Petra Chase

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Responsible ways to donate used clothing

Peak Web November 18, 2022

By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Thrifting has long been co-opted by large commercial entities like Value Village and become increasingly unaffordable for low-income people. Instead of donating to large corporations, here are a few ways to donate or trade used clothing. Donate Especially as temperatures dip and winter clothing is urgently needed for houseless and low-income folks, one of the best ways to help is by donating to organizations that are built to provide resources to those in need. The Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre is a trans-inclusive organization which is always accepting toiletries, bedding, and clothing donations for…

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Laurence Lafond-Beaulne and Camille Poliquin (Milk & Bone) in blue lighting
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Milk & Bone unveil striking electro-pop album, Chrysalism

Peak Web November 8, 2022

By: Petra Chase, Art & Culture Editor Montreal-based electro-pop duo Milk & Bone just released their third album, Chrysalism, a word defined by the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows as the “tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm.” Thematically, I listened…

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Club Profile: VeggieSFU

Peak Web November 8, 2022

By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor The writer of this piece is affiliated with VeggieSFU.  VeggieSFU has been steadily racking up members and sparking discussions among SFU’s vast plant-based community. It’s a club which exists to “create community, facilitate…

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My very brave fashion-forward journey of being mirrorless

Peak Web November 7, 2022

By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Like your average 20-something budgeting in Vancouver, I exist without a full-sized mirror. This makes for treacherous mornings for your aspiring Gilmore Girl. I’d like to think I exist in a perpetual 2000’s…

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Potlatches live on in Keeping the Song Alive

Peak Web November 2, 2022

By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Potlatch, which comes from the Nootka word meaning “gift,” is a traditional Indigenous ceremony during which tribes give away or destroy possessions to promote generosity, wealth, and prestige. For the Kwakwaka’wakw people, singing,…

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Need to Know, Need to Go: Oct 10–16

Peak Web October 9, 2022

By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Looking to add some variety to your weekly routine or get out of a creative rut? Here are some free and inspiring local events that take place this week. Whether you’re staying remote,…

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Robin Mitchell Cranfield’s unique analysis of the Ulysses universe

Peak Web October 8, 2022

By: Petra Chase, Arts and Culture Editor Irish novelist James Joyce’s modernist novel, Ulysses, is widely known in literary circles as notoriously tedious to get through. With 732 pages of inventive language and experimental style, it’s considered a great feat…

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Monday Music: Nostalgic songs from my iPod Nano

Peak Web October 3, 2022

By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor If I could bring back any cultural artifact from my formative years, it would be my iPod Nano. Whenever I hear a song from that era, I’m transported to a time when life…

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English Student Union and Poetry Club host sentimental open mic night

Peak Web February 27, 2022

By: Petra Chase, SFU Student Just in time for Valentine’s week, SFU Poetry Club and the English Student Union held 2 Sappy 2 Stories, a virtual love-themed open mic night. 2 Sappy 2 Stories was a sequel to the ESU’s…

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Monday Music: Songs that celebrate queer sexuality

Peak Web February 14, 2022

By: Petra Chase For many young adults, public school sex education is inadequate and promotes harmful messages surrounding queer sex. I still battle with the shame I was taught to feel at a young age. Music has always helped me…

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