“You’ll find a boyfriend once you lose some weight”
Trigger warning for disordered eating, fatphobia, body shaming, weight loss and discussion of diets. If you are struggling with an eating disorder, the National Eating Disorder Information Centre has a toll-free helpline that you can access by calling 1-(866)-633-4220. “The more beautiful we are, the more admired our appearance, the closer we approach the dream […]
The AMS candidates answer The Talon‘s questions
The Talon Collective reached out to the AMS candidates running in the 2015/16 elections to answer questions relating directly to social justice issues on campus. These responses were sent in through an online questionnaire format. The answers sent in below for the various positions are compiled relating to issue and are shared in the words […]
CUPE 2278 (TA Union): A Primer
How we began Imagine that you are a newly hired Teaching Assistant (TA) in the computer science department at UBC. You notice that your friends who are TAs in the sociology department are getting paid much less than you are. You are constantly working overtime, yet you are not getting paid for work done beyond […]
Independent Jewish Voices: UBC students should support BDS
UBC students should vote to support BDS (the campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions to end Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories and oppression of Palestinian people). It is the most powerful thing we in Canada can do at this time to help all those in both Palestine and Israel who are non-violently working for a […]
Social Justice Synonyms #18: “Crippled” and “Paralyzed”
Generally, using the words “crippled” and “paralyzed” to refer to people with disabilities is impolite. However, they’re still being used to describe impairment, whether it’s in the media, daily conversations, or pop culture. It is not uncommon to encounter a news headline that reads something along the lines of, “Basketball team suffers crippling loss at […]
Calling All Students of Conscience: Vote YES on Israel Divestment
An abridged version of this op-ed first appeared in The Ubyssey. In a recent op-ed in The Ubyssey by Koby Michaels, the case against adopting Boycott Divest and Sanctions (BDS) at UBC was made using the oft-repeated claim that the movement is anti-Semitic. Grossly selective and imprecise in its analysis, the author, and those others […]
The Talon’s Statement in Support of BDS at UBC
The Talon Editorial Collective endorses the UBC chapter of Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights’ (SPHR UBC) call to implement the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) movement at UBC. As such, we endorse the following referendum question: “Do you support your student union (AMS) in boycotting products and divesting from companies that support Israeli war crimes, […]
Fighting for Justice in Transit: Why You Should Vote Yes in the Transit Referendum
The Metro Vancouver referendum on whether or not to raise the PST by 0.5% to fund transit investments is not going well. Hijacked by activists from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, youth, seniors, low-income people, and other major transit-user demographics have been left out, forgotten, or actively rebuffed from the conversation around transit. The proposal, created […]
The Net: Digital Narcissi
I. “Listen: every morning I take a razor to the fabric of my life, I cut out a woman shape, I step into it, I go out. I perform, it works.” – Pat Lowther, “The Face” When I log onto Facebook, I type in my email address and my password. In essence, these markers are […]
