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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.

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News

FIFA President spins issue of migrant workers in Qatar during press conference

Despite various reports and investigations, Infantino fails to grasp the gravity of the situation
Read Article
11/30/22
Conversation

‘Is there a Doctor on board?’: The value of mental health first aid training

Jessie shares a personal account of what happened when a medical emergency was called on her flight
Read Article
11/24/22
Community

Khalsa Aid’s jacket drive goes beyond prepping international students for a Canadian winter

The promise of winter jackets is just what gets students through the door.
Read Article
11/24/22
What's trending

Did 'Love is Blind' bring the magic back?

Love is Blind season 3 is over and it’s time to see if it redeemed itself
Read Article
11/17/22
What's trending

Abbott Elementary: a quintessential classic sitcom in the making

Abbott Elementary is a new must-watch sitcom providing much needed freshness to the TV guide
Read Article
11/17/22
Conversation

Work in progress

"I’ll never be so 'healed' that I don’t still mess up from time to time."
Read Article
11/17/22
Poetry

Brown Munde

"Turf wars over land your parents own, running these streets from a broken home"
Read Article
11/14/22
Poetry

prayer 4 trans power

The latest release from 5XPoetry
Read Article
11/14/22

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