Juliana Manalo
BC needs to implement a menstrual leave legislation
March 2, 2026By: Heidi Kwok, Staff Writer Approximately 1.8 billion people menstruate each month. Despite being a natural phase of the reproductive cycle, menstrual periods are still stigmatized in public because of deep-seated cultural taboos rooted in patriarchal beliefs. Pervasive period stigma breeds feelings of shame and embarrassment for people who menstruate, who are taught from a young age to tip toe around the subject. Conditioned to downplay the symptoms of our cycles, the accompanying cramps, nausea, fatigue, and debilitating pain are frequently invalidated by non-menstruators and, most inconceivably, health practitioners. However, this dismissal does not change the fact that period pain…
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Students raise concerns over alleged AI-use at the SFU bookstore
February 23, 2026By: Mason Mattu, Section Editor Recently, the SFU bookstore began sporting a raccoon graphic on stickers, magnets, keychains, buttons, and t-shirts. This became a topic of discussion on the r/simonfraser subreddit, where users questioned whether the graphics were generated by…
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Temporal, spatial, and interrelational passages from The Lyre 16’s team
January 19, 2026By: Clara Xu, SFU Student The Lyre Mag, one of SFU’s longest current running undergraduate journals, published their 16th edition in October 2025. Operating out of the department of world languages and literatures (WLL), the “student-led literary journal” publishes annually,…
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