David Ly

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Return to the wild

Peak Web March 10, 2014

Sometimes, on the bus ride up to SFU, you see a coyote, bear, or deer looking awfully shocked that another bus is coming up the mountain. You barely look up from the readings you had an entire week with, and seconds later when you try to glance up again because you just saw a bear, it’s gone. But what if there wasn’t time to brush off this sort of encounter with nature? What if bears, coyotes, and deer casually roamed amongst us all the time? Because of intense urban expansion, Vancouver is in the process of purging itself of all…

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Hot and bothered

Peak Web February 14, 2014

Despite Ron Jeremy’s absence — porn’s most shot actor with an impressive 2,000 films under his belt was scheduled for another day — Vancouver’s Taboo: Naughty but Nice Sex Show offered plenty more jaw-dropping reasons to pay it a visit.…

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Remembering the Children of Air India

Peak Web November 25, 2013

From her early beginnings as an undergraduate, BC poet Renée Sarojini Saklikar’s journey began much like that of many in the arts: hard work compelled by nothing but passion. Saklikar earned a BA in English Literature and, in the late…

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Cashing in on parents’ gendered anxieties is a cheap trick

David Ly March 18, 2013

Kinder Surprise releases a line of chocolate eggs just for girls, but who are they really appealing to? Photos by Mark Burnham How could any of us ever forget eating Kinder Surprise eggs, and getting the sweet little toy inside…

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Personal stories on the stage

David Ly March 18, 2013

  How Has My Love Affected You?, the most recent production on the Arts Club’s Revue Stage, is a personal account of the incredibly tumultuous relationship between Marcus Youssef and his mother, Roleene Youssef. Alongside Marcus’s 17-year-old son, Zac Youssef…

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