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How Queer Youth are Navigating Quarantined Life in Non-Affirming Homes
Only 24% of [queer] youth can ‘definitely’ be themselves as an LGBTQ person at home.” How are they managing to cope in these uncertain times without regular routines and support systems?
The Art of Staying Soft: A Trans Woman/Femme in Academia
Surviving/Studying Violence and Searching for Community: A practice of loving/breathing beyond violence, as “my loneliness keeps me going”...
Artist Highlight: Marginalized Voices
Where would you be if your story was not told? Five artists are telling stories that matter to them and their communities in a unique and beautiful way.
Environmental Racism? What’s That All About?
A deep dive into environmental justice, environmental racism, and the communities they affect.
Black Muslims: Being Dealt the Short End of the Stick
Being a Black Muslim comes with racism, Islamaphobia, and not enough support from the Islamic community.
The Ballad of Black Batman
A tale of Twitter threads, heroic legacies, and how Marvel already did it better.
“I hate my nose, wbu?”
Filipinx roots run deep, but apparently only white blood is beautiful.
Being Jafakean: who gets to decide what you are?
Fuck five years of living there, family barbeques, Christmas dinners with the rum-laden sorrel my grandma slaved over. I’m not Jamaican, but who draws that line?
The Hidden and the Unknown: African Art at UTSC
For nearly eight years, African art objects have been hidden away in a storage room at UTSC. A three-part investigation into their strange history and uncertain future.
“The Walking Virus”: Living as Asians During COVID-19
Even if everything eventually goes back to “normal,” another kind of virus might still plant itself in our mind, creating fear and stress.
I Am Not a Virus
Other than a health pandemic, a social pandemic involving racism has started to emerge. With most countries reporting the dire verbal and physical attacks against Asians, it’s time to speak up about their experiences.
Best Before: Do Women Have An Expiration Date?
Age is just a number—until it becomes an expiration date. What does this mean and how do older women feel about it?
B.I.G. A.S.S.
Basic Internal Gratification through an After School Special
Black Esports Players: The Struggles of Going Pro
Esports is growing faster than ever and is even a potential billion dollar industry. But what is it about the industry that’s keeping out Black pro players?
My Problem with Swedish Meatballs
Each time I had a Swedish meatball, I didn’t realize I was eating away at my identity.
Growing Up in Scarborough: A Free Pass?
When Drake rapped, “It’s been an east side ting, Scarborough ting from time, G” did he mean we could make dancehall videos as we pleased?
The Lost Voices: The Next Chapter of Science Fiction
The very heart of sci-fi is to explore and discover, to “boldly go where no one has ever gone before.” This is a journey that we couldn’t take without marginalized communities.
“Is My Body Being Colonized?”: A Perspective on Interracial Dating
From frozen yogurt to Taylor Swift, whiteness has invaded all aspects of our lives. So how does it affect dating as a person of colour?
Dear Black MAGA Supporters, What the Fuck?
Doctors afraid of blood, pilots afraid of flying, and Black MAGA supporters—rare but not impossible. One Black man’s journey into the shock and awe of why Black MAGA supporters hit differently.
X-rays at the End of Days
“I hobbled out of the hospital and thought that the past three hours of waiting, hobbling, X-raying and waiting again to find out if my ankle was fractured, would probably make a decent read.”
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