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Calling out or casting out: toxicity and mob mentality of activist spaces

While used as a method to assert one’s right to humanity, the ritualization of call-outs cultivates an environment of dehumanization, toxicity, and mob judgment through the same oppressive mechanisms that call-out culture serves to mitigate.

What is Contemporary “Wellness”?

A burgeoning DIY wellness culture of “lifestyle bloggers”, or self declared advice-givers seeking to spread good vibes, has rooted itself in the cultural digital milieu.

Trudeau’s Expansion of Canadian Militarism

In essence, Trudeau is the embodiment of the white liberal ally who publicly supports radical movements when they suit public image, while doing nothing valuable to address violence inherent within exporting Canada’s military might to the Global South.

The Moral Justification of Pride

To this day the world continues to be divided into two general views about homosexuality: one that is accepting of homosexuals, and one that dismisses homosexuals as leading immoral lives. Yet, when looking for a rationale that justifies either of them, one encounters holy books or an eye-roll indicating self-evidence.

Towards a Healthy Conception of East Asian Masculinity

Current narratives of East Asian masculinity focus on regaining and exaggerating masculinity through the lens of white standards – a reflexive response that perpetuates misogyny.

In Utero: International Surrogacy and Statehood

Nationality has come to be conceptualized as a commodity in and of itself, with the wombs of surrogates serving as the infrastructure of exchange.

The Burkini Ban and French Twitter Politics

Twitter is used as a domain to promote and reject public policy; critique and support social normativity; and express and silence oppositional opinions. However, Twitter as an increased mode of political agency calls to question the validity of information and public persuasion. 

The Feminine, the Tough, and the Scary: The Power of Social Schemas

Our scripts may now say that gender and sexual equality should be the social norm, but the reality played in front of us rejoices masculinity; social stratification as well as deeply ingrained culture of objectifying women has not ended.

Against Same-Sex Marriage

With same sex marriage becoming integral to Canadian national identity, this policy has given Canada the pretense of being a modern and civilized Western society through the lens that foreign nations with a lack of marriage policy parity are backwards, barbaric, and uncivilized.