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volume sixty-eight, issue 12
april 2025,
Editor's Address
ood news everyone!
‘youve reached the end of volume 68 wit this, ou al ssue
the year issue 12: unerplyed/eas of 2028 we are sti
‘sounded atthe level of involvement that we've enjoyed this
‘eit and aes gratefl toe abet cl ue return to pit
solute triumph, erty sues v8 special editon, nary 100
Contebtors, an expansion of or print copies to 2 leations
‘eros capes, andthe plementation ofthe proposals
System, we have never been moe pod fou emai.
forour fina issu, we wanted to pay homage toall hose who
sre departing the university by reminding then that ony
{et worse fom here! the worktsa mes (have you Beard?) ad
Weve stick with t sigh and that's whys more imporant
than ever tobe aster haters are the bcktone of ob sacs,
the movers and shakers, the ones who tel ike and free
thesht ot the fan and there's no bfter way to exercise
radial hatred than through aertiqu of the earent
fmplotentndseape! whic shit ot wish ou
‘raduatesall the bes 5 they embark on this next pase and
coreg them to tke alla the sls they've fostered het
thegaty tobe hater, anda powerl one a tha, for the rest.
tir ier iti tes,
ona “personal note josh”) wouldnt have survived the last
5 years whut the ga ad fy gest pact on this place
trasto show yall aw icould be these for you thats
Ttraly al tat mtrs to me soak it and peopl!
though better not see even the slightest hint of nrc
Elogenderisn: we've worked to hard to keep hat st afar
ty and for god reason »someone’s gta keep the ated
alive, the world depends ont
‘hier publications may give you ole the garg wl et
(hay, encourage) you to scream as loud as you ean in times
{such as ous) of severe alienation the garg has helped me
(cama dee anger, despair and bopelesnes towards
‘hal ater than the vid. hope that scream reverberates
‘down at's wide allways to ts bond rooms ad press
tonferences as. deafening reminder of ne coletve
conten,
{osha bienstoek, nama gs & gabriel yuan,
thewanoste
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am tht burst through ea vigorosly shaken bot of ham,
In addition o blag plainly rotesgue, Assays depiction ofthe
‘ent faetoy is Beak and rigid. ike eel fom an batt isa
‘moment of reckoning were the consumer mist naked face the
fonditons he necessitates. A moment where al hs prefabricated
Justifieationsfallsor and he mut swallow the painful knowledge
that mos werk in industrial society does aot contribute any postive
valu, that ourellective suffering has no meaning and hat most of
ur eistences ar poitlss and baal
‘Sobanal is our existence tht not even our sferng i afforded any
enigma. By fareing his audience fo face the image of modern
‘onsumption and production, Assajs destroy the once ated or
‘mythic vale signed to work. Theres no war or revelation that
dein oar strug, instead tho great xine ofmederaity the ersis Hf
of meaning This crisis cannot help tay ts sds or inaivdual_ yh
lives, where weall eae the same chip on our bak rm nie to five fb
According to American anthropologist David Grebe, this wound
that run cross society stems fom the meaningless o ula,
racer thesison built jobs can be condensed ine tee DOD
Points. Fst, that large percent of productive jobs (ori 12: Al
nthe production of goods) have heen automated way. Whe hs
{tends strongest inthe west, the steatst decline in prod y
observed in the Gab Sout swe. Second
that professional,
ler sals, and evi obs which have ped fom
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fell tobe an eflent system of distribution. But just ike
jpbsitfabeates have shifted from production to administration,a
opts ms pertinent roles mating he
economy but rather sustaining ts own etogy. More thay tse
Jordon. capital now fino as apse of rat. The
“propetevalief Narr cenne be uderiined aplsn es
‘ued sown frelon on conn teen fom
progress ating harsero conceal vena Ths vey dconnet
‘folds the cde forts down
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oulook fr them, Inbis book Bullshit Jabs, Gracher fuinccer
estetin to troubling tendeney in ou labour market where the
more obviously ones work benefits thes peopl, ie esse ely
tbe paid fori” During the pander it became vient hat ne
society cannot function witht thse who carnd he etal
dsr fal private euty
egal consultants, marketing egents and
stockbrokers were to disappear Ye the sicf preg, and the
notion that they are doing someting important ges
hae
{thew dow ay ou eset workers back? With resentnent
Pcenbewhet CUPE sduation wonre were pie
overt wes we saw ablodsand et wipe
snes ery ela
‘eats sauened and epioned~ woke eae
brofesson of beatae edication, andthe ooh
appealing thse cas ca
the wold Yee ony other
sens at chiming the corona
‘Graeber cats a dichotomy between the two Kinds work that take
as ncn erect an he ney
‘iminishing) productive kind, Ye what he neglects to consid i
{tatcptatn as tn conomi ye dete Sod he eae
Production and thse of distribution: When prsictin god or
‘vi uments towed ashore one tte
‘nea of station, is appurent vale is gresty artis.
