When done right, Halloween costumes can be empowering

A quick disclaimer: This is not another article about how your costume is culturally appropriative or sexist or racist or ableist — although, let’s...

Sex robots: hot or not?

Yes, they are perfect for sexual exploration and discovery! By Bernice Puzon Sex is often thought of as a physical act between two people. However, a...

Come at me, bros!

A man’s ballsack is the perfect encapsulation of the incredibly sad irony that is conventional masculinity — it’s painfully sensitive, weak, and very easily...

#ShoutYourAbortion is a tragedy

On October 5, an article written in The Peak regarding the hashtag #ShoutYourAbortion taught me two things. The first is that the author possess...

Seven core reasons to vote out Harper

October 19 is Canada’s upcoming federal election. If you are a Canadian citizen, I implore you to make sure you have registered to vote...

Why I will never be a card-carrier

When I returned home for a couple weeks at the end of summer, I distinctly remember a conversation my parents and I shared over...

Anti-choicers, leave our hashtags alone

Isn’t it annoying when people stick their noses in your business? How about a nose in your uterus? Anti-choicers (‘pro-lifers’) have decidedly come to the...

Ethnic clubs still discourage SFU’s sense of unity

Back in 2008, when I was Peak Opinions Editor, I wrote a popular article entitled “Enough with the ethnic clubs.” It denounced the still-common...

PowerPoint-based lectures are creating a generation of uncritical thinkers

Andrew Smith recently published an editorial in The Guardian accusing PowerPoint of killing critical thought and engagement in classrooms. While I always advocated for...

S-Turing up social media controversy

If you haven’t heard of “America’s most hated man” by now, his name is Martin Shkreli and he is the chief executive of Turing...