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QUIZ: What form of birth control are you?

Zoe Vedova February 10, 2020

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 Caesar trusting way too many friends …

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Stuff we like and don’t like

Alex Bloom February 10, 2018

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, and an intoxicated…

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Some of the best and worst examples of sex positivity in media

Alex Bloom and Gabrielle McLaren February 9, 2018

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 small mining town in Wales during…

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Best and worst albums to have sex to

Danielle Davie and Hannah Davis February 8, 2018

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 enjoy. Murphy reminds you that…

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The Good, the Alright, and the Just Plain Bad of sex work in media

Victoria Lopatka February 7, 2018

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 negative stereotypes and…

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A crash course on pronouns

Eva Zhu February 7, 2018

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 of growing up…

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Meet Paola Quirós, new co-ordinator of the Women’s Centre

EIC February 7, 2018

Fast 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

Peak Web February 7, 2018

Two 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

Peak Web February 5, 2018

Written 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

Peak Web February 5, 2018

SFU 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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