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Silence=death
During the AIDS epidemic, queer organization ACT-UP popularized the slogan “Silence=Death” to show that the public pressure to not speak about AIDS was leading to the deaths of queer people who were left without resources or support. Many queer activists have recently used the slogan to show that queer silence is complicity with Israel’s mass killing of Palestinians.
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Are they beyond salvation?
Last year, traditional Catholics, or trad Caths, were brought to wider attention when The New York Times published the article “New York’s Hottest Club Is the Catholic Church.”
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Failure to launch
Canada’s failure to keep its climate commitments reflects the need for more people to do any heavy lifting when it comes to taking climate action and the crisis head-on.
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Stopping here
In her book On Fire, Naomi Klein describes a conversation with farmer-poet Wendell Berry. In their discussion, Klein asks Berry for advice “for rootless people like me and my friends, who disappear into our screens and always seem to be shopping for the perfect community where we should put our roots down.”
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The carsharing alternative
The ever-increasing demands of private car ownership hold Winnipeg’s infrastructure captive. Parkades suck up valuable real estate, multi-lane highways seemingly run through every intersection, and important services are frequently placed in distant industrial parks.
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Post-post-punk
Within music circles, the prefix “post” is often attached to an ever-growing array of genres including post-rock, post-metal and post-harcore.
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Cycling safety
As summer winds down, Winnipeg’s cycling safety remains in question. Despite some progress with various speed reductions in neighbourhood zones, poor city planning and toxic car culture still make Winnipeg’s biking community feel unsafe.
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AI: Tool or threat to creativity?
A recent lawsuit filed by 17 authors, including renowned fantasy novelist George R. R. Martin (the author behind Game of Thrones), against OpenAI has sparked a heated debate on the ethics of AI (artificial intelligence) and its relationship with copyright infringement in the digital age.
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Privileging ‘official’ sources
Even when the Winnipeg Free Press newsroom is empty, it’s rarely silent.
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Safe surrender sites are anti-abortion virtue signaling
This winter, a firehall in Landmark, Man. announced the opening of a Hope’s Cradle, a service that allows people, usually mothers, to safely surrender their infants in a temperature-controlled bassinet.
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The world through two wheels
The bicycle is one of the simplest forms of transportation on the planet.
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Before my obituary
As the family’s resident copy editor, I was tasked with proofreading my grandfather’s obituary before publication.
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Zero fares
Security concerns are impacting Winnipeg Transit’s image and discouraging ridership.
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Shutting down hate on campus
Earlier this month, professor Joanne Boucher gave a talk at the University of Winnipeg (U of W) provocatively titled “The Commodification of the Body: The Case of Transgender Identities.”
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Embracing the curl
Growing up a curly girl in Manitoba was a struggle.
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Beyond the clubs
Months ago, I nervously showed up to an Out There Winnipeg (OTW) queer volleyball practice for the first time.
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A family like mine
It’s nearly impossible to pin down what exactly constitutes a family.
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Why more people have become okay with grocery theft
In January, Global News reported that soaring grocery prices may have led to an increase in theft at Canadian grocery stores.
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I struck out on my own
When I first moved out of my old place with roommates and into an apartment all by myself, my parents back in India were worried.
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Left behind culinary culture
If breathing is our most instinctual act, then eating is our most human.