Juztin Bello
The Bright-er Side: A shoutout to stuck-at-home parental figures and guardians
November 4, 2020by Juztin Bello, Copy Editor The other day I was in my “office” (my bedroom) getting some work done. I hadn’t realized that time had slipped away from me and knew I would be late getting started on making my dinner. When I left my room to head down to the kitchen, I ran into my mom in the hallway, who has been working from home since quarantine began. She looked at me with apologetic eyes as she made her way from the bathroom to her office, and she said: “Sorry son, I was going to start on dinner for…
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Monday Music: Songs that remind me of my ex-boyfriend Joe that I listen to while pleasuring myself and weeping
November 2, 2020By: Juztin Bello, Copy Editor So Joe and I have been broken up now for a week — a week, 11 hours, three minutes, and 43 seconds to be exact. Have I left bed since then? No. Have I stopped…
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Wallows’ new EP Remote as things I’ve done during quarantine
October 31, 2020By: Juztin Bello, Copy Editor Does the current state of the world have you wallowing in despair? Well, hopefully the release of Wallows’ new EP Remote can help alleviate those worries for at least 16 and a half minutes. Wallows,…
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Top Ten 2020 Halloween Costumes
October 27, 2020By: Juztin Bello, Copy Editor The debate fly As the breakout star of the VP Debate, this meme-turned-costume is kind of filthy, relevant to current events, and at the exPence of a shitty politician — perfectly encapsulating 2020. While you…
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Top ten things that probably made me gay
October 10, 2020By: Juztin Bello, Copy Editor “Everytime We Touch” by Cascada When middle school me heard this Eurotrash 2000s staple for the first time, something awakened. Little did I know that something would grow and manifest into a desire to bump…
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“Kissing the homies” and bromances: why we should rethink praising the normalization of male intimacy by straight men
October 2, 2020by Juztin Bello, Copy Editor As a gay man I’ve always been fascinated by bromances — even just considering how bromance is a combination of “bro” and “romance” triggers something in me. Bromances have shown prevalence in various media forms,…
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Cisgender people should make efforts towards normalizing pronoun sharing
September 29, 2020by Juztin Bello, Copy Editor For people who have never had to worry about having their correct pronouns not being used, sharing gender pronouns might not seem that important. Because they’re used to being properly identified without questioning or misgendering,…
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Top ten people natural selection is coming for
September 26, 2020By: Juztin Bello, Copy Editor Social media influencers It should come as no surprise that social media influencers are on this list, given the fact that anyone who spends their life trying to flex their empty personalities and unfulfilling brand…
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Rejected ideas for the Student Union Building (SUB)
September 21, 2020By: Juztin Bello, Carter Hemion, Emma Jean, Paige Riding, Nathan Tok, and Sara Wong Escape room (By Juztin) As any SFU student knows, being on campus is already kind of like being in an escape room: you’re anxious, have the overwhelming…
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