PinnedMember-onlyPutin’s War May Lead to the Worst World Food Crisis in DecadesAs the Russian army continues to tighten its grip on Ukraine, concerns over plausible protracted consequences of Putin’s war have already begun to take form as real costs to communities living beyond the region’s breached and battered borders. Food prices were already high before Russia invaded Ukraine. Now, a global…Ukraine3 min readUkraine3 min read
Published inAn Injustice!·PinnedMember-onlyThere’s More Than One Way to Choose a Side in WarThe identity of war’s victims should not determine their right to support — Clutching onto what little they can carry in the crook of one arm and holding tight to children overwhelmed by the ominous weight of war in the other, as many as 1.5 million people have fled Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion. The progressive military infiltration leading to…Ukraine3 min readUkraine3 min read
Mar 12, 2022Member-onlyDangerous Double Standards in the Western World’s Coverage of WarA few days ago, a video of a 4-year-old boy crossing the border between Poland and Ukraine went viral. Clutching a small plastic bag of toys in one hand, he sauntered slowly, sobbing. He appeared to be alone. Watching the feelings of devastation and fear unfold on his face, suddenly…Ukraine3 min readUkraine3 min read
Published inClimate Conscious·Jan 20, 2022Member-onlyWhat’s The Real Problem With Sustainability? — Only the Rich Can Afford ItSustainability is starkly inequitable. — While the fight against climate change rings out as a collective cause, its consequences have never been shared equally. The struggle for some claim to a common future repeatedly leaves behind those who have already borne the biggest compromises to health and wellbeing for the sake of development. Communities of…Sustainability4 min readSustainability4 min read
Published inAn Injustice!·Jan 6, 2022Member-onlyThe New Patent-Free COVID-19 Vaccine Could Help End Vaccine ApartheidSalk and Sabin ended the polio epidemic without patents. Both physicians were forerunners of vaccines that served to eliminate the poliovirus from entire regions where it had previously inspired fear over near-annual outbreaks amid the 1940s and 1950s— outbreaks that left many victims of the virus confined to the cages…Pandemic3 min readPandemic3 min read
Published inClimate Conscious·Dec 31, 2021Member-onlyWe Need to Stop Pretending — We Already Know the Results of Our InactionAnd there’s still plenty left to fight for — “We can’t predict what will happen,” he told me, before pausing for a long-drawn-out sip of coffee. “So why worry?” Almost instantly my mind ran through a long list of very concrete justifications for concern. Why worry? Because the oceans are swelling to engulf coastal lowlands and forests are flaring…Climate Action3 min readClimate Action3 min read
Published inInvisible Illness·Dec 19, 2021Member-onlyDid Lesser, Smaller, Slimmer, Slender Ever Really Equal Better?I thought so, for a while. — CW: If you have a history of disordered eating, please feel free to skip this article. While written from a position of feeling fully recovered, I acknowledge that others are at different stages in their journey. If you need help or support, the National Eating Disorder Association offers a toll-free…Mental Health4 min readMental Health4 min read
Dec 1, 2021Member-only‘Vaccines Don’t Reduce the Risk of COVID-19' and Other Pandemic MisinformationWhen the World Health Organization (WHO) first listed vaccine hesitancy as one of the top ten threats to global health in 2019, I sorely underestimated the ensuing consequences of such a trend. Over the course of that year, however, measles cases began to spike across North America, ultimately reaching levels…Covid-196 min readCovid-196 min read
Published inAn Injustice!·Nov 16, 2021Member-onlyWhen Individualism Hurts Us — the Case of COVID-19Our choices never really affect only ourselves — A few days ago a video of a woman professing anti-vaccine propaganda circulated through Canadian news and social media outlets. She was standing in the middle of a crowded public park with a microphone in hand, contesting — as anti-vaxxers do — that current COVID-19 vaccine requirements are a violation…Pandemic3 min readPandemic3 min read
Published inClimate Conscious·Nov 8, 2021Member-onlyOnce Again Our Future Lies in the Hands of Powerful MenWhy we need the voices of women. — COP26 may have been an overwhelming failure before it even started — but perhaps not just for the reasons you think. While it’s easy to emphasize the long list of unfulfilled promises and the painful parades of political ambivalence that have stolen the world’s stage from COP 1–25, it’s harder…Women4 min readWomen4 min read
