Michelle Young
No, body hair is not unhygienic
February 21, 2024By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor “Eww, you have more hair than me,” said multiple teenage boys during my high school years. While looking back, such an opinion is probably the least of my worries, but the reactions of disgust toward my body hair have been burned into my psyche for years. It was always something — the arm hair, the peach fuzz, the “unibrow.” This isn’t an uncommon experience for many women, who have reported “bushy unibrows, thick leg hair, upper lip fuzz and coarse locks made them feel othered — and ugly — when they were 12.” An article…
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The erasure of Black narratives persists
February 21, 2024By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor Content warning: mentions of racism and enslavement. Perhaps we know Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks — but what else is known about how Black people shaped history in Canada and the US? There…
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The SFSS is a political entity
February 7, 2024By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor On January 3, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) held a Council meeting. At the meeting, an SFSS Councillor said, “We’re a student society, not a political entity.” A student society is inherently a political…
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BC’s pandemic budget may “wind down” in 2024
February 6, 2024Editor’s note: A previous version of this piece misspelled Dr. Karina Zeidler's last name as "Zeilder," but has now been corrected. By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor BC’s budget and fiscal report covers a “three year fiscal plan” for housing, sustainability,…
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We need more supports for dealing with COVID-19
January 10, 2024By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor Recently, Global News reported that BTNX, “a small rapid test supplier based outside Toronto, deleted dozens of specimens, or samples, from a study it submitted to Health Canada.” In turn, this meant these tests were…
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How to stay informed on COVID-19
December 5, 2023By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor BC public health has made it too confusing to keep up on COVID-19 information. With the government changing information about COVID-19 data and obscuring data collection, knowingly downplaying risks about transmission, and overall unclear messaging,…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Unhygienic bed habits
November 30, 2023By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor We all love our beds. The bed is a sanctuary for rest and recharging. It is warm, soft, and comfortable. Until you feel a crumb in your bed sheets. That’s right, I’m looking at you…
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Bright-er side: The rain
November 22, 2023By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor When we enter the fall season, everyone starts grouching about the weather. It’s “too rainy,” it’s “too dark,” and it’s “too cold.” I, for one, have had enough of these complaints. I’ve always liked our…
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Bright-er Side: Cozy duvets and their covers
November 2, 2023By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor There is too much duvet discourse. As our Editor-in-Chief famously once said, “duvets don’t need clothes.” Sure, duvets are just large blankets, and maybe they don’t need clothes, however, it’s much better when they do…
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Halloween doesn’t excuse violence or prejudice
November 2, 2023By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor Content warning: mentions of racialized violence, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, sexual harassment, and Islamophobia. The season of ghosts, pumpkins, and candy is upon us. While its roots are quite different from what…
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