I. The number on the screen was 47. Rango had been expecting bad. He had not been expecting 47. There is a specific sort of academic grief that arrives not with a dramatic crash but a slow, pressurized deflation, like a tire going flat on the 401. And sitting in the MIE common room at […]
Content Warnings: Mentions of human trafficking, child neglect, divorce, alcoholism, smoking, bad pop music. I opened my eyes, smelling the cigar smoke in the air, seeing the dark room. I rolled over on my cheap, lumpy twin bed. I haven’t been getting much sleep recently. As I rubbed my watering orbs and forced myself to […]
It was a late, drowsy evening when Professor Tophat took shelter in the building. Toronto, as usual, never failed to turn his fingers to ice at this time of day. He had just given the students their midterm that morning. While Tophat was sure they felt quite confident, he couldn’t help but chuckle to himself. […]
“Welcome everyone, to our University of Toronto Fan Convention!” Charlie Morningstar screamed at the top of her lungs into the podium microphone. The ringing in the room from that auditory blast lasted about as long as the ringing in her ear, after which she raised her head up once more and resumed her speech. “We’re […]
I hear whispers of his charm, stories of the way he can lighten you up in mere seconds. I envy all of those students that pass through his strong doors, laughing, living. Sure he is a little bit younger than me, but when I think about his presence I am reminded that I am simply […]
Virgin Sex Columnist: Reclaiming My Male Power By Subverting Society’s Expectations to Maximize My Sigma Alpha (I’m both at once) Power. They said “worst songs to have sex to,” so I viewed it as “best songs to create shareholder value to.” So, as happens to me as a high-value male, my sheer aura was so […]
YaoiPOINT YuriCOUNTERPOINT Modern fandom owes most of what it has to yaoi of the past. Think about the great ships of the past: Kirk and Spock. Holmes and Watson. Naruto and Sasuke. The literary tradition and fandom culture owes so much to Yaoi. You’re putting words in my mouth, and as a yaoi fan, […]
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Voltron: Legendary Defender, Supernatural, and Stranger Things. The “Fell For It Again” Award, which is presented to those who have been fooled multiple times, has been awarded to a Byler fan following the Stranger Things series finale on December 31, 2025. The fan, Twitter X user @byler_is_canon_king, was awarded […]
An exerpt from the speech made by EngSoc VP Communications candidate Xinyang Wang. “I hope you’re ready for this because I’m aboutta go beast mode. Good evening everyone, my name is Xinyang Wang, EngSci 2T9, and I’m running for VPC. I think the issue that might be on people’s minds is why choose a first […]
I was innocent once. I used to have dreams. I used to have whimsy. Then my friend taught me what the Omegaverse was. I was walking through wonderland with friends, having fun, not asking to learn things I didn’t know. Then my weird friend told me, do you know what the Omegaverse is? I’m a […]