‘tut, both kinds of work exist onthe same continuum and thus, |
‘ur ability to squeze meaning trom her i inite, fy resting
the span ofhis esque tothe PAC dase, Gracer fas to explain he
‘miversal dead that jabs evoke In people actos cas lnes
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acbers articulation ofthe blit job phenomenon, of pty
dentifying the malaise that vas paging us al was groundbreaking
nthe rue sence ofthe word Yet. mus disagree with the concern
bederives fom the meaningless: of te eurent job anes
Srache tributes the dnishing number of productive oes to
-eap in technology and he subsequent automaton of labour He
Ptpots that tomorrow ithe deology of capitalism weet atk we
‘woul al simply be woring le. Sine atlomation acount for
lange proportion of preducive labour required to suntan soe,
‘we would have more ne to devote tothe atts hat ving as
pessonal meaning.
one were acsept Crabs olson, hey mst soo ase t
[remice that post-industrial society as it exists one that
fishing a sccsly mec he nce a rough
Dh: But one doesn ned toss ee es
ute thee windows a cae eee
minishing number of rodcte os not ten ey of
f sstrition bt the victory of cata oa a
‘pte of dtbution. a proiiing prt ee
{orprations capital igre aay we a og
| sotlnng eae reining te rk as eae
SSN done. And we're all suffering for it. oe
The pan drnvetmet noe pittesre eee
rope to face an incrediby tough dion: lo work amen ne
‘nclucatn alr orpacsenseipoeea mena
sce OR wrk sy creme yh ae
oil coat Dl em or
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ats deckon toe roma publi we lo ant
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fencers to teach our young bat we have to enison 8 ture
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retreated nsatshing our nets word whee racket
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wept who work dnd itis working peop eke ic
wrt be done Yeas ong a rpm ed
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tere Twanttoctente, 1 want ihe
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vroring with the majorexepton: being
dents and new meters This en's had
thing any version of sale under any
‘speck regime wil ave work to be done
fndnocallofiean be automated,
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toward gas that te tang ignores
thet insidious nature ofthe
expectation thaw should ll ave
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teal crepe prfeshnal goals
thick alienate the worke fom any fet,
pst or negative, that he works
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fetes ations dream
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teres abd personal ambition.
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Why arepou siking to disengage? Wasnt
thir the dream? Hou dont cate enough to
commit there arebndreds of ther stat
(ped pradate scrabbling atthe gates.
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nlc tig el yo that re,
all hot needs tobe done to achieve
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to moneie your pasons, how to tama
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for sour Myers-Brigs ype for our zodiac
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‘that you ean think of basa corresponding
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By telling you that there's ajob out there
that erect for youth ust the
sccompanying esse, tht you nes to
work ourselinto the round ying to get
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fhe tun othe lepine and en
bot wast hithe dream
You wanted work that fet meaning,
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‘ork when your inevible wind
onary for al you eo.
