Yuri on Ice centers around Yuri Katsuki, a 23-year-old figure skater and his journey with his anxiety, as well as his relationships with the characters around him—most notably, his relationship with his skating coach and love interest, Victor Nikiforov. Despite what you may think, Yuri on Ice is a show full of nuance and depth…
Two times out of three, telling somebody that I am a fan of the seven-member Korean boy band, BTS, elicits a reaction rife with judgement, disdain, and snideness. Mostly, in these instances, I can know what assumptions these people harbour, because I have come face to face with it many times before, both online and…
Most of us, whether during a school class that you reluctantly sat through, or as an aspiring novelist or creative writer, have heard the saying “show not tell.” You may find these three words largely unimportant to your everyday life, or think that they are the most fascinating, useful piece of writing advice that you…
On April 12, a man was taken to a hospital in a near-death condition after a shooting on a Calgary Transit bus. On March 28, at the Lions Rail LRT, two women were stabbed after a dispute with several people. On March 15, police found a man and women with stab wounds at an LRT…
“All of us possess a reading vocabulary as big as a lake but draw from a writing vocabulary as small as a pond.” – Roy Peter Clark Have you ever caught yourself using the same words over and over again in a single piece of text? Or perhaps you’ve been wanting to write and speak…
I first started to resent my Koreanness when I was six years old. It wasn’t some kind of falling out within my family, or the revelation of something huge and controversial. In fact, it happened during the lunch hour at school, as many things tend to happen. I was surrounded by my fellow six-year-old classmates,…
It is no secret that we live in a fast-paced world. Present-day urban centres in the West are all about the hustle, the bustle, and the absolute non-stop. Naturally, that translates into the media that we create and consume every day. Our action-movies are filled to the brim with fight-scene after fight-scene, and when those…
We have all heard the sayings, “be positive!” and, “always look on the bright side!” from the people who care about us. But sometimes, even though they are just trying to help us out, these kinds of sentiments only serve to worsen our mood. That is because of something called toxic positivity. Nowadays, we have…
Throughout our entire lives, beauty standards have always been all around us. Beauty standards have always had an impact on our lives. There are obvious things that they influence, like how we wear our hair on a particular day. But they can also influence our self-esteem and eating habits. They help shape cultures and eras…