I said a Hip Hop, a hippie to the hippie
For such a musical city, Montreal’s lack of a prominent hip-hop scene has always seemed-to me- an odd oversight. That was why I was so pleased to hear about hip-hop week, let’s turn on the mics of the...
View ArticleWhy I Do Not Support the Student Protests
I’d like to begin by clarifying that I agree with and support everything the current student protests stand for. Yes, I am anti-austerity and I believe that the Quebec government is acting in an...
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Collectively Learned Individualism
“Be all that you can be.” – US Army From the most powerful military in the world, massive corporations, and even children’s television networks, we receive the same conspicuous message, “YOU ARE AN...
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Style and Sexuality: Apply Liberally, Insert Slowly
In the early 2000s, professor David Halperin offered a class at University of Michigan called “How to be Gay.” Given the title, it seems like there wouldn’t have been much to teach. “Apply liberally;...
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Le printemps austère du mouvement étudiant
Le mouvement populaire de ce printemps s’affirme comme une grève sociale en réaction aux mesures d’austérité et à l’économie du pétrole qui se distingue de la lutte estudiantine de 2012. On peut donc...
View ArticleHistorically Illiterate
I was in the British education system until year nine. That’s the year before you start your GCSE courses, the first round of exams that really matter for your future. Over the course of my education I...
View ArticleThe Value of Education
Education is valuable. It is valuable, but discriminatory by nature within a capitalist framework. Capitalism is oppressive by nature; inequality is a necessity, at least to some degree. The...
View ArticleWhat Are We Learning Anyway?
What are we learning anyway? I’m not talking about your honors thesis, your major, your minor, your unpaid stints in the research labs, your clubs and extra-curriculars, students government positions...
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Arrêtons de parler du FN
Les politiques français sont obsédés par le FN. Pourtant, ils feraient mieux de recentrer la discussion sur leur propre contribution politique positive, plutôt que de s’efforcer diaboliser –...
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Social Force
It is present in every aspect of society – from conversations, to concerts, to production, to war – social force is inescapable. Some call it “peer pressure”, which is correct, but I have chosen to use...
View ArticleThrough the Glass: An Interview with Red Cross Rep Chantal Sylvie
I first met Chantal Sylvie-Imbeault (pictured back row, center in the fall of 2014.) The room that I leased was in her home, which her kids had converted into a cozy inn for folks passing through the...
View ArticleCapital Depression
The sign featured in the photograph preceding this article is referring to a mental health facility, which is affiliated with my place of employment for the summer. As you’ll notice, the sign simply...
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Where Rhodes Once Stood
Rhodes Must Fall’s new divestment campaign exposes the movement’s brilliance and absurdity, but most importantly its necessity. Noki’s green cloth danced on a flag pole perched atop Jameson Memorial...
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Make Art, Not War
Cities in Latin America have become cities of murals. Murals that spring in the city centers and parks, and disproportionately so in the slums and shantytowns: the invisible parts of the cities, that...
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Mutations or Reforms?: Reflections on the Chinese Economy
From a biological point of view, species undergo the survival of the fittest: traits that are beneficial are passed down while the less advantageous ones are phased out. Many of these beneficial traits...
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On Dialogue and Decency
An embarrassing display and missed opportunity at the Newman Centre. On February 2nd, The Newman Centre hosted “Theology Thursday,” a monthly event where students are offered “an opportunity to...
View ArticleWe Must All Stand With Tibet
Feature photo courtesy of the Canada Tibet Committee The present North American political context is defined by the perpetuation of deep fear, factual inaccuracy, and the subordination of Otherness. It...
View ArticleLégitimer les violences policières les rendent-elles admissibles?
Par Jacques Simon et Margot Hutton Nous sommes en France, à Aulnay-sous-Bois, en banlieue parisienne, le 2 février 2017. Théo, 22 ans, est interpellé par la police. La rencontre prend une tournure...
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Peace and Love, Punch a Fascist, and Everything Inbetween
Cover photo: protests at UC Berkeley turn violent as Milo Yiannopoulos was invited to speak (Source: kqed.org) We need to think before taking it for granted that punching ‘fascists’ and other physical...
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Ugh, Another Feminist
Cover photo: The general definition of Feminism (Source: berry.edu) “Not all theorists who study gender identify their research as feminist [because] it makes it more palatable to mainstream...
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