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In my first year of college, I decided to go to a drag show for the first time.
For as long as I can remember, the idea of ‘family’ has been an entanglement of comfort and tension — years of feeling torn between what I thought a family should be and what it actually felt like.
I was a smart kid. I read above grade level and teachers called me a pleasure to have in class. But as the lady flipped through pages and talked about body parts in a cheery voice, my forehead furrowed deeper and deeper.
Rory Sexton was living in Texas when she first received any form of sexual education — if you could even call it that.
For some people, it’s with a high school boyfriend in the back of his Honda Civic. For others, it’s with a stranger you met in college, or even on your wedding night with your new spouse.
Forget about the exact time of day — I don’t even remember the month or year of my initiation into the world of sensuality.
As a child, there was nothing more sacred than my uninterrupted, unsupervised computer time.
Through cartoons, comics and satire, Seriously? Comedy and Satire in Canadian Art 1970s-Now, curated by Melissa E. Feldman, confronts mainstream culture and politics, using humour to make critical ideas more accessible and engaging.
From January 30–February 2, UBC Opera put on their version of Street Scene at the Chan Centre and unfortunately, it was a slightly underwhelming affair — save for select standout performances.
This past January I watched my social media feeds fill with Lunar New Year celebrations, and I realized that in my 21 years of living, I have never truly learned about the holiday.
The Hatch Art Gallery’s most recent exhibition may be reflecting on the past, but the conversation it creates is futuristic enough to blast off to Mars with Elon — although I’m not sure the curators would enjoy that journey.
Every Value Village has the same smell. If you know it, you know it. If you don’t, it can be best described as dust, cigarette smoke, peculiar perfumes and other mysterious odours all mixed together. I also happen to know what it smells like if you take that smell and set it on fire.
In light of Donald Trump being elected — a threat to the rights of 2SLGBTQIA+ people, BIPOC, immigrants, and women — as well as the silence of world leaders throughout the war in Gaza, The Arsonists is a scary reminder that history tends to repeat itself.
Co-curated by Dr. Snxakila Clyde Tallio, director of culture and language for the Nuxalk Nation and Dr. Jennifer Kramer, a curator at the MOA, the exhibit will focus on the deep connection between physical objects and sovereignty.