Social Justice Synonyms #17: “Dyke” and “Fag”
The words “fag” and “dyke” are both words that carry a history of violence – emotional, verbal, and physical – against folks perceived as QUILTBAG. They’re words that have been, and continue to be used...
View Article10 Shitty Things about Vancouver Nightlife: A QWOC* Perspective
TW: this article contains mentions of rape, harassment and sexual assault. As a queer, black woman, moving through a straight, white world can be challenging. From everyday micro-aggressions to huge...
View ArticleMeet the Editors: Sarah K.
Want to get to know more of our editors? Come to our open meeting on March 24th, where you can introduce your rad self to us in person, talk about how to get involved with the collective, and work with...
View ArticleMeet the Editors: K.
Want to get to know more of our editors? Come to our open meeting on March 24th, where you can introduce your rad self to us in person, talk about how to get involved with the collective, and work with...
View ArticlePièce de Résistance – Art as Revolution
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings At an open mic evening called Spoken Works III: Centring Black Voices, some of those...
View Articlewhite feminist 404
can trauma be owned can it be speculated on / paid for in plastic rainbows & rubber kisses? you, white feminist, are a bracelet locking me within these washed, haunted halls (so clean): the clock,...
View ArticleUnapologetic
Pictured is Maneo Mohale wearing her identity to the March Against Racism in March 2015. Maneo wrote about this t-shirt in an article published in HOLAAfrica.
View Articleseasons of gender: reflections on trans day of remembrance
gender can be a daunting topic – daunting for trans and cis people alike. for the latter, discussing gender can seem difficult. anxiety-provoking. tentative to engage, cis people often avoid asking...
View ArticlePublic Statement on Syrian Refugee Crisis
University of British Columbia xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Musqueam Territory socialjustgradstatements@gmail.com / socialjustgradstatements.wordpress.com Note: The views in this statement are solely of the authors....
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Reflections on Raising and Burning Flags…
As a queer man, the recent burning of the gay rainbow flag at the University of British Columbia has not caused me any lost sleep. I can assure you, however, that I’m not impervious to homophobic...
View ArticleAn Open Critique of Sophie Gregoire Trudeau
Dear Mrs. Trudeau, By now, the reality of your Women’s Day Instagram post, where you showcase your husband’s activism, has reached hundreds of thousands of people, and the backlash has been swift and...
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The Post-Truth Politics of Jordan Peterson’s Gender Nonbinary Pronoun Debate
Last Friday, November 3rd, the UBC Free Speech Club hosted University of Toronto’s Professor of Psychology, Dr. Jordan Peterson, to speak at the Telus Studio Theatre located in UBC’s Chan Centre. With...
View Articleresisting the university: an alternative orientation booklet (Downloadable...
In this alternative orientation package, we aim to provide a map for the engagement of incoming and returning students and community members of UBC, especially since youth and students are commonly...
View ArticleLetter: PRIDE To the UBC community
To the UBC community, This letter is intended as a set of guidelines towards the creation of a queer- and trans-friendly, and broadly socially-just, learning environment. We begin with the...
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Social Trustice, The Struggles of Detangling
Anonymous wants to highlight their positionality as an economically privileged and financially dependent disabled settler of colour with other significant intersections; Anonymous uses all the...
View ArticleCollectively Speaking: A Teach-In On Free Speech
Title: Collectively Speaking: A Teach-In on Free Speech Date: October 31, 2018 Location: Outside the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Description: A gathering outside the Chan Centre, where the...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Queer the Digital Humanities
Autumn Koe-Schnell is a Member of the Gwich’in Nation, a First Nations and Indigenous Studies Major, and a HASTAC2019 Research Assistant. In May of 2018, researchers, scholars, podcasters, and...
View ArticleBack off, TERFs
Note: The author recognizes that this piece was written on the ancestral, traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples, specifically the sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), sel̓íl̓witulh...
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Goggle Images and the World White Web: How to Achieve Digital Justice
A while ago, I Googled orgasm synonyms (I’m a poet—it’s what I do) and this is the first result I found on Google: Male orgasm. This sparked my curiosity, and got me to investigate other ways in...
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Brothers and Sister 4 Others
Oki Nisokowa (Traditional Niitsitapi Greeting), It is my hope that this letter finds you and your loved ones in good health and Great Spirits. One night I was coming back from a day of assisting two...
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