The power of invisibility
By Daro Mrakpor, September 19 2023—
No one sees him/ He walks by and no heads turn/ His presence is not perceived/ Did I die he thinks/ Did the world end without me?/ No one hears her/ She shouts out … Read the rest
By Daro Mrakpor, September 19 2023—
No one sees him/ He walks by and no heads turn/ His presence is not perceived/ Did I die he thinks/ Did the world end without me?/ No one hears her/ She shouts out … Read the rest
By Saima Harron, September 19 2023—
The night before an early morning, I find myself frustrated and on the brink of tears. Deciding which outfit to wear for the 16-hour day ahead of me seems all too much. Too many … Read the rest
By Amina Al Haidery, September 6 2023—
In our post-colonialistic, contemporary society, we are often exhorted to break beyond theory and enter practice. What does this mean, though? How can we do more than just write papers and preach about … Read the rest
By Tiffany Yau, August 30 2023—
I mean, Google considers it as a choice. Really, it was more of a process of elimination — like those multiple choice questions where they ask you which is most correct, except they all … Read the rest
By Reyam Jamaleddine, August 25 2023—
Brown Boy by Omer Aziz is a memoir that narrates the author’s life from growing up in Scarborough to the halls of Yale Law. He is the child of Pakistani immigrants and in his … Read the rest
By Sheroog Kubur, August 25 2023—
As a movement, punk is supposed to be against the mainstream. When the mainstream says you have to be professional and agreeable, punk encourages you to make noise and cause problems. When the mainstream … Read the rest
By Reyam Jamaleddine, August 20 2023—
A culture not of my own identity or origins but one that has accepted me in my difference and nurtured me as such. Teaching me the ways of difference through the difference of their … Read the rest
By Temitope Sowunmi, July 24 2023—
I sat in bed all morning scrolling through Instagram and TikTok, my two favourite time wasters right now on this Gen-Z-pervaded internet. As I scrolled past the memes, annoying podcasts, mini vlogs and countless … Read the rest
By Sonia Rosenquist, June 29 2023—
Bang! Tan! Hello, we are BTS!” a saying that can either make someone scream at the top of their lungs or groan and roll their eyes. In recent years, K-pop has become a global … Read the rest
By Dianne Miranda, June 23 2023—
A clear memory of the silhouette of a child hunched down with a pen and a tear-stained notepad in each hand, aggressively crossing off the words “her” and “girl”, and replacing them with “him” … Read the rest