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Photo of, from left to right, Dr. Gabor Maté, Simone Zimmerman, and Naomi Klein sat at a panel table.
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Israelism documents shifting tides of Jews against Israel’s nightmarish occupation

Petra Chase March 19, 2024

Content warning: mentions of genocide and police brutality, descriptions of racism, Islamophobia, and antisemitism. On January 7, people packed SFU’s David Mowafaghian Cinema to watch a crucial film. Israelism documents how two American Jews raised to “unconditionally love Israel” flipped its façade to lay bare the horrors of the occupation. This was one of five sold-out Vancouver screenings in a premiere and panel series across 40 cities. The interest was undeniable — there was an additional live audience in a nearly full overspill room at Harbour Centre — evidence of rising waves of Jews critical of Israel.  Simone Zimmerman, who…

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Photo of a person quirking their head in the mirror.
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My very brave fashion-forward journey of being mirrorless

Petra Chase November 7, 2022

Like your average 20-something budgeting in Vancouver, I exist without a full-sized mirror. This makes for treacherous mornings for your aspiring Gilmore Girl. I’d like to think I exist in a perpetual 2000’s teen movie getting ready montage, but some…

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Illustration of a person in camping gear and a hat with netting around their face, in a fighting stance, carrying Bug spray in their hands
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Bugphobic person loves camping

Yelin Gemma Lee July 19, 2022

The best thing to do in summer is to go camping. There is nothing more peaceful than being out in nature with your phone on airplane mode and having deep soul-searching talks over the crackling fire. If only bugs would…

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