the brighter side
The Bright-er Side: Hallmark movies are showing more diversity
February 2, 2021by Sara Wong, Arts & Culture Editor I usually refer to watching Hallmark movies as my guilty pleasure. Not because they’re super cheesy, but because of the network’s history of prioritizing white, cisgender, heterosexual, and overall normative stories. However, with the latest batch of Christmas movies, I’ve noticed a significant change in the amount of diversity shown. In less than a year, Hallmark’s LGBTQ2+ representation went from plausibly deniable (two men dancing close together at a final party scene) to front and centre with actors Jonathan Bennett and Brad Harder playing the first gay lead couple in a Hallmark flick.…
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The Bright-er Side: Greater understanding from professors has been amplified by the pandemic
November 17, 2020by Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor Remote learning has been good at times, but the transition has also been stressful at times. Many of my online classes now have discussions on Canvas which require an extra effort to formulate…
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The Bright-er Side: A shoutout to stuck-at-home parental figures and guardians
November 4, 2020by Juztin Bello, Copy Editor The other day I was in my “office” (my bedroom) getting some work done. I hadn’t realized that time had slipped away from me and knew I would be late getting started on making my…
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The Bright-er Side: I would have never become a plant dad if it weren’t for quarantine
October 20, 2020by Marco Ovies, Editor-in-Chief When we shut everything down my work at The Peak quickly moved online. In addition, my part-time barista job at Starbucks had shut down as well. All of a sudden I was going from interacting with hundreds…
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The Bright-er Side: Online events give access to the world around us
October 2, 2020by Emma Jean, Staff Writer As I write this, I’m waiting for a live comedy show starring two of my favourite performers — Lauren Lapkus and Paul F. Tompkins — to start. Tickets cost five dollars, the seats are in my…
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The Bright-er Side: Catching a cold might not be so bad afterall
September 25, 2020by Nathan Tok, Peak Associate Did you know that in some sense of the word, every so often we experience another form of a pandemic? It’s the cold and the flu. So while the word “pandemic” might sound scary, did you…
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