Opinions in Dialogue
Opinions in Dialogue: Should we worry about performative activism?
July 23, 2024By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer, and Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor Content warning: brief mentions of death and police brutality. Performative activism refers to actions taken by someone to project a persona of allyship without true dedication to the cause in their personal life. This can include sharing social media posts to uphold a desired image. Many have expressed valid concern over rising levels of performative activism, but what can we…
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Opinions in Dialogue: Is social media helpful or harmful?
May 25, 2024By: Jin Song, Peak Associate and Michelle Young, Copy Editor Social media use has skyrocketed in recent years. What once felt like a novelty is now commonplace, as it’s become increasingly rare to meet someone who doesn’t use any form…
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Opinions in Dialogue: Intersectionality in leftist spaces
February 27, 2024By: Olivia Visser, Copy Editor and Michelle Young, Opinions Editor Intersectionality, a concept coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw, notes “that all oppression is linked.” It is “the acknowledgement that everyone has their own unique experiences of discrimination and oppression and we…
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Opinions in Dialogue: The commodification of Lunar New Year
February 14, 2024By: Izzy Cheung, Staff Writer and Kelly Chia, Editor-in-Chief Content warning: mentions of racism. With all the Christmas hype leaving our local malls, storefronts are now being swamped with limited-edition Lunar New Year promotions. Anything from red-and-gold advertisement schemes to…
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Opinions in Dialogue: Content warnings, online activism, and taking a rest
November 16, 2023By: Izzy Cheung, Staff Writer and Olivia Visser, Copy Editor Content warning: mentions of gore, war, and torture. Some argue we should add a content warning to graphic material on social media. Others say those in the west shouldn’t have…
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Opinions in Dialogue: Inequities in healthcare
October 6, 2023By: Tejasvita Saini, SFU Student and Antonia Chircea, SFU Student Content warning: mentions of anti-Indigeneity, medical trauma, forced sterilization, and transphobia. Healthcare perpetuates many inequities. From sexism, racism, queerphobia and transphobia, to ableism — it can be hard to access…
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Opinions in Dialogue: Unpacking beauty standards and its effects
September 11, 2023By: Izzy Cheung, Staff Writer and Gurneet Lohcham, SFU Student Perceptions of beauty tend to change depending on where you are. Notions of “ideal” and “desirable” features change over time, too. Media, pop culture, and even colonialism can play a…
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Opinions in Dialogue: Strategies for advocacy work
September 5, 2023By: Nushaiba Nanjiba, SFU Student and Michelle Young, Opinions Editor From climate change and gender inequality, to 2SLGBTQIA+ rights, there are countless issues that could use more of our attention. However, time is limited for all of us. Common forms…
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Opinions in Dialogue: How Christian institutions can traumatize
July 11, 2023By: Fern Ridley, SFU Student and Valeria Gomez, SFU Student Content warning: mentions of child sexualization, rape culture, abortion, purity culture, and queerphobia. Fern: The extent of my religious trauma wasn’t apparent to me until a few years after my…
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Opinions in Dialogue: Living with chronic mental illnesses
July 5, 2023By: Saije Rusimovici and Isabella Urbani, Staff Writers Mental illness can tear you down. There’s moments when you wonder where the vision of you who wasn’t so impacted by your mind is. At first, mental illness feels manageable. Like it…
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