Month: June 2021

In July 2019, I tasted dal, the South Asian equivalent to chicken soup, for the first time in four years. The red flat oval lentils, eerily similar to the microscopic imagery of the red blood cells that my anemic body lacked, floated in a spiced broth that thickened after cooking for hours in a metal
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Cliff HawkinsGetty Images In just 10.64 seconds, Sha’Carri Richardson became a household name. The 21-year-old sprinter stunned the world this weekend after winning her 100-meter heat and securing a coveted spot as part of the U.S. women’s team for next month’s Tokyo Olympics. Following her domination of the trial and in a post-competition interview, Richardson
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New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will be the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympics this year. Olympic officials have selected Hubbard for the women’s weightlifting team for Tokyo. “Hubbard has been confirmed eligible having met the IWF, IOC, and NZOC eligibility criteria, including IWF eligibility criteria for athletes who transition from male to
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Everyone took their teenage daughter to the same store to buy her abstinence ring. The store was in a newly built outdoor shopping mall, and the air conditioning was on so high that I remember my hair blowing back when stepping inside from the triple-digit heat. Inside their glass terrariums, the rings were cradled in
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Photography courtesy of Kairyn PottsFrom showing off Indigenous regalia to educating people on shared histories, these Indigenous content creators deserve an instant follow. By Pia Araneta Date June 21, 2021 Facebook Twitter Today marks the 25th annual National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada, a time to celebrate the richness of Indigenous culture while recognizing there
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The only time I’m ever speechless is first thing in the morning. After a night grinding my teeth and jaw-clenching, I’d wake up with a terrible tension headache, unable to open my mouth. (A Hocus Pocus childhood nightmare come true.) After a virtual sob session with my doctor, I was diagnosed with TMJ. My diagnosis
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Photography via instagram.com/kyliejennerFrom Kim Kardashian’s tribute to Miley Cyrus’s appreciation of her pops’s iconic mullet, here’s how some celebs honoured their dads (and the fathers of their kids) on social media. By Pia Araneta Date June 21, 2021 Facebook Twitter Despite ongoing COVID-19 restrictions preventing large in-person gatherings, celebrities still took to Instagram to celebrate
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