Drawing the Line on Sexual Violence on Campus
[content warning: Although it contains no overt or graphic details, this piece discusses sexual violence on and off campus.] It’s not a stretch to say that the developed world is …
Life
Being a Mature Student in 2018
I just got word from the editors that they want me to write about the whole experience of being a mature student at Trent University. You bet! Things have definitely …
Safe Injections and Harm Reduction
Earlier this semester Trent Oxfam and the Centre for Gender and Social Justice co-hosted a panel discussion about contemporary HIV narratives, featuring Ariel O’Neil, the women’s health coordinator at PARN; …
About Trent Peer Support
Trent University is offering a brand new service for students by students. At Peer Support, we provide a drop-in space for students to hang out. There is an option to …
Maintaining Agency in Health Care
[Content warning: this piece includes frank discussion of vaginal anatomy and its treatment.] When asked to write a feature for the Arthur’s women’s issue, I was instinctively drawn to doing …
“From Where I Stand”
Do you know what it’s like to view yourself as a sum of parts? A sum of parts seen worthy, only when occupying the mind of another with desire. We …
Feminism is (and Feminist Books are) For Everyone
Lindsay Yates is a fourth-year Gender and Women’s Studies and Media Studies undergraduate student. She is the Ethical Standards Commissioner for the Trent Central Student Association (TCSA) for the 2017-2018 …
Struggles with Sexuality and Faith
I am tired. I am tired of this need to compare. This is something that no one talks about in Church. There is this pressure to be a “Perfect Church …
Who Am I Being Black For?
I always find myself feeling like more of an imposter than usual during Black History Month. As if I’m being watched day in and day out to see if I’m …
TACSU Talks: What is Black?
Arthur attended last week’s Trent African & Caribbean Student Union event, TACSU Talks. It was titled What is Black? The speakers Suzanna Lam and Achol Moses’s inspiration for the topic …