Opinions in Dialogue: Should we worry about performative activism?

By: 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...

Opinions in Dialogue: Is social media helpful or harmful?

By: Jin Song, Peak Associate and Michelle Young, Copy Editor Social media use has skyrocketed in recent years. What once felt like a novelty is...

Opinions in Dialogue: Intersectionality in leftist spaces

By: Olivia Visser, Copy Editor and Michelle Young, Opinions Editor  Intersectionality, a concept coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw, notes “that all oppression is linked.” It is...

Opinions in Dialogue: The commodification of Lunar New Year

By: 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...

Opinions in Dialogue: Content warnings, online activism, and taking a rest

By: Izzy Cheung, Staff Writer and Olivia Visser, Copy Editor Content warning: mentions of gore, war, and torture. Some argue we should add a content...

Opinions in Dialogue: Inequities in healthcare

By: 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...

Opinions in Dialogue: Unpacking beauty standards and its effects

By: Izzy Cheung, Staff Writer and Gurneet Lohcham, SFU Student Perceptions of beauty tend to change depending on where you are. Notions of “ideal” and...

Opinions in Dialogue: Strategies for advocacy work

By: Nushaiba Nanjiba, SFU Student and Michelle Young, Opinions Editor From climate change and gender inequality, to 2SLGBTQIA+ rights, there are countless issues that could...

Opinions in Dialogue: How Christian institutions can traumatize

By: 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...

Opinions in Dialogue: Living with chronic mental illnesses

By: 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...