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No Turning Back Book Review

Rania Abouzeid
This book asks the reader to be present with those in Syria's civil war. To understand their surroundings. To see the day-to-day realities that we call a revolution. Taste their hope and feel it turn bitter. Become numb to terror. This book is war correspondence without the glamour or sensationalism. These are human portraits and, like getting to know a person in real life, these stories take patience to understand.

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Moon of the Crusted Snow Book Review

Waubgeshig Rice
Many friends of mine like to muse about buying a plot of land up North, where they could escape to in case of an apocalypse. This thriller pokes a hole in that naïve daydream, exploring what it actually looks like for people in today's society to be forced into self-sufficiency. Wrapped up in Anishinaabe culture, this page-turner is also a great primer for understanding Indigenous resilience in the face of ongoing colonisation.

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My favourite music of 2018

In no particular order, these are some of the artists who impressed me with new music in the past year. As I gear up to release some new work in 2019, I can say for sure that these artists have influenced my creative process. Logic Logic released two albums this year: his trap-heavy Bobby Tarantino …

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In opposing trans rights, free speech warriors recycle old talking points

In June 2017, the Canadian government passed Bill C-16. It's a law that expands the human rights code to include "gender identity and expression" as a prohibited ground of discrimination. This was a significant, if symbolic win for trans rights in Canada. But to hear a certain U of T psychology …

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