Michelle Young
What Grinds Our Gears: Not wrapping gifts
July 2, 2024By: Michelle Young, Copy Editor Before you say anything — I’m not talking about wrapping gifts in cheap plastic that creates landfill waste, as I swore off buying this kind of wrapping paper years ago. However, I don’t think sustainability should be an excuse to never wrap anything ever. There are multiple ways to wrap gifts and decorate in an eco-friendly fashion: recyclable paper, dried flowers, reusable ribbons. You can even delve into the Japanese art of furoshiki and use fabric! Part of giving and receiving gifts is the joy of opening something and being surprised by what’s inside. I’m…
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Horoscopes July 1–7
July 2, 2024By: Michelle Young, Copy Editor Aries March 21–April 19 Isekai this, isekai that. Everything you own is isekai because you deeply relate to boring protagonists with no personality, and use manga for wish fulfilment. I promise if you were thrown…
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Exploring Vancouver’s Latin American culture
May 25, 2024By: Michelle Young, Copy Editor Though Latin Americans make up roughly 3% of Canada’s population, we are here. Latin Americans have come to Canada since at least the 1950s, with an influx of Chileans migrating to Vancouver following the Chilean…
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Opinions in Dialogue: Is social media helpful or harmful?
May 25, 2024By: Jin Song, Peak Associate and Michelle Young, Copy Editor Social media use has skyrocketed in recent years. What once felt like a novelty is now commonplace, as it’s become increasingly rare to meet someone who doesn’t use any form…
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SPOOF: Brown bear is gonna be mad. . .
April 1, 2024From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Brown bear is gonna be mad… ONCE YOU START READING THIS DO NOT STOP OR YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK FOR 12 YEARS AND YOUR SKIN WILL BE SO DRY AND CRACKED THAT NO MOISTURIZER…
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It shouldn’t be this hard to get fragrance samples in Vancouver
March 20, 2024By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor I love fragrances. I spend most of my time working or studying at home, so I primarily wear them for myself to smell throughout the day. However, even a 50ml bottle can cost upwards of…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Shared laundry rooms
March 19, 2024By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor There is a certain etiquette to sharing a laundry room or going to a coin laundry. Don’t overfill the machine, don’t let your clothes sit there, don’t be nasty. I do my part. I don’t…
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Clean Air 604 aims to create safer arts spaces
March 12, 2024By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor Clean Air 604 is currently fundraising to make Vancouver venues safer by “providing events with free masks, air purifiers, and more” in response to the lack of COVID-19 precautions at arts and culture events. “The…
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Cartoons can be lighthearted
March 6, 2024By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor Often, we might turn to teen or adult dramas in favour of complex stories and mature themes that resonate with older audiences. Some series, like Avatar: The Last Airbender, stay with us forever due to…
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Opinions in Dialogue: Intersectionality in leftist spaces
February 27, 2024By: Olivia Visser, Copy Editor and Michelle Young, Opinions Editor Intersectionality, a concept coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw, notes “that all oppression is linked.” It is “the acknowledgement that everyone has their own unique experiences of discrimination and oppression and we…
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