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OpinionsIf You Don’t Like My Hairy Legs, Go Fuck Yourself
It’s not always easy to be hairy with a uterus.
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The Future is Clear (of Jobs)
Gainful employment — that’s why we’re putting ourselves through the sleepless nights and sleep-inducing lectures in pursuit of a higher education. When someone announces that they are pursuing a degree in the arts, inevitably their declaration will be met with a chorus of: “But what are going to do when you graduate?”
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Kettled and Ticketed Under P-6
The dark irony between police officers, who demand libre négo [with the state], suppressing the right to freedom of assembly of workers and students who oppose austerity–on International Workers’ Day–is poignant in the extreme.
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I Backpacked Through Cuba Without Airbnb Reservations
Last month my friend and I backpacked from the easternmost tip of Cuba inland and beyond Havana, and back, with no travel plans nor any reservations. And we did just fine. Perhaps Americans are afraid of being stranded upon the Bay of No-Hospitality— naturally they want to make reservations this time.
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The Magic Word
The problem of sex and consent lies not only in the 460,000 sexual assaults— according to a study made by Statistics Canada in 2004—reported in the country in a given year. It also lies in the attempted rapes, in the fear of saying “no” to sex, in the problem of the “come on baby, we’ve done it before,” and in the silenced victims.
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OpinionsA Budget for Bankers and Businessman
When you look at the $100bn budget, it is clear that pensioners and corporations seem to be relatively unaffected by the austere neoliberal policies that youths are disproportionately affected by.
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OpinionsEditorial: ASFA Is Plagued by Rape Culture
Last semester, the Arts and Science Federation of Associations drew criticism for their dismissal of calls to provide sexual consent workshops for Frosh attendees. Sean Nolan, ASFA’s VP Social, told the Montreal Gazette at the time that, “the attention span of these 18-year-old kids is not going to last long enough to understand the bulk of the presentation.”
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OpinionsPrioritize Cannabis Legalization!
In a recentinterview with VICE Shane Smith, President Obama was asked about his thoughts on legalizing marijuana, which was one of the most popular viewer-submitted topics for the interview.*
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Nah’msayin? Touchin’ Yr Dick—It’s Actually Pretty Sweet!
*This article may come off wrong to some people. I actually kind of feel uncomfortable writing it, as it’s an article that, in reality, only people with penises can really understand.