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work ui you too ex
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bottomline, and you probly
fetch doing Willy gett
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rat want to do wth he est of mp ie
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indispensible
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hich we ill eed to spend most of our
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that don't care abot support et
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yoy onceCommunity
Organizing
at the End of
the World
A love letter to solidarity
and resistance in Parkdale
Prag
In the mi ofall thisbad news, Tve got.
00d headin’ there ae loa people aut ere
‘ho aetryng todo something about tis and
ake meaning changes.
Tse or Queen and Coe community
ealition 40K) formed in Ast 202210
ype Sal Deelopment proposed
elopment at sag Queen street West. We a
{group ot Partie aden ad commit
embers who are working to entre that the
Deopl of his neighbourhood ave sesso
Sate ely and affordable housing We are
trying to daw tention othe an acan and
siete sts sross South Parkdale that have
the potential tobe acute or cormaniy
‘omerahip abd community benef in
partial for much-needed socal housing, nd
{oreit predatory development paces
at schmidt
you thought that engin sot es ad Ve
gotsome unpleasant news for son: hing
Sry worse ut herent panier
seri. Get ready to be elt by employes
ISlonds nana tsar, and more
{5 Labour vm? Tats teen tn
Siltwatingon then ui satere wh
at iets ke a
‘Abcatagg Queen Stet West n South
Parkdale purchased ro they of
Tort ntheery ath ey The
ew ower Imperial Oi wl bids sation
‘hich wil pete for mon than o sears In
oso thy wl un down a rr te
Parkiak Nha! Land Tt coletve
od arkale reenter urchas te
Shetotake this an of ofthe secatne
trrket an fob hin ut or commuaty
‘Sette Imperal Oi wi et tht hy bee
MAF Soca Trt nck the ancl eset.
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Bib sido attiqc condo ercoper or sia
millon contig «ers! 00000 tnd
tale hea Sale Dolmen the
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seiner ddan pure aay ill
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fe sefosnnd lsh emesis
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‘Sounds ke SOC30, right? So now the good guy
tc system wl oop in ell ou the bd
Ihsnestmam, and then sal apply ese ae?
Except snot is 2035 andthe a
2 approved, continuing development. Whats
‘mores part of macelerting tend
Communities sero Toont, inching South
Parke have been sounding the lr a the
‘midst of rapid getrfeation and Randaliation
othousng
‘We are now ssing the deseultion of the
development sector, systematic disinvestment of
the drop-in and str sectors as well as an
Increase inthe xiang and policing of
‘nant plus unhoused spd low-income,
neighbours. Ln income, working-class and
Facile neighbourhoods are increasingly
coming ste of stitutions dsnvestnent
and plac of system exronmentl rcs
‘Accept emlotaton as ft of under
Saplnn? Retreat into spit, sven you
fave the priiee to dos? You car ro
therealile of ntestage capital frevet No
mount of ignoring wil stop the harm being
fnflcted on sulnerble communities Nothing is
ng change without the dec intervention
Ee tlt ofthe people
* Wecallon the City of Toronto to support the
‘Wiebeleve that Stale must be held acountble
toitsobigations to meet bsieenrommeni
‘eportng requirements ~ de tothe high
potential of round contamination otis ste
Eom tp 7
previous wea ga stato ad tots
five distinct promises o provide fondle
housing units, We call on Skale Developments to
include nea decent work pinsions on this sit
and other cmmanity beefs
effort the aks ormuniy oa
fordablehowsng ata ther muni
Benefits goals on this site an cron te
eighouthood asset ot inthe Pale
(Commeniy Benefits Framework.
