Apr 4, 2022 | Identity, Lifestyle
By Lea Bdeir | Staff Writer How is it that we know virtually nothing about the events that happen in the world around us, but we are so up to date on our favorite celebrity’s birth chart? Are they really more interesting than global crises and new discoveries in...
Apr 3, 2022 | Featured, Gender, Sexuality & Relationships, Identity
By Daniella Razzouk | Staff Writer In the past few years, there has been a boom in both the quality and quantity of queer representation in mainstream media. While nowhere near perfect, there has been a noticeable amount of improvement and it doesn’t look like it’s...
Mar 27, 2022 | Featured, Identity, Lifestyle
By Nour Majdalani | Staff Writer It’s 8 in the morning and you’re stuck in traffic. The anxiety of being late to your class surpasses that of emptying your “half-a-salary’s worth” gas tank on stolen time. Your phone’s battery – uncharged and...
Mar 13, 2022 | Identity, Lifestyle
By Lea Bdeir | Staff Writer “It’ll only be two weeks,” they said… but it’s been two years. Lockdowns, Zoom Birthdays, mandatory IMPACT exemption forms for permission to leave the house, home workouts, daily walks, “I’m positive” text messages. That was our...
Mar 13, 2022 | Health & Wellness, Identity
By Dayan Hussein | Staff Writer Of the many atrocities affecting women, Female Genital Mutilation -FGM- might be one of the worst offenders. This past February was the international month of zero tolerance for FGM, but to better protest against it, we must first...
Mar 13, 2022 | Gender, Sexuality & Relationships, Identity
By Rana Bou Saleh | Staff Writer Throughout the past few years, we have not only witnessed the Covid-19 pandemic, but also a catastrophic economic crisis in Lebanon. Whether it is because you had to be quarantined away from your significant other, or one of you had...