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Alia Shaukat

Opinion

To Our Younger Selves

By Alia Shaukat and Berangere Fouqueray

Bee: With my third year at McGill drawing to a close, it has hit me that my university experience was…

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Opinion, Perspective

Learning How to Become “Not the Fun Kind” of Feminist

By Alia Shaukat

Earlier this year, my older sister was reading Andrea Dworkin’s Intercourse, a radical engagement in the politics of heterosexual sex…

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Opinion

Fending for Ourselves: The Case for Campus Drug Testing

By Alia Shaukat and Sarah Sylvester

The music is pounding, each beat pressing up against your throat. It’s frighteningly cold outside but oppressively hot inside this…

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Opinion

Dear McGill, Please Grant Us Patience

By Alia Shaukat

Reflecting upon the recent celebration of World Mental Health Day on October 10th, 2021, I considered our university’s subpar treatment…

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Opinion

A Safe Return To Campus Should Involve a Vaccine Mandate

By Sarah Sylvester and Alia Shaukat

As the campus reopened for the first time in over a year this fall, I’m sure we all took note of…

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Opinion

The Unspoken Power Dynamics Behind Influencers

By Alia Shaukat

Note: the views in this article do not necessarily reflect the views of the Bull & Bear editorial board. Last…

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Opinion

Honouring the Unique Healing Journeys of Sexual Violence Survivors

By Alia Shaukat

When speaking to friends during late-night (and heavily wine-fueled) talks, the conversation often turns to the expectations of university we…

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Opinion

Whitewashing White Sage: “WitchTok” and the Appropriation of Spirituality

By Alia Shaukat

Over this past pandemic summer, I was lucky enough to find solace from the excruciating Texas heat in a small…

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Opinion, Perspective

The COVID-19 Vaccine and Confronting Systemic Racism in Healthcare

By Alia Shaukat

The American pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced earlier this month that their development of a COVID-19 vaccine was 90% effective based…

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Opinion

The Problem With the Girl Boss

By Alia Shaukat

As I have gotten older, I have become increasingly uncomfortable with labeling myself as a “feminist.” I realize how bad…

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