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Dec 22, 20223 min read

‘Tis the Season… for Consumerism, Capitalism and Environmental Destruction

Theme: Critical analysis of the holiday season About: Tracing different axes of a consumerism-driven holiday season, highlighting how big...

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Nov 26, 20223 min read

The Tricky Dynamics of Intersectional Representation

A glimpse into the complexities of ‘political wins’ that are not all they seem The appointment of Rishi Sunak, first person of colour to...

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Nov 25, 20221 min read

We're not really Strangers

Based on the card game “We’re not really strangers,” we want you to have critical and reflective conversations 🌍 The political is...

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Oct 13, 20193 min read

Decolonization is NOT a metaphor

For the last archive of the year, we are discussing an essay written by Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang on the metaphorization of the term...

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Oct 13, 20193 min read

Flights not Feelings

With the academic year drawing to a close and the summer holiday coming up, many people are probably thinking about their vacation plans....

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Oct 13, 20192 min read

A Brief History of the Environmental Justice Paradigm

Ecological Disruption Conflict: Socio-environmental conflict arising as power is exercised by companies, states and other actors in...

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