Juztin Bello
Monday Music: Songs that remind me of my ex-boyfriend Joe that I listen to while pleasuring myself and weeping
November 2, 2020So 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 crying? Of course not. Has the muscle on my right forearm grown exponentially as thinking of my ex during the height of climaxing is the only way I can feel anything right now? Next question. If you’re like me and are in the need for songs specifically for jerking it while sobbing, this playlist might just be for you. (And Joe if you’re out there…
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Top Ten 2020 Halloween Costumes
October 27, 2020The 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 could just dress up like…
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Top ten things that probably made me gay
October 10, 2020“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 butts to this song at…
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“Kissing the homies” and bromances: why we should rethink praising the normalization of male intimacy by straight men
October 2, 2020As 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, including television, celebrity culture, sports,…
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Cisgender people should make efforts towards normalizing pronoun sharing
September 29, 2020For 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, cisgender people (meaning people whose…
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Top ten people natural selection is coming for
September 26, 2020Social 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 endorsements would quite literally do…
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Rejected ideas for the Student Union Building (SUB)
September 21, 2020Escape 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 need to escape, and you can’t help but feel like you’ve wasted money…
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Top Ten personality traits society has outgrown the need for
September 19, 2020Pineapple on pizza debaters Some might say the worst thing is putting pineapple on pizza, but what’s worse than that is the people who use this debate as their primary personality trait. To me, food preferences are like sex: I…
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Sodium Podium IV
August 1, 2020[caption id="attachment_115313" align="alignright" width="300"] Illustration: Tiffany Chan/The Peak[/caption] The BMI scale? More like the BMBYE scale CW: mention of weight, self-image Alright kids, it’s time for a race. Now, everyone, line up. On your marks. Get set — wait, wait.…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Giving attitude to workers is a non-essential service
June 7, 2020I’m standing in line outside of a restaurant waiting to pick up some food my family ordered — making sure to be six feet apart from those around me, of course. Suddenly, a woman — a typical Karen — comes…
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