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November 26, 2024

Are you a clean girl? What about a green juice girl? Or maybe a messy girl? A downtown girl? Georgia Dunning explores the proliferation of micro-aesthetics targeting young women in her Lilith 2024 essay.

The Problem with White Feminism

Lindsay Blake

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November 26, 2024

Community contributor Lindsay Blake examines the ways in which the feminist movement has historically privileged the positions of White women, and marginalized women of colour in this Lilith 2024 contribution.

Trent: A Neoliberal University

Nicky Taylor

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November 14, 2018

Peterborough Waterfront Condo Development a Slap in the Face for Those Touched by Housing Crisis

Zoe Easton

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November 12, 2018

Cork & Bean by Nata’s Café: New Face, New Space, New Challenges

Maeve de Savoye

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November 7, 2018

Trump and Canadian Pearl-Clutching

James Cullingham

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November 18, 2024

Community contributor James Cullingham comes to bear on Canadians despairing the re-election of one Donald J. Trump, arguing that the popular response is revelatory of one of our worst tendencies as a nation.

Sporting Sketches of a Pickleball Town

James Cullingham

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October 29, 2024

Humorist Stephen Leacock would find no shortage of fodder in the City of Peterborough's devotion to Pickleball, writes community member James Cullingham.

Reflections on the Woodward Trump Library

J.A. Forrester

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September 3, 2024

Over the years, I have been more than willing to share my opinion of Donald J. Trump, who I had hoped would just fade from the US political scene. That was a strategy suggested at the very beginning eight years ago: “Just ignore him and he’ll go away.” A narcissist’s worst nightmare. However, that strategy failed badly.

TCSA's Disregard for BDS Measures Against Israel Ignites Student Backlash

Chukwugoziem Nwadugbo

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November 22, 2023

A few weeks back, the TCSA was handing out free breakfast sandwiches and bagels from McDonalds, an action students were repulsed by given many people are actively boycotting is McDonalds due to its support of the Israeli occupation of Gaza.

Women's History Month and the Overlooked Intersections of Race and Femininity in Canada

Chukwugoziem Nwadugbo

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November 8, 2023

October Is considered women history month and this year’s theme favors an intersectional outlook. However, without a lot of the populace aware of this celebration, its effectiveness at spreading awareness is called into question. Evidently, the government did not do enough to celebrate women, address their unique challenges, and highlight their achievements.

To All Those Who Are Neutral In Today’s Holocaust

Afaf Ghazi

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October 30, 2023

If you have ever wondered how the world allowed the Holocaust to happen, pay close attention to the silence today. The State of Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza, having killed about 5,791 Palestinians, displacing a further 1.4 million Palestinians, and bombing hospitals, bakeries and places of worship.

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