Our contributors and editors reflect on our disastrous pasts and our (semi) hopeful looks toward to the future Claire Brnjac // Arts + Culture Editor Rocio Palomar-Robisco // Illustrator While…
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Do It Yourself: Bullet Journal
Getting your life together looks a lot different than it did before the pandemic. Enter: the Bullet Journal Claire Brnjac // Arts and Culture Editor I have a problem getting…
Hands On: Learning to Cook in a Pandemic
One of Vancouver’s most notable culinary institutions has chosen to keep its hands-on cooking classes despite hands-off regulations Claire Brnjac // Arts and Culture Editor Alina Sandu // Illustrator Like…
Internal Conflict
Dealing with agoraphobia during the world’s most indoor crisis Anonymous // Writer Katrina Lashmar // Illustrator In the days before COVID-19 hit in early spring, I was struggling to sit…
Versus: Horror Movies
You never forget your first horror movie. Mine was breathlessly watching Alien at seven years old, and not sleeping the night after. The real question: can there be a best…
The Rise of Roller Skating
How roller-skating became the sport du jour of the pandemic. Claire Brnjac // Arts and Culture Editor Annika McFarlane // Illustrator Two months into quarantine, I made a roller rink…
Why True Crime Needs to Stop Treating Trauma as Entertainment
There is money to be made talking about murder. But what’s the real cost? Claire Brnjac // Arts and Culture Editor John Pachkowsky // Illustrator In August, beauty blogger Bailey Sarian…
Quarantine Cuisine
What Comfort Food Looks Like in a Pandemic Claire Brnjac // Arts and Culture Editor Talia Rouck // Illustrator In the time of the bubonic plague, the afflicted ate mint…
Things That Remind You of Your Ex
When the dust has settled after a breakup, it’s often the items left over from the relationship that haunt, pester and drag you back into the past you’re trying so…