Jerrica Zabala

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It’s OK to live with your parents as an adult

Jerrica Zabala March 20, 2023

There’s this assumption, especially among older generations, that living with your parents means you haven’t matured yet or you’re behind on the milestones you “need” to be an adult. Living with your parents or guardians should be more normalized because the cost of living is beyond unmanageable in the Lower Mainland. Boomers and Gen X can talk shit all they want, but I’m staying with my parents until I can save up for a down payment on a house. Even my parents understand this absurd housing market, and give me the privilege of living under their care until I have…

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Young Fathers in a black and white polaroid photo.
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New Music: Young Fathers releases new album, Heavy Heavy

Jerrica Zabala February 23, 2023

Young Fathers is back from a four-year hiatus and their style is as avant-garde as ever. The well-anticipated album, Heavy Heavy, has listeners captivated by the band’s euphoric electro-gospel. But not even that category does their music production justice. Alloysious…

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Opinions in Dialogue: Sex scenes in movies and TV

Petra Chase and Jerrica Zabala February 14, 2023

Can sex scenes be a vessel for thoughtful plot lines? Or, do they perpetuate harmful stereotypes about women and young people, and leave out marginalized folks? Are these scenes too ubiquitous, graphic, and distracting from the story, or are they…

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Monday Music: Songs for Scorpio season

Jerrica Zabala November 14, 2022

Content warning: mentions of gun violence in lyrics. We’ve reached the peak of Scorpio season and the air is powerful, sultry, and arousing. There’s a certain seriousness to being a Scorpio and these magnetizing bass lines will allow you to…

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Monday Music: Vibing in the thrift store

Jerrica Zabala July 18, 2022

You walk into your favourite clothing store and there it is — the section with the beautiful red tags marking things as 30–50% off. You’ve already had an exceptional thrifting day with one-of-a-kind finds, and the sale section is popping…

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What Grinds Our Gears: Two+ midterms

Jerrica Zabala July 7, 2022

Course selection week! The best time of the semester — when we’re all absolutely drowning in school work. I gloss over prospective course syllabi and suddenly find myself in the shits; I’ve just found out the beloved required course for…

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