How vaping companies appeal to today’s teens
Social media, store displays, and youth-savvy flavours—behind the smoke screen on how young people are being marketed to
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Dear She-Ra: an ode to activist organizing across generations
Dear She-Ra (Princess of Power), Glimmer, and Bow, Hi, She-Ra. I’m a long-time fan of your work, but this is my first time writing to you and the Best Friend Squad. There’s been a reboot on Netflix which seems laser-focused on my child-of-the-1980s demographic (the fact that I have a six-year-old daughter who also loves […] More »
Needles
Sometimes Sam got words stuck in her head. Tonight she was repeating to herself the phrase, unwaxed thread—unwaxed thread—… The on-call room smelled like two decades of coffee breath. She slipped past its heavy door, her eyes protesting the quick adjustment from the bright fluorescent of the hospital corridor to the on-call room’s dim bulb, […] More »
The role of white media in perpetuating online racism
Redefining the “hot potato” of Yolanda Bonnell’s request
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The Exhaustion of Empowerment
Muslim women shouldn't be required to act superhuman to avoid being seen as weak
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Spotlight on The Alberta Advantage podcast
Podcast gives a left-wing perspective on local politics
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The fare evasion blame game
How talking about skipping turnstiles keeps transit commissions unaccountable
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