Cassy Oberndorf
Transgenderism is a “social experiment” for a better society
June 15, 2015On June 3, Mike Huckabee, a US Presidential candidate, argued that transgenderism is a “social experiment.” Although Huckabee’s and my opinions on gender identity issues greatly differ, there’s merit in the essence of this statement. With headlines blown up by Caitlyn Jenner’s vogue debut, BuzzFeed videos going viral about transgender transitions, and public advocacy booming for gender neutral bathrooms, the question of gender and its place in society is a hot topic. People like Huckabee like to joke about the ridiculousness of situations in which preexisting gender roles are questioned. In his speech addressed to the National Religious Broadcasters’ convention,…
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TransLink: not that bad
January 20, 2014Over this past winter break, I felt like all my social media news feeds were clogged with complaints of travel troubles. Whether it was cars turned around by shut down roads, cancelled flights or delayed busses, the time of the…
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Burning loins: the anti-rom-com
November 4, 2013This year, the Vancouver International Film Festival this year was host to 340 movies from over 75 different countries, but one of the most talked about films on this year’s line up was That Burning Feeling, directed by SFU alumni…
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Take me to the mountains
September 16, 2013To all my fellow SFU classmates that feel homesick for powder covered slopes, who sometimes wish they had been a ski bum rather than an academic, who get giddy when the weather turns cold and snow bases start to form:…
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There is no grey area to sexual assault
July 22, 2013A recently released statistic from Global News, showed that one in five Canadians still believe that if a woman is drunk, they are inviting sexual assault. This isn’t your grand-dad’s statistic here — this is the average Canadian’s opinion (nearly…
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Making worlds meet
July 8, 2013In 2011, Canadian born Laura Byspalko and India native Sirish Rao created the Indian Summer Festival as an extension of their personal explorations of Canadian and Indian culture. I sat down with the couple to talk about this great 10…
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