Winona Young
Director Joel Edgerton tells all about his process adapting the memoir, Boy Erased, to film and more
November 5, 2018PC: Joel Edgerton stars in Boy Erased as head therapist, Victor Sykes Until June 6, 2018, gay conversion therapy was still legal in Vancouver. While many may think gay conversion therapy couldn’t possibly still exist, shake their heads at the concept, and exclaim, “It’s 2018!”, it remains a reality for people in Canada and America. In Joel Edgerton’s new film, Boy Erased, Edgerton does not pull back on helping expose the brutal horrors, pain, and sorrow that befell a 19-year-old Jared Eamons. The Peak sat down with Joel Edgerton, and talked to him about his…
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Book of the Week: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is an electrifying adventure novel on fame and humanity
October 28, 2018By: Winona Young, Arts Editor Given Hank Green’s background in YouTube as co-creator of Vlogbrothers, VidCon, SciShow, and many more, I was genuinely hesitant to add “good author” to Green’s many titles. With that said, I can say with…
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Halloween Horrors: What’s hot and what’s not
October 27, 2018By: Michelle Gomez, Jonathan Pabico, Natasha Tar, Samantha Manalac and Winona Young WHAT’S HOT Friday the 13th (1980) The original Friday the 13th movie has sparked a long-lasting franchise, including the making of a TV series, a movie…
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Paranormal Activity : SFU students tell us their real life scary stories
October 27, 2018By: Alex Bloom, Maxwell Gallick, Jennifer Low, Gabrielle McLaren, Zach Siddiqui, Lauren Wallace, and Winona Young It was too cold to play outside, and we weren’t yet addicted to video games, so somehow my best friend and I got the…
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Vancouver Theatre this September
September 24, 2018By: Winona Young, Zoe Vedova, Gabrielle McClaren F*ck Tinder: A Love Story [caption id="attachment_106377" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo courtesy of David Rodwin[/caption] F*ck Tinder is a one man show that centers around David Rodwin’s autobiographical foray into finding love on…
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Homesickness? We’ve all been there.
September 9, 2018By: Tessa Earnshaw, Michelle Gomez, Gabrielle McLaren, and Winona Young When my parents helped me move into residence, I didn’t want them to leave. I talked to them every day, but that only made me miss them more. Going home…
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Everything you need to know about SFU Streetfest
September 8, 2018By: Winona Young The Peak: In your own words as the co-chair of Streetfest, can you please describe what SFU Streetfest is? Mark McLaughlin: The SFU Streetfest at UniverCity that we're going to be holding September 14 is really…
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At The: London Pub
September 2, 2018By: Winona Young Ambience: B For 10 p.m. on a Sunday, there’s a certain buzz of excitement in the crowd once I walk into the London Pub. Groups of people are crowded around the makeshift stage area, and the overall…
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Crazy Rich Asians isn’t just crazy good — it’s crazy spectacular
September 1, 2018Written by Winona Young There is so much to say about a movie as groundbreaking as Crazy Rich Asians: Things like “representation is so important,” or “it’s okay one movie can’t represent an entire continent,” or even, “was Awkwafina’s accent…
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Calling Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness “too gay” is homophobic
August 2, 2018Written by: Winona Young, Staff Writer Netflix’s reboot of Queer Eye is our TV equivalent of heartwarming chicken soup, only with avocado and patterned shirts. The fresh new hosts feature a variety of personalities, and more importantly, a diverse range…
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