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Anti-aging ideals are lying to you

Aging is not a bad thing. On the contrary, signs of aging show a life well lived. Smile lines and wrinkly skin are products of the sun, smiling, laughing, and…

BookTok is diminishing the quality of books

BookTok, once a space for like-minded people to connect and converse, has become overrun by trends and cheap marketing tactics.

Apple Vision Pro is as scary as it is enticing

The idea of VR is nothing new, having been around since the ’60s. So what makes the Vision Pro noteworthy? I haven’t seen any VR product with this level of…

Nobody wants to be the b*tch police

Language use has real, tangible consequences as it has historically been used to manipulate, control, hurt, and oppress marginalized groups.

With porn more accessible than ever, it’s time to take a hard look at how we use it

Pornhub recently released their 2023 stats. In Canada, 85 per cent of the website’s traffic came from mobile devices.

Friendship makes the world go ‘round

In our constant search for romantic love, we often forget to acknowledge the friends who have been loving us in different ways the whole time.
Makeba

How the internet ruins music 

Songs like "Makeba" are swallowed, chewed up, and regurgitated by social media apps until you hate even your favourite songs.
Musicals

God forbid we watch a musical

Movie-musicals are tricking audiences into thinking their films aren’t musicals by forcing random cameos and omitting the entire soundtrack.
Cash is king

Why cash is still king

No level of convenience will beat telling a cab driver to “just keep the change. ”I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: cash is king.

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