Category Archive: MacMedia Magazine

So, York Students, do we have any hindsight yet?

Now that the “Winter Semester” has finally ended, the widespread animosity at York University seems to have dissipated…a bit. Yes, having our school year extended into the summer months has been painful—especially for the… Read More

May I have your attention, please?

We’ve been told that multitasking is a skill, but a growing body of research suggests that it may  be a self-imposed stumbling block. As I toggled between five windows and eight tabs on… Read More

For the Love of Hello Kitty

Michael Whealen, a brilliant and unorthodox York University faculty member, suffered a fatal heart attack in early March. Days passed before his body was discovered. Due to the delay, York did not lower… Read More

You are not a Special Snowflake

  When our boomer parents decided that we should never feel bad about ourselves, did they do us a disservice?   We, the youth of today, have been raised on a steady diet… Read More

Anything But Business as Usual

How a Little NGO named Kiva is Changing the World in a Big Way Serenita Mikaele and I are both 23-year-old females–other than that, we don’t have very much in common. She is… Read More

The Finch Bus

Amid a long procession of cars, the Finch bus lurches westbound in increments. The whole structure creaks under the weight of awkwardly positioned bodies, which seem vertically heaped in the limited space. Aside… Read More

Join the Green Party! 10 tips on how to make your next fiesta eco-friendly

My name is Fabiola Carletti and I have a problem: I am severely afflicted with chronic-hostess syndrome. I thoroughly enjoy inviting hordes of people over to my house to eat, drink, schmooze, sing,… Read More

The CBC–It’s Kind of a BIG DEAL

The ratings pretty much deny my existence. Broadcasters assume that I will skip over lively political debates in order to shriek about the latest hissy fit on The Hills. Is it so hard… Read More

Lusting for Lolita: The Eroticization of Girlhood

“[This] disrespectful, degrading, contemptuous treatment of women” has become “so pervasive and so mainstream that it has just about lost its ability to shock.”—Bob Herbert Ever tried to walk a tight-rope? It’s probably… Read More

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