Maria Penaranda // Arts & Culture Editor I have a big nose. Its presence—the awareness that it’s inhuman, grotesque, out of place—has lived with me for as long as I…
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Deviant Beauty: Un-packaging the Beauty Industry’s Waste Problem
Maria Penaranda // Arts & Culture Editor When the global climate strike reached Vancouver, I was there. I saw hordes of people, a sea of bodies pushing and squeezing past…
Deviant Beauty: On the Fraught Nature of Selfies
Maria Penaranda // Arts & Culture Editor Taking a good selfie can feel so validating. It had been months since I had a photo taken of myself that I was…
Animal Testing: Not a Thing of the Past
Although unnecessary, many brands still test their products on innocent animals Saman Dara, Contributor // Illustration by Alex Maertz If you’ve convinced yourself that animal-tested products are safer, okay to…
How I Became a Makeup Artist on YouTube
Tiana Lachnit is a full-time social media influencer studying communications on the side Mariah Klein // Contributor “I would wear super black thick eyeliner under my eyes, and then I…
“Making up” with myself
Staff Editorial “Making up” with myself Campus Life Editor Anyone that knows me knows that I love makeup. I love looking at it, touching it, beating my face with it….
L’Oreal wants diversity until diversity speaks out
Model Munroe Bergdorf “The Face of Diversity” fired for pointing out racism Laura Melczer // Contributor L’Oreal UK announced hiring Munroe Bergdorf as its first black trans model on Aug. 28. When most media…