Gabrielle McLaren
The problem with taking the SFSS election slates at face value
March 22, 2018Written by Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor Each year, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) election is like adulthood: sudden and overwhelming, and nobody ever tells you how it works or why. You’re just supposed to instinctively know, the same way you’re supposed to know how to grope produce to pick the freshest fruits. For me, slates are one of the strangest parts of the SFSS elections. If you didn’t know what they were, I’m honestly not sure how you’d find out, since you won’t find a single mention of slates in the SFSS Elections and Referenda Policies and the SFSS’…
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New Music Friday
February 23, 2018By: Alex Bloom, Gabrielle McLaren, Courtney Miller, Natasha Tar [embed]https://open.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/7sq6MuCBO9pe2Q7cOQirNk?si=nLAy5LUPR46Ofeik96niyw[/embed] “Moon River” – Frank Ocean Courtney Miller: First, why would anyone ever try to redo “Moon River.” Second, this is so so so extra with the layered vocals and the…
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Some of the best and worst examples of sex positivity in media
February 9, 2018By: Alex Bloom and Gabrielle McLaren Best: Pride (2014) In a way this movie is sex positive because it isn’t just about sex or sexuality. It’s about a group of gay and lesbian men and women who go to a…
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Uplifting Twitter accounts you didn’t know you needed
January 31, 2018By Gabrielle McLaren Well, it’s been raining for the last three years and according to The Weather Network there’s no end to this moist and wet existence in sight. At least we didn’t die in a tsunami. The Internet may…
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New Music Friday
January 19, 2018By: Danielle Davie, Solomon Etuk, Natasha Tar, Courtney Miller, and Gabrielle McLaren [embed]https://open.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/0AQzvY4Yxnd52YyDXG6HkS[/embed] “God Save Our Young Blood” — BØRNS, Lana Del Rey Danielle Davie: I think this song is quite enjoyable. It has a lot of elements that work…
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Meet SFU’s independent student societies
January 15, 2018By: Gabrielle McLaren Last December, The Peak reported that student societies independent from the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) may be in danger of losing their on-campus spaces due to a lack of space in the Student Union Building (SUB)…
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Rare but there: Good news from 2017
January 9, 2018By: Gabrielle McLaren Similar to how I don’t talk about the bangs I had in eighth grade, as a little old lady I will most likely refuse to talk about the maelstrom that was 2017. The bad, the ugly, the…
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Dear DC Comics: the Amazons are warriors, not sex icons
December 2, 2017By Gabrielle McLaren, Staff Writer One sticky-hot summer day, my best friend and I walked out of the movie theatre and sat in her car finishing our candy and gushing about how we finally had a superhero movie with a…
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Celebrate Christmas, the solstice, and not doing homework anymore
November 28, 2017By: Gabrielle McLaren Although it’s tempting to write that last exam, wrap yourself up in blankets, and go into hibernation until next semester, don’t let the break slip between your fingers. There are plenty of fun, and more importantly free…
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Stranger Things 2: stranger, darker and more grown-up than season 1
November 18, 2017By: Gabrielle McLaren Season two picks up about a year after season one ends, but the story is put together so well that you’re pulled back into Hawkins seamlessly. Stranger Things holds a special place in my heart alongside all…
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