Social phenomenas are constantly arising and informing individuals of how much progress society has to make. Every day it seems, new ideas and strategies…
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Culture
#LETSTALK: Cultural Appreciation versus Appropriation
“Words matter.” – Cara Jade Myers, Jenny Marlowe Cultural representation (or misrepresentation) has been one of my burning issues for a while. I have…
Culture
The Media and Bob Dylan: A Lifelong Love-hate Relationship
Bob Dylan is all over the international media again since winning the 2016 Nobel Prize for literature, and the coverage has been (once again)…
Intellectual
Murder mysteries and the role of the media
Every so often, a story in the news pops up and reminds us all about how fragile the state of human life can be.…
Arts & Craft
The Coolest Music Festival You Don’t Know About
I’ve discovered “the best thing that ever happened to Ottawa” – the music festival, Music & Beyond. It first presented itself in July 2010, and…
Intellectual
A Whole New World
Growing up, I always thought that the world wasn’t a scary place. I thought that everything was roses and peaches and that the world…
Culture
What’s Wrong, World? – FOOD [part 1]
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark… Janelle Watson is a single mother of two who works two part-time jobs to put food…
Africa
Snap It Oga: The True Nigeria You Never See
Countless media sources highlight the bad, amoral and ugly Nigeria, so the good gets left behind. As a Nigerian now living out West, I…
Culture
Does Ottawa Breed Cynics?
A cynic is defined by the New Oxford American Dictionary as, “a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for…
Arts & Craft
The Media and It’s Perception of Beauty
“Be thinner today!” was plastered across the wall. Photos of thin, beautiful females behind said quote smiled and pushed you to look like them…
