Mexico
Mexican Gothic reimagines colonial horror stories
November 9, 2023Content warning: brief mention of eugenics and colonialism. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia will leave you unsettled, frightened, and absolutely horrified. Just thinking about it sends a chill down my spine. Halloween may be over, but this horrifying gothic mystery will definitely be the scariest thing I’ve read this year. The novel is set in 1950s Mexico, and begins by depicting the lavish lifestyle of debutante Noemí Taboada in Mexico City. After returning from a night out one evening, her distraught father presents her with a frantic and incomprehensible letter from her newly-wedded cousin, Catalina. Determined to figure out what’s…
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Being mixed is as confusing as my ethnicity
July 21, 2021In 1993, Time Magazine published a special issue titled The New Face of America with a computer-rendered image of a person mixed with many different races as the cover. This was supposed to be a “remarkable preview” of how “immigrants…
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October 5, 2018HIV-AIDS infection rates on the rise in China HIV-AIDS rates have increased around 14% in China since last year. Over 820,000 people were reported to have HIV or AIDS in June in the country. This marks an increase of…
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September 30, 2018Mangkhut typhoon battered the Philippines and Hong Kong Mangkhut, the super typhoon formed in the Western Pacific, recently ravaged the northern Philippines. The mid-September typhoon, which according to statistics reported on CNN News is the most powerful storm in…
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September 9, 2018“Scallop War” breaks out between France and the UK An incident in which 35 French fishing boats chased five UK ones out of the Baie de Seine has been dubbed the “Scallop War.” Following the incident which occurred on…
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July 7, 2018Erdogan re-elected in Turkey Incumbent Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development (AK) party won a majority in both the presidential and parliamentary elections held in Turkey on June 24, though the election was considered by many…
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June 24, 2018German football team defeated in opening match of the World Cup Previous World Cup champion Germany lost 1–0 to Mexico in their opening match of the World Cup after Mexican player Hirving Lozano scored a goal within 35 minutes of…
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September 15, 2017USA – Hurricane devastates Florida Keys Hurricane Irma has left millions of people without access to power, fresh water, and gasoline and virtually flattened communities. In the Florida Keys, where Irma made landfall as a Category 4 storm, approximately 25%…
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Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.
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