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Sarah Packwood

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Sarah is a second-year creative writing and visual arts student at VIU. Outside class she can be found wanting (but unable) to go to local gigs, crying in public spaces, and always ranting about ableism. Her passions include Sailor Moon, Harry Styles… and that’s about it.

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Disabled students on ableism at VIU

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Disabled students share their experiences with inaccessibility and discrimination at VIU Ableism, like many other systems of oppression and marginalization, is a complex and nuanced concept. A simple way to understand ableism is to think…
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Responding to The Shape of Water wins

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On Sunday, March 2, The Shape of Water (2017) left the 90th Academy Awards with four wins: Best Production Design, Best Original Music Score, Best Director, and, finally, Best Picture. As a disabled person, I wish I could have pulled a…
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Grammy Awards: So, so male

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The 60th Annual Grammy Awards took place on January 28, 2018, and left much to be desired, with only a single televised award given to a female artist. Alessia Cara won Best New Artist, while all thirteen other televised awards were handed…
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Sarah’s favourite things

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The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump by Robert Sears Sears takes Donald Trump’s tweets and transcripts and rearranges them into thoughtful and sensitive verse poems. This is a fun method of found poetry and I want to own a copy so very,…