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Palestine: a cry for justice, empathy and understanding
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November 14, 2023
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Discourses I hated this week: Chris Brown defenders and Marvel slander

I'm tired of talking about Chris Brown.
November 24, 2022
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
November 17, 2022
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
November 17, 2022
Conversation

Work in progress
"I’ll never be so 'healed' that I don’t still mess up from time to time."
November 17, 2022
Poetry

Brown Munde
"Turf wars over land your parents own, running these streets from a broken home"
November 14, 2022
Poetry

prayer 4 trans power

The latest release from 5XPoetry
November 14, 2022
Conversation

Discourses I hated this week: Elon Musk and Brown Twitter

Are we witnessing fall of twitter in real time?
November 10, 2022
Arts & culture

Falling in love behind the screens with Kiran and Ankush from Popshift’s ‘Desi Me Dating’
An exclusive update from the sweethearts from this season of Popshift's online dating show
November 9, 2022
Community

'Maluka': The novel unpacking histories of early 20th century Indian labour migrants in B.C.
Reading these stories tells those who continue to migrate for a better life, that we are not alone
November 9, 2022
Conversation

First comes love, then comes marriage, and then there’s the part no one talks about
How our community leaves South Asian women with more questions than answers after getting married
November 8, 2022
Arts & culture

Was AP Dhillon's Vancouver show really 'Out of This World'?
Fans of AP Dhillon paid big to see him live but many left feeling unsure if it was worth it
November 3, 2022
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Discourses I hated this week: TMZ, and people hating on international students
Let celebrities be and let international students experience joy
November 3, 2022

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When moving out is hard but necessary: An open letter to the women and families on the precipice of change
The greatest gift you can give your daughters is to set them free.
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1/18/23
Community

UBC’s ‘Punjabi in BC’ project preserves the efforts of those who have made the revival of the Punjabi language possible
The oral history project features interviews from community members in the Lower Mainland.
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1/18/23
News

On the floods in Pakistan, "Loss and Damage" fund and understanding climate disasters in the Global South
Two climate activists and scholars from Pakistan offer a complex understanding of the recent floods
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1/12/23
Conversation

Celebrating independence after leaving a household with domestic violence
Why I celebrate the day my mother left my father after 12 years of marriage.
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1/12/23
Arts & culture

Why Netflix's controversial film 'Farha' depicting the 1948 Nakba deserves to be watched
It is paramount to keep stories like 'Farha' alive for generations to come.
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1/12/23
Conversation

Navigating the New Year when people praise your body dysmorphia
The pressure to rebuild your body cuts deep in the new year
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1/5/23
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What's Trending: Damar Hamlin, Rolling Stone's “200 Greatest Singers of All Time” list and the Gossip Girl reboot
A quick breakdown of what you might have missed this week
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1/5/23
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5X Press' year in review: Pop culture edition
A look at some of the most compelling pop culture moments of 2022
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12/30/22
Arts & culture

SZA's ‘SOS’ sounds like the pages from my journal
"You don’t just wake up one day, arrive at self-love and make a home out of it forever."
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12/15/22

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