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ISSUE 42: Fall/Winter 2021
18 Data-Driven Friendships: The Reality of Me and You How has the internet impacted the way we define friendship? BY JEAN BOAMPONG
24 Actor or Ally? Confusion on the Activist’s Stage What do diversity and inclusion actually mean? BY Y.J ZHENG AND JEAN BOAMPONG
28 Reclaiming Authenticity in our Cultural Foods
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Can “cultural authenticity” become a performance? BY GEORGIA LIN
QUICK READS 02 EDITOR’S LETTER 03 CONTRIBUTORS 04 LETTERS 05 NEWSFLASH: Climate change, Canada’s drinking water crisis,
ocean advocate 06 ACTIVIST REPORT: Nasra Adem 07 FIVE SHAMELESS THINGS TO DO 08 ON THE JOB: Get Bent, QTBIPOC drag collective 09 SHE’S SHAMELESS: Introducing a cool Shameless reader
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COLUMNS AND DEPARTMENTS
10 EXTRA CREDIT: We have been here all along 11 COMIC 13 ADVICE: How do I get started DJing? 14 BODY POLITICS: Misgendering and anti-Black racism 15 MEDIA SAVVY: Navigating comedy in the intersections 16 GREEN SCENE: Greenwashing 17 SPORTING GOODS: Sports can reinforce norms or push back
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ARTS AND CULTURE
32 SHOW & TELL: Spotlight 33 DIY: How to deal with stage fright 34 BEST OF THE BLOG: What we’re saying online 36 ARTS PROFILE: Michelle Thrush 38 STIR IT UP: How social media affects how we prepare, present
and eat our food 39 RECIPE: Trinidadian doubles 40 GET UP: The art of clown 41 GEEK CHIC: The joys of having a secret Instagram account 42 REVIEWS: Books, music, films, games and more 46 COUNTERCULTURE CLASSIC: All-American Girl COVER: ELYSSA PADILLO ART: ANNA DO, LILIAN SIM, YANNIE LO, OLIVIA SEMETSOVA
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