‘Sofa, we've ogo mil ali an
interact snd ommunysourced a
instal, press conference dosrimcking
‘heatastingand ering campaign» pone
‘ap. anda int comerston wth the CEO
‘Shicvlopments We've more with
ganar ts they journal ad cy
oun Mor than ht elt we ae
tranformed tom soup of conterned ens
Intoamexresion of comnts and
engl abo ae
‘Under capitalism, were so often dstaneed fom
the prods and vations of oor oar We
re fored to tke oso pay fr ten, reer,
{runs ae han beste we aka care
‘bout th inour weve doing Working wth
SxQRC has bought those tgs bck to es
iS to get ont inthis big lyf the everday
Gineliningwmaecowhtosere to Al
ndcommunty, od meating when
everthing sete meainges oes this is my
Ioveletero community onanizng and 0
S14GRC for ringback the purpse, he
“Sidon he made ep me
‘round and ulled even wen tng are
Tekin eae poverl when
stroubded ty so many Intec organizers
schon so mato teach me, who efile
‘wth ve empathy and care othe people
“rund them, Thre sey no cig he ss
pont wh he appt four
‘youTelooking to share these Kinds of flings,
{want wo invite you to jon our fight. Vis our
webster jstsonguenanlne com sgn
) ur petit, and join our meetings via the ink
Co the website Get involved in ongnizng a
‘your community and ight bck aganat
xpotation, deregulation and finalization,nsgenderism.
(obviously)
and six years of learning how to not
treat myself like shit.
‘Voohua Betock
MA Wee
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See
fo,
Vf ws transesuats tke sy that we've never the same person twice. 3
I Tknow we aren't the ony people who sy hat ut woul ange
tis erty most true of us our perceptions of selfaes
{andthe (outs) sly ide word around we at we nay einen
ver uy th ph worm al ae ep
| Prvlees, tere hasbeen so much pin and chang eve the ours
frm meiger 2 yearvon hs earthand ler ny hind at
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Ie tha ve leaned tin the tie ence was the person war
ars ago. and theyre rg m olongerasionse ig) ere
‘man alo yikes), o sexually represeed, or abr i), er dea of
any real sense of personhood, intend, ive ome a emetanally
‘mature ranascra commit tne an sometime acl in
the ime that al ofthis has unfolded, ve found myaelf ace th
really that al ofthe peopl who sed fo know me na longer da
ethaps,n some ways they never dd fr how woul ey know
Snything about me dn realy know antng about apne
{st wake up inthe mraig (or atermoon) and think thet don't
Know mys but definitly know nett more than did years
‘ago. now know what ifs ike to love and beloved back how ok
ity oe ih wht eee tobe try and tery ne
with myself have much beter de of my metal snd syoea
need, and understand theft that am mote tan desene of
ronicng those ncn over eveything ca {sy hs oe
fall wel tha is never ban ery, and slit but the one things do
ow is that im realy fcking happy impo the person sed tbe
ro es
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that poor kd sree with owing how wo gender mein the
fas ence and nthe set enue oa bene i woud be
{he most eat depiction af who that person a, ever eal ft
Ikea e/him.buathe same tine. never knew what mean Tobe
fomethngelse | would wrap myelin yer and ives of
Taponsibity and get wed fo the feng olng my breath
‘rownod from is weight on my ches igh he (heating) ido
{teat herselso poorly wish she was kinder o herself, and etal
Stopped to think aout whet she needed and about who abe wanted
{ote had descended so fr down int myself hat eld na
‘att would be ke to exit 2 something ther than compli
{fm responses andthe expectations ated upon me fl
them by mela the people around me tat su, Fn eran no
futher tying tobe ike ved baie white gay and/or ide
Aged mater of "mam yas fm ihe soo tn touch with et
to, fel ihe one with te universe and et go of what no longer
Serves me and buy etal leith nar sory to my tothe (and
Foommate nadie dort hat ne), bit that's never ben mesometimes lok t myself inthe miro and fel ike ve never felt
trove disconnected from what sein rot of me. ad, sometimes
enme home pf al my thing and ery because hate my bd
Sod my fe rept ever litle choice ve made, and every singe thing
‘eever said or doe, but strangely enough, tats progress.
