A sickness in the medical system
Living with PCOS can be challenging, but it’s even harder when the healthcare system won’t believe you.
Transformation, Trust, and Tiny Banana D*cks
By Grace Henkel *Content warning: references to self-harm, misogyny, verbal abuse, bullying, and an image of explicit art Listen to an audio version of the story below: As Julia Saint Amour leans over the padded table, her rolled-up sleeves expose just some of her countless tattoos. A skull envelopes her right wrist, while four bold,…
Fences and Glass Ceilings
Shining a spotlight on the absence of Black presence in Torono’s theatre scene
Behind the glitz and glamour
Black women in Toronto’s fashion industry are fighting for inclusion
Fostering a Minority
The trials of caring for Muslim children in need
Speaking out: Two “gritty” nurses fight for change
By Kinza Zafar The hum of coffee shop chatter filled the room as Amie Archibald-Varley and Sara Fung settled in from an impromptu Costco trip in Hamilton. In between working full-time as nurses and producing a bi-weekly podcast, free time is scarce. Fung, who purchased a coffee and Archibald-Varley with a berry smoothie, sat next…
Brushed away from home, Artlords paint back with hope
By Hssena Arjmand Walking down the streets of Kabul, two eyes stared back at Yama Farhad. Intrigued by their gaze, he walked closer to get a better look. The words “ میبینم ترا من – I see you” were painted below. Farhad was determined to know who was responsible for the mural. After scouring Facebook,…
A Talk with the Creator of 2AM Talk
By Laviza Syed Have you ever wondered why deep talks and conversations always begin at night? Studies show that people become more emotionally vulnerable during the later hours of the night, which is why talks at 2 a.m. or 3 a.m. become infinitely more hypnotizing. Entrepreneur Saima Zaidi realized the appeal of late-night “deep talks”…
Bathurst Street versus Warden Avenue
Toronto’s Arab and Jewish communities seem to peacefully coexist in the city, but how did that come to be?
The art of being an artist
By Angel Agbontaen On this cold February day, the air of the Toronto Metropolitan University’s (TMU) Black Student Lounge (BSL) is stale with the only source of ventilation the standing fan at the corner of the room. All the chairs and tables had been moved around to make space for the huge sheet of canvas…