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Special Issue
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Special IssuePoetry for the Gender and Sexuality Issue
A selection of poetry exploring gender and sexuality!
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Special IssueRe-examining the Good Versus Bad Girl Binary
In matters of sexuality and intimacy, ours is a society that doesn’t hold men and women to the same standards. To make matters worse, women’s bodies are relentlessly policed and critiqued, objectified and sexualized. Mine certainly has been.
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Special IssueA Brief, Dirty History of Sexting
The desire to communicate erotically is an innate drive for most people, so it’s no wonder we’ve been sexting in one way or another since the invention of the written word.
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Special IssueFemme AM and The CJLO Women’s+ Collective
A collective for women and non-binary folks at CJLO, Concordia’s radio station, meets the need for community and support of femmes in broadcast media, complete with a feminist talk show.
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Special IssuePhoto Essay: Melinda Prévost and the Life of a Diabetic Athlete
It’s Nov. 18, and it is game day for the Concordia Stingers’ women’s hockey team. At the Ed Meagher Arena, on the ice rink, one of the players circles around the ice, warming up.
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Special IssueLooking Into the Lifesaving Naloxone
McGill social work student Richard Davy said there’s a lack of awareness given towards the importance of naloxone and the growing rate of opioid overdoses in Montreal.
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Special IssueWomen and Sterilization: Why are Young Women Still Being Denied Tubal Ligation?
*What does a doctor who refuses to help me obtain a tubal ligation—a sterilizing procedure to seal the fallopian tubes—an anti-abortionist, and the early inventors of contraception have in common? The illusion of giving women better choices, the saviour complex, the undermining of women’s right and ability to make their own choices, and the ideas regarding who should and shouldn’t have children.
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Special IssueSelf Image and Deprecation: A Personal Narrative on Body Image and Mental Health
I’ve been trying to figure out for weeks how not to make this piece about my body’s shape incredibly depressing.
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Special IssueClimate Catastrophe and Its Effects on Mental Health
I definitely think my perspective of the future has become more pessimistic. I feel an overall sense of cynicism and helplessness because I feel that one person can’t make too much of a difference on a global scale,” said Grace Feiler, a second year political science major at McGill University. “I know that’s a bad way of looking at it, but for something as big and catastrophic as climate change, it’s easy to feel that way.”
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Special IssueWhere to Find Mental Health, Addiction and Community Support in Montreal
Need help but feel lost? Here are some services in Montreal that offer support to those with mental illness, disabilities, addiction or sexually transmitted infections. You can also learn about organizations that provide educational workshops or other types of social support.