‘eee time when could never ry, no mater how much
‘ante. remember when dn thavecven the sghtest mount
Gres-confdence to know that was wort king the time to
eplors indulge, and ry new things tose what could make me el
‘eter io my owm skin. remember blag so scared just absolutely
Fightened of exten. and that all ft ike could do was the
rok that was gt int of me and noting ele
slike many trtsbomosevals often cringe a the thought o sight
libehorror) of farmer versions af myself and rightfully so oarlives
Se lled with pain, sometimes atlerable pa, so naturally we have
fo nterestinalivg atime when we had even worse. the
“utomati cringe and overwbelming desi fr newness in people and
‘ings to beep balding theives that we aid always aves
fal we ear being foeed to conform oa vision of oursetves
‘rovonly ever really ested inthe minds of ehers, so we do our bests
Tobalance tat fea with the reaes we must sometimes contend
tet whic for uso face them, speaking or pending ime with
BY parents and ol ends, passing trough or saying the night oor
rents homes in what edt be our beds or even coming aro
Ea art orem of clothing which riggers a chain of memories
Pp iti. thn and oem oy elie
the worst prt that there sno way of knowing what the remnants
‘hour pasts see when they lok at usin. our present ands mich as
‘tema tel ourselves we don care we obviously do and it huts.
‘hey day and et ere we re il better, smarter, and cetany
snachnverthan the vero ines ne asd ta beso ebne
‘dhe but to commit to keepingon--beause as uch tas it may
netimes fe like we ae freer fost in the oan of oar sekly
‘minds and dismembered bods, we Know that the way We ate now's
oes ee
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peerstinem. andi think that os era extent, carry that ki
DA, BF ety ved thn efor te rest of my ie but nthe on
Bing process of becoming something new, have somehow found
ncfustlong enough tcement
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‘SBRens ct my emerging present within he confine of my gle
fiend
1 oe
fF ening to take anything rom my time at his goorsaen
Inston besides the metal and physi effecs of low descent
Into epistemological madness, til be how have earned to finally
‘et least ght beter to nyse stil barely se ears out
From th person sed tobe and yeti fer kev ved tree
Himes each one adding vometbing new and dsegarding the rst
{efor the person am td. despite bow much t hurt tobe
lve its materially impose fort be all be, because how ese
woulda be ere to process tal today?
FE acre write fo te au vedcvrda pee o msl
ated try oy a here aren yee
tmpanion and cpag ei spt ary Soca
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Kevin Wilkinson Julian apotis
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1 asin lassi seminar one morning
‘when my professor. Kevin Wilkinson, made
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way down at Uof =
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simi sor of mentioned before; that
specialists in mye, history, had become
"rer. This made me wonder what exactly
} _wasdravng people sway rom the
‘humanities? Is question that as lose
tome nat onl because of seeing my peers
in STEM. Infact, my unce had studied
history ncollege before coming to UofT
for computer selene, eng more security
in the later eld, Was everyone le
‘hinking the same way? Here wa,
walking the beaten path for my history
| degree, bur the question remained: why am
1 walking alone? To better answer with
| tore than idle speulaton, armed tthe
person who itll prompted thin of
thinking: Kevin Wilkinson himsel. 4
| member ofthe U of Tfacuky fort years
teaching in the Cassie Deparment, there
‘were fe more upto the atk of expanding
‘onthe curent sat of humanities tthe
University of Toronto. What follows are he
rman points ased during our
ee
ovnvards might ao have to do with the
‘emergence ofthe technology sector inthe
ist century, in my view. With new
‘opportunities working in social media and
other digital industries, coud be that
peopl Beaming ineeasingy immersed in
technology during ther youth might
prom them to study itn university
Father hana mor traditional degre. An
important pont the professor also raised in
this area i what univers education
sed tolaoklike often etal he
‘tues of past academics: he ial that
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perepton alone fl that they were
‘ered in so mich more than the of
spelled atudente of today ae
‘Wikinson provided contest Inthe pst, 2
Jnumanities degre was considered
“foundational to be considered edad,”
what woul form the base of futher
Jearing Te professor explains the
cartent model of framed eduction, merely
because of how much more knowledge
cist now, Wha the academic community
new about any oftheir dicipines as
been eclipsed by everything that we know
now. How we study the humanities,
*pecitaly hitory fs moving sway rom
the ear path ofthe great men the
iscpins are becoming more complex
‘Specialising isa necessity ar a student
‘Simply ent do everything anymore.
