned so Far Living Abroad
What an 18-year-old immigrant has to say about living away from home, finding yourself again, relationships and why you should not give up.
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The First [Mis]steps to Surviving University: How to Make the Most of UTSC
Time management, getting involved, dealing with independence, and more tips for making your first year enjoyable.
Hidden Gems and Quality Cuisines: A Guide to Eat More of Scarborough
Stories of immigration, colonization, encroaching gentrification, and despair, but also love and hope. All can be found along the Scarborough blue line, especially in the food, according to food enthusiast, Howard Tam.
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