He loves me, he loves me not? YA fiction makes it hard to tell
By Kelsey Rolfe Photographs by Lindsay Boeckl “I love you.” “You are my life now.” (Meyer, 314) After the 2005 release of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight, both the authoress and her work of fiction were shot into superstardom. Years later came similar novels Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick, and Swoon by Nina Malkin, which didn’t quite attract … Read more
Faye Schulman: Photographer and Holocaust Survivor
By Abigale Subdhan Feature image: Courtesy of Ryersonian.ca; captured by Anna Piszczkiewicz. In an open-spaced room teeming with intent listeners, Faye Schulman stood tall in front of a podium. She wore an army jacket adorned with eight gleaming medals as she spoke passionately about her experience with the Holocaust. Schulman, a guest speaker at Ryerson University … Read more
Event: Get Out of my Closet!
The Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU), The Muslim Students Association (MSA), and the Women’s Centre present:
Get Out of my Closet!
Join the RSU, MSA and the Women’s Centre for lunch and learn about Quebec’s Bill 94 and what it means for your civil rights. Bill 94 is proposed legislation, and if approved would deny essential government services, public employment, education, and health care to Muslim women who wear the niqab (face veil).
Reviewing Classics: Cat’s Eye
It almost seems wrong to call Cat’s Eye a work of fiction when so much of it is relatable.
And the older I got the more complicated it became. You can be pretty but you can’t know that you’re pretty. People can like you but not too much. You can be right but you must always apologize for it…
The Slutting Up of Halloween
By Jelena Subotic Photo by Kevin McShane When did Halloween stop being a holiday to show off scary costumes, creativity and originality, and start advocating slutty dress up time? Is it a lack of creativity, or is there actually an unspoken rule for Halloween to bring out the slut even in the most modest of … Read more
