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Social media is psychologically addictive
March 17, 2023By: Hannah Kazemi, Staff Writer The realities of social media addiction have been highly debated alongside increasing internet use. Not enough people truly understand the impact of spending hours staring at their tiny rectangles all day, and the effects on our mental health and psychological development are still being discovered. Social media addiction can be as harmful as other forms of addiction, and should be taken seriously. I was 13-years-old when I got my first iPod with a touch screen. I started using Instagram and Snapchat, and as the years passed, the number of social media accounts I acquired increased.…
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TikTok is dangerous if not used with caution
November 15, 2022By: Hannah Kazemi, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of disordered eating Writing this piece makes me a bit of a hypocrite. I have TikTok, and scroll endlessly on my feed. I don’t post videos of my own, but I’ll admit…
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Yes, I’m defending Just Stop Oil
October 31, 2022By: C Icart, Staff Writer The writing is on the wall, or should I say, the soup is on the painting: the climate crisis is here. In this attention-driven economy, news about Just Stop Oil activists throwing soup on Van…
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It’s time to end your dysfunctional relationship with Instagram
February 1, 2022By: Ciara Reid, SFU Student Ending a dysfunctional relationship is difficult, but things are usually better once you’re out. This was my experience in beginning the process of deleting my social media after two years of increasingly unhealthy use. Before…
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What Grinds Our Gears: TikToks that encourage overconsumption
September 10, 2021By Lubaba Mahmud, Opinions editor I’m chilling on my couch, watching TikToks — as one does — when I come across the side of the app where people buy completely unnecessary things just for the heck of it. What’s more, the…
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Person blames astrology for all their problems
July 28, 2021By: Kyla Dowling, Humour Editor and Local Astrology Bitch It started with the new moon in Cancer. TikTok astrologers, who are obviously very trustworthy because they say words like “exalted” and “decan,” said that whatever Cancer placements I had in my…
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Sabrina Bailey created a TikTok that caught the attention of millions
July 11, 2021By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer SFU student Sabrina Bailey posted a TikTok of her coming out to her family for Pride Month. The TikTok has now reached over 9 million views and has been described by some viewers as “the…
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The Bright-er Side: TikTok boredom spotlights youth creativity
January 19, 2021by Madeleine Chan, Opinions Editor I don’t have TikTok. So it says something that I’m still very impacted by the constant innovation that comes from it. Pandemic boredom being funnelled into the app has only illuminated how much talent and…
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How TikTok helped me come to terms with my sexuality
January 16, 2021By Dev Petrovic, Staff Writer Growing up, sexuality was not a popular topic of discussion — I was rarely exposed to queer history, events, or content unless I personally sought it now. For this reason, from a young age, I’ve…
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Ratatouille the Musical is a TikTok phenomenon that is here to stay
January 16, 2021By Kyla Dowling, Staff Writer It started with a TikTok. Creator Emily Jacobsen was fooling around and created a viral hit of herself singing a ditty about the titular character Remy in Ratatouille. Then, Daniel J. Mertzlufft (the mind behind…
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