Sex Issue
QUIZ: What form of birth control are you?
February 10, 2020Written by Zoe Vedova, Peak Associate From gutting public school sex education classes to threatening to decrease access to abortions, our sexual health is constantly being policed by the government. Let’s turn the lens back on the institution that’s put us in this position. Answer these bureaucratically afflicted questions to figure out to which federally controlled genetic roadblock you are intrinsically connected. Which do you consider the greatest political mistake? A) The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand B) British Columbia’s confusingly worded 2018 electoral referendum ballot C) Napoleon Bonaparte’s decision to invade Russia during the winter of 1812 D) Julius…
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Stuff we like and don’t like
February 10, 2018By: Alex Bloom We like: Taking consent seriously Consent is more than someone seeming into it at the time. It should be explicit, and it can be taken back at any time. “Maybe” is not consent, only “yes” is consent,…
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Some of the best and worst examples of sex positivity in media
February 9, 2018By: Alex Bloom and Gabrielle McLaren Best: Pride (2014) In a way this movie is sex positive because it isn’t just about sex or sexuality. It’s about a group of gay and lesbian men and women who go to a…
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Best and worst albums to have sex to
February 8, 2018By: Danielle Davie and Hannah Davis Best album to have sex to: Built on Glass by Nick Murphy (formerly Chet Faker) Nick Murphy’s voice is so smooth, all you need to do is “Release Your Problems” as he put it, and…
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The Good, the Alright, and the Just Plain Bad of sex work in media
February 7, 2018By: Victoria Lopatka Sex work has been featured openly in the media since at least the 1950s, but we haven’t necessarily gotten better at portraying it in the last seventy or so years. Some shows and movies still feed into…
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A crash course on pronouns
February 7, 2018By Eva Zhu In preschool you were probably taught about how there are boys and girls and . . . well, that’s usually all you get. Broadening our understanding of identity, gender, and sexuality is just as much a part…
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Meet Paola Quirós, new co-ordinator of the Women’s Centre
February 7, 2018Fast Facts on Paola Quirós Name: Paola Quirós (pronounced: p ah-OH-l ah) Preferred pronouns: she/her Position: Co-ordinator of the SFSS Women’s Centre since November 2017 Education: BA in Social Communication and Journalism from University of La Sabana in Colombia and…
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Community program to launch for LGBTQ+ refugees
February 7, 2018Two SFU professors are teaming up with DIVERSEcity, a not-for-profit agency located in Surrey dedicated to offering services to the city’s multicultural population, to create more inclusive spaces for refugees identifying as LGBTQ+. DIVERSEcity has been playing a leading role…
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Safer sex is sexy sex
February 5, 2018Written and photographed by Winona Young Whether you’re short on cash and condoms or in a sex-health conundrum, students need to look no further than SFU’s resource centres for all of the above and more. So save the frantic Google…
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Positive Space Network fills in the queer knowledge gap for SFU faculty
February 5, 2018SFU staff and faculty have been receiving a crash course on the LGBTQ+ community and issues thanks to Out on Campus’ Positive Space Network Program. As SFU’s LGBTQ+ advocacy group, Out on Campus has developed an hour-long workshop in which…
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