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April 30, 2025

“Clean Girl” or “White Girl”? Exploring Racial Double Standards in the Fashion Industry

It’s time to embrace these styles as more than just ‘trends’, but as a long-lived facet of Black culture. Recognizing the enormous influence that Black communities have had on fashion and aesthetics will allow for the long-overdue dismantling of structural hegemonies, which not only ignore Black culture but also build an alarming double standard between races in the fashion industry.

“Clean Girl” or “White Girl”? Exploring Racial Double Standards in the Fashion Industry
April 30, 2025

Thrifting and the Price of Exclusion: Gentrifying Secondhand Stores in Toronto

The question of immorality does not pertain to the act of thrifting itself, but how the thrift environment has been redesigned to serve corporate interests at the expense of those it was initially designed to support.

Thrifting and the Price of Exclusion: Gentrifying Secondhand Stores in Toronto
March 31, 2025

Who is “Saving” Europe?

In the digital age, the responsibility of verifying and trusting information falls on us, the users. While content under the branding of Save Europe might not be falsified, it is deliberately presented with emotional imagery, evocative music and slogans—blurring the line between political activism and propaganda.

Who is “Saving” Europe?
March 31, 2025

Fasting, not a dividing element after all

Fasting in different religions does not divide us. It just makes us realize how similar we are, how we have the same needs, temptations and desires. And that’s precisely what I realized when I came to Menton, a campus full of diversity—ethnically, culturally and religiously. At the core, we are all the same…

Fasting, not a dividing element after all
March 31, 2025

Love is in the Air? Une Lutte Contre le Vent

If the campus is about 70% female and 30% male, and of the women, 75% are available and heterosexual, and of the men, about half are gay and maybe 25% are in a relationship, how many available, straight men does that leave for the single women, keen and looking? No need to do the math. We are not all EcoSoc majors. To put it simply, the answer is not a lot.

Love is in the Air? Une Lutte Contre le Vent
March 31, 2025

Le racisme aussi peut être pluraliste

Sans qu’on puisse mettre un trait d’égalité entre le RN et la Nouvelle droite, il faut saisir l’apport essentiel de cette mouvance à l’extrême-droite tant sur le plan idéologique que sur la formation intellectuelle de ses cadres. La Nouvelle droite est une entreprise de blanchiment car derrière le ‘pluralisme’ dont elle se targue, se cache directement le nazisme et le néo-fascisme terroriste. La grande blanchisserie aujourd’hui est le Rassemblement national.

Le racisme aussi peut être pluraliste
March 31, 2025

With Prada and Ten Protagonists on to a new self-destruction feminism

Feminism does not always require being vocal, an activist, or engaging in mass mobilization. Sometimes resisting is retreating—in the choice to withdraw from cultural pressures knowingly. Dissociative feminism expands the scope of what feminist action can entail.

With Prada and Ten Protagonists on to a new self-destruction feminism
March 31, 2025

A Review of the Oscars

The Oscars, once regarded as the highest award form of artistic recognition, have increasingly been subject to scrutiny over their selection process, inclusivity and cultural relevance. While the ceremony continues to attract global attention for viewers tuning in from all over the globe, one cannot help but ask: is the Academy truly honoring the best in cinema, or is it simply reinforcing the industry’s biases and political inclinations?

A Review of the Oscars
March 31, 2025

The Southern Preacher’s Goth Daughter

If the South is so deeply religious—it quite literally has been termed the ‘Bible Belt’ during cultural and political descriptions—why is it so drawn to horror? The answer lies in the paradox that envelops faith itself. To believe in heaven is to acknowledge that hell also exists. The belief in salvation is not complete without the recognition of sin. The South, with its religion and belief in divine punishment, has always and will always be a place where horror feels natural.

The Southern Preacher’s Goth Daughter
March 31, 2025

Trends In Tourism: Solo Travelling and Slow Tourism

For us, Sciences Pistes, there are endless options, often just a click away on a lazy Monday morning, when the teacher is particularly uninteresting. The flight tickets are cheap, flying is fast and time is limited.
We, Sciences Pistes, are respectful, interested in different cultures and exploring the hidden gems—not just the touristy areas.

Trends In Tourism: Solo Travelling and Slow Tourism
February 28, 2025

All Roads Lead To Hollywood: What Do Golden Globes Teach Us About The Film Industry?

