Or, balancing your responsibilities like a pro It can be difficult to make the transition from high school, living at home, and maybe having a part-time job to university with its myriad opportunities for fun, work, and study. It is important to set goals and know what you want out […]
Author: Sierra Paquette-Struger
Your catcalls aren’t compliments, they’re harassment
Why street harassment is a human rights issue The term “catcalling” is a misnomer. It is not catcalling; it is street harassment. Street harassment is often sexual in nature and is a form of gender violence and a human rights violation. The act of street harassment is not unique to […]
Feminism 101: Understanding the misunderstood F-word
A brief and gentle introduction to gender equality Regardless of what anyone has told you, feminism essentially projects an inalienable truth: all people are equal. Traditionally, it stood for the argument that women and men are equal. Now, however, we recognize that gender isn’t described by two absolutes, but rather […]
Pop Philosophy: Pushing vodka bottles up the hill in the pursuit of meaning
We must imagine university students happy I had already applied to graduate, paid for the late application fee, put down my deposit for the robe, and paid for an extra ticket when the University emailed me to inform me that I would not be able to graduate because I was […]
On the go: What is one thing that you learned this year?
[media-credit name=”Karen Tran” align=”aligncenter” width=”1020″] “I finally learned time management.” —Carly Trinier, International Development, fifth year [media-credit name=”Karen Tran” align=”aligncenter” width=”1020″] “I’m on exchange, so I had to learn to work with myself and not against myself.” —Maike Renkirt, Biochemistry, third year [media-credit name=”Karen Tran” align=”aligncenter” width=”1020″] “Italian ladies would […]
Producer from This American Life releases new podcast
Brian Reed’s S-Town is a devastating look at the necessities of legality Masquerading as a true crime podcast, S-Town is not a podcast that explores the inhumanity of murder. It is the deeply human story of two men, of love and family, and how simple choices can cause devastating consequences. […]
Between the Sheets: Most Perfect Things About People marks debut for Guelph grad
Mark Jordan Manner explores the complications of memory Mark Jordan Manner’s debut novel Most Perfect Things About People is categorically not light holiday reading. Manner, who received his MFA in creative writing from the University of Guelph, published his novel through Tailwinds Press. Within the opening movements of the text, […]
Ed Sheeran releases new album, condemns women their hobbies
An unsurprisingly sexist album sure to make millions I don’t tend to write and submit negative reviews for The Ontarion’s Arts and Culture section. I say to myself and to any writer who writes critically of acts (especially local acts), that we are emphatically not Pitchfork. We do not need […]
Campus theatre club presents Heathers the Musical
Dark comedy offers audiences an opportunity to find humour in tragedy Heathers, a dark comedy cult classic ripped straight from 1989, gets a modern musical twist in the Curtain Call Productions (CCP) presentation of Heathers the Musical, written and composed by Laurence O’Keefe and Kevin Murphy. Following high school senior […]
Photography project aims to promote positive images of Muslim women
Bright Muslim Women capitalizes on social media to promote diversity University of Guelph fine arts student Sondoce Wasfy has started a new project called Bright Muslim Women to showcase the many contributions Muslim-identifying women have made. “I am a conceptual sculptor and photographer, originally trained in architecture. I come from […]
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