Letters
Halloween is the best holiday
As the end of October approaches, it’s time for the spooky season: Spooktober, as Instagram has dubbed it this year, is in full swing. Pumpkin sales are booming, skull masks and copious amounts of candy line the shelves of every store, and you’re four times less likely to have as much fun any other time of the year. Halloween is the best holiday.
Read MoreThe decline of trick-or-treating
Trick-or-treating is a vital part of Halloween nostalgia and yet, every year there has been less and less. What happened to trick-or-treating?
Read MorePursuing a PhD with ADHD
In September 2018, I was returning to Dalhousie University as a mature student after having obtained a bachelor of science in psychology in 2006. I promised myself that this time around, Dal had to be worth the money and time.
Read MoreDear Instagram activists
It’s been proven that social media campaigns can be used to effectively generate real life social change. In 2019, the New York Times studied what impact the #MeToo social media campaign had on actual tangible events. They discovered that such a large scale movement did, in fact, generate action. The United States’ National Sexual Assault Hotline saw a…
Read MoreTo the sport I can no longer play
Growing up as a high-level athlete, there was always that fear in the back of my mind that it could all end in an instant if I made a wrong move or a klutzy mistake. But as an athlete I stuck with it because it’s a love like no other. I said good-bye to all…
Read MoreThe importance of David Rose
A show dubbed “Canada’s answer to Arrested Development” recently started its fifth season on CBC. But Schitt’s Creek isn’t just some a carbon copy of an American sitcom. I’d argue it’s one of the best shows on television right now. There are a few reasons for this, but I’m going to focus on one: his name is David Rose. David…
Read MoreBaby Ballers: the next gen of influencers
A new generation of influencers has taken over social media. “Baby influencers,” usually under 18 months, are young, fresh and social media savvy. From fashion posts, daily vlogs, to unique political commentary, little boys and girls as young as five months are developing online brands for themselves, attracting thousands of fans. As follower count rises,…
Read MoreIn defence of horse girls
Anyone who spends time on the internet has seen the memes. “All horse girls are now either on drugs, whores or Taylor Swift stans,” quoth Twitter user @jonofyfe. all horse girls are now either on drugs, whores, or Taylor swift stans — ً (@jonofyfe) September 7, 2018 Also from Twitter: “Horse girls were actually a pentagon experiment they were…
Read MoreHocus Bipocus
Racism. A pretty scary word isn’t it? When considering the ways in which racism can play out and the devastating effect it continues to have on the lives of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) worldwide it is clear that something must be done. What’s fascinating to me is that people are more…
Read MoreLetter from the editor
Originally published in Volume 150 Issue 7 of the Dalhousie Gazette on January 12th, 2018 I am somewhere around the 100th editor-in-chief of the Dalhousie Gazette. I’m the growing loose end of a long thread of excellent writers, editors and creators who’ve taken the helm of this publication and steered it in the direction they felt…
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