So what do the Golden Globes teach us about the film industry? Apart from the obvious elitism and unreasonable standards it sets in most aspects of our lives, it highlights the necessity of appreciating one's work. In some cases, it emphasizes the importance of sharing happy moments with those who understand and support you. Perhaps from a more career-focused point of view, the awards also present a wonderful opportunity for filmmakers, actresses, and actors to get widespread recognition.

All Roads Lead To Hollywood: What Do  Golden Globes Teach Us About The Film Industry?
February 28, 2025

Pouring One Out for the Pub

“Sweet Caroline, Good times never felt so good” are the words that personify the pub, but as reality hits, how much longer will the croons of Neil Diamond sound true?

Pouring One Out for the Pub
February 28, 2025

Love in the Time of Consumerism

As everything is slowly becoming 15% off for Valentine’s Day, and everyone seems to be in a rush to buy matching socks with their partner, it’s important to look back and reflect on how this affects our perceptions of love overall. Love, in all its forms, can be cherished without engaging in its distorted, capitalized forms and by remembering we are a part of a community that can grow stronger if we stop associating love with discounts and advertisements.

Love in the Time of Consumerism
February 28, 2025

Is TikTok changing the way we listen to music?

Since the app’s launch in 2016, TikTok has changed the way people discover, interact with and share music. Thanks to catchy songs, viral challenges and influencer-driven content TikTok has helped upcoming artists gain popularity by changing the way music is promoted and has created new ways for songs to go viral. The algorithm of the app is designed to push content to users based on their interactions, making it possible for even the most niche tracks to achieve widespread attention.

Is TikTok changing the way we listen to music?
February 28, 2025

Carl Schmitt: le nazi avec de bonnes idées?

Le cas Carl Schmitt est troublant car lire ses livres et en discuter, c’est faire entrer un nazi enthousiaste dans le panthéon des grands auteurs. Carl Schmitt questionne nos croyances par ses écrits mais aussi par sa vie; sa vie montre la porosité de la philosophie et du droit avec le pire et l’inanité de séparer les Hommes en deux. Le génie et la monstruosité sont souvent une seule et même chose.

Carl Schmitt: le nazi avec de bonnes idées?
February 28, 2025

“He is Coming”: A Nosferatu Film Commentary

The 2024 Nosferatu turns the themes of anxiety, of fear, present in the German version, inward.
Someone on Reddit said that neither Nosferatu was “terrifying”—that’s relative. In any instance, he definitely came.

“He is Coming”: A Nosferatu Film Commentary
January 31, 2025

Strawberry Fields Forever

If you asked me the most glorious time to be alive, I would say, beyond a doubt, the period between 1960 to 1970. Why? These were the years when the Beatles were making music. Hit after hit, from Here Comes the Sun to Yesterday, the Beatles’ music lives on through die-hard fans and casual listeners alike. Spend a week in England, and you will without a doubt hear one of their songs. After all, the Beatles are forever.

Strawberry Fields Forever
January 31, 2025

Is the Mean Girl Living Inside of Us Dead? The Possible Fall of Cringing

With the coming of age comes individualization and a desire to break away from conformity. As rationality develops, it becomes more comprehensible that there is no need to be ashamed of or cringe at things either you or someone around you partakes in. This, in turn, eliminates the desire to conform to societal norms.

Is the Mean Girl Living Inside of Us Dead? The Possible Fall of Cringing
December 31, 2024

What's CRISPR, Anyway?

Despite technical limitations and ethical considerations, it’s hard to understate the revolutionary nature of the CRISPR system. In just over a decade, its use has proliferated to the majority of fields within the life sciences, yielding important clinical advances to tackle congenital diseases and understand viral mechanisms that target humans in order to accelerate the vaccine-making process.

What's CRISPR, Anyway?
December 31, 2024

Is Coming of Age Based on Geography?

The rise to popularity of media set outside of the US created a gap for new works which happened to be produced by British and Irish creators and their coming of age stories. While having real world implications such as a shift in university preferences, this also allowed for a generation to realize that the dream of an American teenagehood was as unrealistic as it was unattainable. In their transition to adulthood, many can now better appreciate the coming of age experiences their—or neighboring—countries have to offer, and learn about a larger scope of history and culture.

Is Coming of Age Based on Geography?
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