Love is not enough
Love lights the match, but fire dies out eventually
When I was younger, I viewed romance as this great thing that could somehow solve all of my problems, like…
Jia Bawa
I am my mother’s reflection
Where our mothers end and where we begin
If mother-daughter relationships could be summed up in one word, it would be complicated. Is that the most cliché thing…
Lost in Translation: Phrases
When it’s simply awkward to an English tongue
Things do not always sit right in a second language. Expressions feel clunky, words feel misplaced. Sometimes, it is better…
Scam emails continue to flood into students’ inboxes
UTM provides resources to defend against phishing, scams, and malicious messages, but student emails are still susceptible to infiltration and fraud.
Students at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) are all too familiar with scam emails. These messages often arrive unexpectedly,…
Hold On To Tight To Your Creativity
One must not underestimate the power and importance of creative hobbies to carry you through your studies and daily life.
As I enter my fourth and final year, I’m hit with the realisation that September only gets busier as the…
My culture, worn.
Jewellery is a haunting reminder that what glitters in Western vaults was never theirs to begin with.
When I adorn myself in jewellery, I do so to carry with me a defining part of my identity. As…
To live in perpetual explanation
Existing as a bisexual woman means being subjected to constant questioning, sexualization, and plain misunderstanding.
Even in 2025, being straight is the default. LGBTQ+ people are still scared to grapple with the complexities of their…
The rise of quiet queerness in animation
“In the animated world, there is no default setting.”
According to Ofcom, by the time children reach the age of four, they already average 12.7 hours of TV in…
The L Word: Sex and the City, but for lesbians
The L Word follows the lives and relationships of lesbian and bisexual women in Los Angeles and was essentially the first show of its kind.
Queer representation has always been a finicky thing in television, even more so when it comes to queer women. HeartBeat, the…
Re-imagining self-care: what it really means for university students
Self-care has long been a culprit of capitalist ploys. But it’s time we reinvent self-care by embracing personalized practices.
Imagine this: your phone alarm goes off like a gunshot, and you go back to burning holes in your laptop…
The online dating experience for queer people
Do queer people have better luck in the black hole of endless swipes, or are dating apps still built for the heterosexual audience?
In today’s technology-driven world, dating apps are almost a rite of passage for everyone in the market for a significant…
The rise of the #WomenInMaleFields TikTok trend
Women are realizing men treating them like emotional slaves and putting minimum effort into a six-year relationship isn’t normal.
The #WomenInMaleFields trend first gained traction in November 2024. Women took to making satirical reels about the frustrations they faced…
Surviving (and learning) in a subscription economy
Students are sick and tired of being forced to keep a separate piggy bank to pay for course materials and content they don’t even own!
“I cannot believe I have to pay 170 dollars just to be able to access the test questions for this…
Leigh Revers: the not-so-good, the bad, and the dirty
UTM claims to be an inclusive place, but that’s hard to believe with faculty that openly speaks against it.
The view that only “hard” sciences like physics, chemistry, and biology are “real sciences” is an antiquated opinion that has…
Fashion as a form of self-expression
A glamour of our choosing, fashion decides how we will be perceived.
Fashion is often underestimated, with many of us thinking it is limited to the clothes we wear, but it’s so…