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POINT / COUNTERPOINT: Should SFU’s English department focus less on white male authors?
June 13, 2016Yes, English requirements should shift to focus on more diverse literature. By Emily Seitz, SFU Student On June 1, Alison Flood published an article in The Guardian exploring a petition put forth by undergraduate students at Yale University. The petition calls for an end to the English department’s course requirement of canonical white male authors such as Shakespeare, Chaucer, and the like. The students argued that “it is unacceptable that a Yale student considering studying English literature might read only white male authors.” The article also includes a comment by Katy Waldman, a writer for Slate, who states that “you…
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Male contraceptives: it’s about time!
November 30, 2015[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he pill, the shot, the IUD. We women are given a range of options when it comes to methods of birth control. Men, on the other hand, have no comparable options. This is not fair. Though it’s true that condoms…
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Come at me, bros!
October 19, 2015A man’s ballsack is the perfect encapsulation of the incredibly sad irony that is conventional masculinity — it’s painfully sensitive, weak, and very easily crushed. Today, there are some fascinating characteristics ingrained in the typical male psyche. Along with a…
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Let schoolgirls bare their shoulders
May 25, 2015Over the last week, the high school dress code issue has catapulted back into news headlines. While this is not a new issue, it is recurring, and has yet to be acted upon within our school systems. Lauren Wiggins, a…
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Why white male privilege is problematic
January 11, 2015It’s no secret that white male privilege is problematic. But what exactly is privilege? What does it mean to be a white male? And why is all of this so problematic? While many authors would answer these questions with a…
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Men need to get on board with male contraceptives
September 22, 2014In a publicly issued release, the Parsemus Foundation declared that male birth control will be widely available by 2017. Parsemus is an organization that currently possesses US property rights for Vasalgel, the trade name for “reversible inhibition of sperm under…
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