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      Small Children, Big Returns; The Power of Investing in Early-Childhood Education
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       (Un)Popular Culture: What we have Lost from the Lack of Monoculture in Media
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      Laughing Until It Hurts: The Implications of McGill’s ‘Spotted’ Accounts 
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      Imane Khelif and Racism within Women’s Sports
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Jenna Benchetrit

Arts, Arts & Culture

‘Contagion’ in the Age of Corona

By Jenna Benchetrit and Jacob Klemmer

It’s been ten years since I watched Contagion, yet even after all this time, there is one edit I remember…

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Arts, Arts & Culture, Commentary

2000s Screens for Present-Day Quaran-teens

By Jenna Benchetrit

Continuing with our Aughts & Culture series, we asked our editorial board to think back to better times — coming…

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Arts, Arts & Culture, Commentary

The Problem with ‘Jojo Rabbit’? It’s Missing a Monster

By Jenna Benchetrit

This article contains major spoilers for Jojo Rabbit. A few minutes into Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit, the Academy Award-winning “anti-hate…

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Arts & Culture, Culture, Interviews, Local

Going Deep Inside Cinema L’Amour

By Jenna Benchetrit and Jacob Klemmer

Content Warning: Everything you’d assume was in an article about Cinema L’Amour (sex, pornography, and general profanity).  There are three…

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Arts & Culture, Commentary, Culture, Local

Greta Thunberg, Reluctant Icon

By Jenna Benchetrit

On September 23rd, 2019, climate activist Greta Thunberg took the stage at a United Nations summit on climate change. “My…

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Arts & Culture, Opinion

Hate-Watching ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

By Jenna Benchetrit

When Hulu’s television adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale premiered in 2017, it seemed like the right piece of pop-feminism for…

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Arts, Arts & Culture, Commentary, Culture, Local

Alt Rock Meets “High Art”: A Year in the Life of The National

By Jenna Benchetrit

I’ve only been a fan of The National for 10 months, since I saw them perform at Osheaga in 2018….

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@McGill, Arts, Arts & Culture, Culture

The Official Guide to McGill’s A Cappella Community

By Jenna Benchetrit

One of the most fulfilling parts of the university experience is joining an extracurricular group or taking up a new…

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Arts & Culture

Testimonials from Teen Girlhood

By Jenna Benchetrit

In the last few years, two excellent coming of age films have grappled with the interiority of their teenage girl…

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Arts & Culture

Aughts & Culture: Growing up Gaming

By Cheyenne Cranstondisplay_nameJacob Klemmer and Jenna Benchetrit

Introducing…… Aughts & Culture “Only 90s kids will remember!” You roll your eyes. Trapped in limbo between the iconic days…

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