To be aromantic in a decidedly romantic world

To be aromantic in a decidedly romantic world

Valentine’s Day means nothing to me, and that is okay Graphic by Sie Douglas-Fish. The end of the world is always so romantic in the movies. I had just finished Don’t Look Up, Netflix’s much-debated apocalypse-satire, when this realization came to me. At the end of...
Marijuana, the drug

Marijuana, the drug

Victory, victory! Oct.17 is a victory. Certainly. Years of incarcerations, crackdowns, deaths, the drug war on Cannabis. The pendulum has finally swung towards good. 420, Cheech and Chong, and “THC cures cancer” have won out over Reefer Madness, ‘devil’s lettuce,’ and...
Marijuana, the drug

Bad Date Confessions: Volume Three

I was in my first year at UVic, and I was going on only the second or third date I’d ever been on in my life. He picked me up in his car and the small talk was easy and flirty. I was feeling good about the whole thing; he seemed like a keeper. We arrived at...
Marijuana, the drug

Bad Date Confessions: The Sequel

The worst date I’ve been on was with a guy I met at a Halloween party. He was the nerdy type, and he offered to take me to see the new Thor movie. On the day of our date, we met up and took the bus downtown to the theatre. Small talk on the bus was awkward, but we...