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New Music: Vivek Shraya releases single and announces new album, Baby You’re Projecting
March 20, 2023By: C Icart, Staff Writer My first encounter with Vivek Shraya’s work was through her book, I’m Afraid of Men. Shraya’s powerful account of her relationship with masculinity in the context of homophobia, transphobia, and misogyny was unfortunately very relatable for me and helped me find language to talk about fears I was experiencing. While the book opens with “I’m afraid of men because it was men who taught me fear,” she goes on to highlight how her gender nonconformity (or gender expression) is the reason men (and women) fear her. In her new single, “Good Luck (You’re Fucked),” Shraya…
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Q&A with Elvira Chan on her independently-published novel
March 16, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Elvira Chan is an SFU graduate student in the area of counselling and human development. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communication with a minor in print and digital publishing. The following is…
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HUMSU invites you to creatively “witness” humanity
March 14, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Editor’s note: Sara Wong, who was interviewed for this piece, is a former Peak employee. The Peak acknowledges and has taken steps to prevent conflicts of interest or potential bias from influencing the…
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New comedic docuseries reclaims “killjoy”
February 21, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Just as the word “snowflake” has been weaponized by conservatives, “killjoy” is another word that has been historically used to silence those who question authority. Documentarist Shana Myara knows what it’s like to…
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New fashion app combines AI and sustainability
February 15, 2023By: Hannah Kazemi, Staff Writer Bintu Alkassoum wants to change the way people shop. Her up-and-coming app, Shopinspo, fuses sustainability and convenience to bring users a unique mood board-inspired online shopping experience. The Peak sat down with Alkassoum to learn…
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Analyzing the lack of queer representation in reality dating shows
February 14, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts and Culture Editor and Hannah Kazemi, Staff Writer Reality dating shows have a huge influence. With 52 seasons of The Bachelor franchise, it’s safe to say that audiences are heavily invested in all the messiness and…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: SOCA’s Black History Month events
February 10, 2023By: Vee Babbar & Petra Chase Students of Caribbean and African Ancestry (SOCA), a student-run group representing SFU’s Black community, has packed the month with events for Black History Month. The Peak interviewed events coordinator Mugasha Rutega to get an…
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Glow Motive rises from the waters with a debut single
February 6, 2023By: Alex Masse, Peak Associate Vancouver-based duo Glow Motive is, like the ocean they draw inspiration from, in a constant ebb and flow. The pair consists of two brown, queer musicians: Oceaan Pendharkar and Anjalica Solomon. Neither are new faces…
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New Music: Only A Visitor’s ruminative singles build anticipation for upcoming art album, Decay
January 31, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Only A Visitor is a Vancouver-based quintet with an idiosyncratic style that dips its toes in art pop, jazz, acapella, and avant-garde. They’re gearing up for the February 24 release of their first…
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D. O. Gibson inspires youth through hip-hop
January 30, 2023By: Anna Kazi, Peak Associate World record-setting rapper, Duane “D.O” Gibson, kicked off the year with the Black Music 365 tour which teaches youth in BC about the musical contributions of Black Canadian talent. Gibson spent the second week of January…
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