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Culture, community and conversation. 5X Press is the essential South Asian youth culture magazine in Canada, covering all things arts & culture, trending topics, news, & so much more. We connect our community to one another, and to the world. 5X Press is written and published in Surrey, BC, by a team of 14 writers. Edited by Interim Editor, Harpo Mander.

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Conversation

Introduction: Sh*t you can’t ask your parents

An advice column for the things us brown kids can't talk to our parents about.
What's trending

Discourses I hated this week: Feb 7-11

Things I hated and loved to hate.
Conversation

South Asian women and the sexuality we’ve been taught to ignore

Exploring sexuality as a South Asian woman is complex and awkward when all we've known is shame.
Conversation

Why we need trigger warnings on explicit content to avoid putting victims at further harm

Activists are calling for healthier and safer ways to speak about violence against women.
What's trending

Discourses I hated this week: Jan 30 - Feb 4

Things I hated and loved to hate this week
Community

Grassroots efforts to help South Asian truckers in B.C. underway

Community advocate seeks tangible change as labour issues lose traction due to white supremacists
Arts & culture

Desi Me Dating: A South Asian dating show with a modern spin

A tell-all on the latest South Asian dating show
What's trending

Discourses I hated this week: Jan 24-28

The things we hated this week.
Conversation

Everything wrong with the diaspora’s fight for “representation”

It's time to stop celebrating crumbs of representation and go a step further. It's exhausting.
Community

Community Feature: The story of family-run Hairtell Salon in Surrey

Up and coming hairstylist Raj Mand and her Hairtell family sit down with 5XPress.
Conversation

You can’t be depressed, you’re brown: The stigma of mental health in South Asian families

Depression in the South Asian community is a taboo topic often shrouded in secrecy and shame.
What's trending

Discourses I hated this week: January 17-21

The things I hated and loved to hate this week.

All ARTICLES

Arts & culture

Selena Gomez’s ‘My Mind and Me’ is a candid look at navigating mental illness in the spotlight

The documentary dives into the trials and tribulations Gomez navigated since her rise to stardom.
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12/14/22
Conversation

Why Lilly Singh’s partnership with Johnnie Walker cuts deep two years later

Johnnie Walker is a long-standing symbol in the community, but what does it really stand for?
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12/14/22
Community

‘Kaur’: The short film centering a British South Asian woman who embraces her Sikh identity

5X Press sat down with the creators to learn more about the inspiration for the film
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12/8/22
Conversation

Anxious mom takes on the holidays, setting boundaries with yourself and presence over presents

"The truth is we set ourselves up for failure when we keep the cycle of needing to do more going."
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12/7/22
Community

5XPress’ Desi Holiday Gift Guide 2022

5X is here to save you from your gift-giving block this holiday season.
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12/1/22
Conversation

Survival patterns; our friends or enemies?

How unpacking our survival patterns can turn into epiphanies
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12/1/22
Community

An open letter to my city: Our boys are dying, what can we do?

“I can’t help but ask myself: what could it possibly be? What are we supposed to do?”
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12/1/22

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