C Icart
Twitter is beginning a new era and not everyone is in for it.
November 27, 2022Wait, what’s happening on Twitter? Elon finally finished the transaction to buy Twitter seemingly against his will and became its CEO. It’s only been a couple of weeks and it seems as though everything with the app and the company is in shambles already. His tweets are getting more problematic and self-absorbed by the day, and this whole story has been a nightmare to follow. But if you’re still willing to try to understand the nonsense, I’ll give you my best shot at explaining some of it. Wait, he paid how much for Twitter? Elon Musk is building a “super…
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Stephen Crowley opens up about his archeological collection
November 24, 2022By: C Icart, Staff Writer Stephen Crowley is a groundskeeper at SFU. In his free time, he’s been doing archeological research for 30 years. He’s built up a collection so large, he wants to open a museum of natural history…
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Shion Skye Carter embodies a brushstroke in Residuals (住み・墨)
November 16, 2022By: C Icart, Staff Writer Residuals (住み・墨) culminates as Shion Skye Carter pulls out a delicate paper dress and puts it on to dance. Presented through The Dance Centre’s Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award, this captivating solo dance performance at…
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Remembering Marsha P. Johnson
November 15, 2022by C Icart, Staff Writer Marsha P. Johnson was born on August 24, 1945. She was a Black trans woman, an activist, a sex worker, and a drag queen. Today, she is mainly remembered for her involvement in the 1969…
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We haven’t forgotten about Peng Shuai and Brittney Griner
November 13, 2022By: C Icart, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of racism and sexual assault Fifty years after Title IX, a groundbreaking law in the US that “banned sex discrimination in federally funded education programs,” the growth of women’s sports is undeniable.…
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Public transit should be free
November 7, 2022By: C Icart, Staff Writer Hear me out: public transit should be free. There are virtually no downsides to this, and places that have tried it, like cities in the US and Europe, report positive changes. The initial reaction folks…
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A love letter to Prozac
November 2, 2022By: C Icart, Staff Writer Prozac and I are high school sweethearts. I met them as I was rebounding from Zoloft — that relationship was so toxic. We’ve been on-again-off-again ever since, but I actually think we’re soulmates. I’m not…
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Yes, I’m defending Just Stop Oil
October 31, 2022By: C Icart, Staff Writer The writing is on the wall, or should I say, the soup is on the painting: the climate crisis is here. In this attention-driven economy, news about Just Stop Oil activists throwing soup on Van…
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French immersion perpetuates inequality
October 26, 2022By: C Icart, Staff Writer I am one of over a million Francophones in Canada who live outside Québec. A common response I get when Anglophones hear this is to tell me they did French immersion as a kid. I’m…
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Turning back the clock in Chinatown
October 18, 2022By: C Icart, Staff Writer This week, I downloaded and tried On This Spot, a free app that “takes people on guided walking tours through the history that surrounds them.” On This Spot is based in Vancouver, but it has…
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