Performance: The Ubyssey's Gender Issue

Before we even got started on this issue, we were fighting. Our experiences of gender are so different that it’s hard to find a Venn Diagram that we could base our ideas off of. But that’s sort of the whole point, right? We have such different ideas of what our genders mean, so we stuck to the only bit of common ground between all of us: performance.

All in Performance: The Ubyssey's Gender Issue

March 1, 2020

The strongest man in the world

One of the older campers happens to have the same name as me, and we develop a ritual. Every time I see him, I reach out to shake his hand, stifle a giggle and say, Hi Henry, said Henry, to Henry, from Henry!

Henry Anderson

February 14, 2020

Instrument

you know, I've always wanted to be an inanimate object

Jaanam Jaswani

February 14, 2020

Talking gender

I am not a philosopher.

Moe Kirkpatrick

February 13, 2020

In my closet

The first time I brought my partner to my place, I asked them to wait outside my bedroom — I wanted to make sure that there was nothing inside that I didn’t want them to see.

Anonymous

February 12, 2020

Slice of Life

“You do know that all female news readers are supposed to be slim, trendy and attention grabbers, right?”

Priya Bhat

February 12, 2020

A brief history of my masculinity

New province, new school, new friends. This is all well and good but I’m still frustratingly the same.

Pawan Minhas

February 12, 2020

The things they did not tell her

The moment she woke up to loud gospel music blaring from the kitchen, she immediately groaned.

Idaresit Thompson

February 12, 2020

In favour of men’s deodorant

Deodorant is a cheap way to ensure you smell fresh so people are willing to sit next to you on the bus.

Isa S. You

February 12, 2020

Hollow

It’s a funny thing, to feel hollow.

Z Williams

February 12, 2020

And I didn’t even need to learn long division, anyway

One morning when I was in Grade Five I woke up with a giant pimple on my left cheek.

Thomas O'Donnell

February 12, 2020

Wouldn’t it be loverly: learning to be beautiful

Mystique and Villanelle each fight against a world that tries to limit their capabilities and desires. They inspired me to be brave by being myself.

Aditya Bhagirath

February 11, 2020

You mean Twitter can actually teach people things?

I didn’t catcall women, brag about sexual conquests or demean people with names. So how could I be affected by toxic masculinity?

Tristan Wheeler

February 11, 2020

Friendship and mentorship: How women occupy and fight for leadership roles at UBC

"I think mentorship means so much more between women when it’s covered with solidarity of knowing that it’s not just about those big issues that are often heavy and difficult, but it’s also about coming into these places with a sense of humour.”

Kaila Johnson and Charlotte Alden

February 11, 2020

Strong independent young woman seeking a look

University should be a safe space to experiment with expressing your identity through your look.

Tianne Jensen-DesJardins

February 11, 2020

How I benefited from China’s one-child policy

Mulan, who went to war in place of her father, was never a warrior by nature. She was just being punished by a sin that she had never committed.

Elizabeth Wang