representation
Coco and the socio-cultural power of representation
November 8, 2022By: Daniel Salcedo Rubio The way media and mass communication outlets present marginalized groups can easily create bias in their audiences. When I was a kid, I grew up with incredibly problematic representations of gay characters in the media: they either were ridiculed, presented as inappropriate, or with behaviour issues — of course I grew up with internalized homophobia. If such portrayals caused me to hate and deny my own identity, just imagine what it does to those outside of these communities. For reasons like this, appropriate representation should be an obligation for any outlet. I’m writing this article on…
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Modern representation in comic books is on a positive journey
October 17, 2022By: Nercya Kalino, Staff Writer Everyone deserves to have their own superhero. Fortunately, the last two decades have seen this mantra become increasingly realized in the comic book industry. Global interest in superheros has led to a vastly diverse audience,…
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Growing up unaware of my autistic identity
July 18, 2022By: Olivia Visser, Staff Writer The concept of neurodiversity was not widely discussed when I was growing up. People were either normal or they were weird. There was no nuance to this conversation, nor any way to approach our differences…
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We need to care about the SFSS — and not just when they annoy us
February 11, 2022By: Luke Faulks, Staff Writer SFU students don’t seem to think about the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) much. During the 2018 election, only 2,158 out of around 30,000 students cast a vote for SFSS president. The number of votes cast…
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Strategic voting is an outdated way to use your vote
September 14, 2021By Kelly Chia, Staff Writer Strategic voting is what happens when people vote to prevent parties they don’t want elected coming into power, rather than voting by preference. Brock University labour studies professor Larry Savage wrote, “For many anti-Conservative voters…
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Living Hyphen provides a platform for multicultural Canadians to share their culture
July 5, 2021By: Charlene Aviles, Peak Associate In 2015, Filipina-Canadian Justine Yu attended the Toronto Feminist Art Conference. The stories she heard there from authors discussing their barriers to publication inspired her to take action. She then founded Living Hyphen to address…
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peluda, One Day at a Time, and how I came to appreciate my Latina body hair
November 28, 2020Editor's note: A previous version of this piece misspelled Frida Kahlo's last name, but has now been corrected. By: Michelle Young, News Editor My mom sometimes calls me peluda in Spanish. This can translate to “fuzzy” or “hairy.” It can…
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Never Have I Ever watched a show that depicts Indian representation this cleverly
May 30, 2020By: Harvin Bhathal, Peak Associate As an Indian myself, I appreciated Never Have I Ever for what it provided for me. Broadly speaking (as there are a multitude of cultures in India), socially progressive Indian representation in Western television and…
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Making room for asexual folk is more important than awkward representation
February 9, 2020By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor I’m not going to lie: being asexual is like being the weird kid sitting in the back of the queer bus who gives a little too much intense eye contact and has an odd obsession with…
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World News Beats
October 26, 2018Written by: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Ethiopian cabinet sees equal representation in sexes Women now hold 10 of Ethiopia’s 20 ministerial posts, making it the second African country after Rwanda to have a gender-balanced cabinet. In a Parliamentary speech…
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