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“everthing sha grown,
yt what they wish than study something hey
{le other reson why pressor
expla that people ares sting he
hamanies spore tects the
changing stuton for women in STEM
Wit cen state ay woke
caval stdeshave been mae to bing
‘women nto the scence Inthe past,
“iscrmination ited generations of
‘women tote hanes and ie as.
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women ar lain the hanes en
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‘nore optimists peoplate lang the
Imani, bt ete that thy pursue
don't want toi the name of upping
corllment numbers,
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philosophies! musings onthe homes.
When Fntrodaced the ide o humanities
‘ausng feedback loop ~studvng only to
be forced to teach it because you ca find
1 another job in your feld~ he disagreed
"vehemently. He said hat law, research,
‘snd government positions ae all made
‘more open by studying the humanities, but
there's more toi thant. To him,
‘humanities have an “inherent value” ot
only enriching the sel, bt sci large.
Wilkinson opined on what ascity
without art weuld ook like sels,
Jovless, and without reason to et up in
the morning Our conversation ended on
pproprately humanist note In
studying the humanities, leaning
languages, history, and studying works of
atand iterature, students are abet see
= into the mins of others, and thus better
comprehend th Ives of peopl unlike
themselves. To me these things provide
inereat value eno,
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turf, tht youl e sujet to ease
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tr to find acommodatios at. Or imagine
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our income soo low for ny ofthe affordable
partments aliabe” or worse a worker who
{sso det opti touch with that for
months they dont even contact you. Waits Tving conditions for houselss people worse,
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{or permanent husing remain long and with 1
‘Shelters constantly teaacty, some people
hon get access to temporary housing bt
‘lone permanent housing : .
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from the big bad poor and houseless people
tho te lay using all the sues in his
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Siler the wealthy eighbourhood I grew
tipin are ig fans of those kinds of promises.
isnot just a polars empty promises hat
Keep Toronto fot flourishing but rather
flawed electoral system tat contins to put
the same kinds of disingenuous people
postions of power So rather than ok at the
Fedins about he ntest workplace afi at
‘iy hall itsems more worthwhile toexamine
{he psc that allowed these eltiians to set
foot there in he ist place
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sve the problems ofeime or bing
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we‘Acthavealot of thoughts on burnout +
alte. Now, Fm ot goingto mame any &
‘names, fo the sake of maintaining that
precious istittonal anonymity let’ eal
‘ny faculty the Canis Faculy. seems
that lof people from the Canis i,
acy finger inert
sem to have ition expectations ofthe
cfr tht students are toependon their |
Sssigments haven experienced a tom of
this fisthand, but I have seen my fends
sry up for maple night in ow afer
ing told to restart projet mere days
before a deadline: have enupnt wind of
many “riique” they've been sven on
thei work, whic are not remotely
‘constructive and sometimes jst plain
mmcan. have seen them tagging through
‘ses where instructors blatant pick
vous, thus pressuring them to
bandon ideas they'e proud of to satis
theiinstractor’sisatabl go, and to
hive with hors and hours of efor esd
uring afve-minote presentation ier,
i
‘The culture created by these experieneer
hich seasoned eretves expect uprend-
Coming artists and designers to suefice
‘iteraly everything for their work feeds
Into a romantiation of burnout that,
permeates every artistic Ihave ever
beena part of leven sometimes find
ryselfaspling oi, at which point have
{step back and ask mysel, why am f
‘ing something so unheathy? Why do
hold mpselft sacha stand Ut only
validates my workif goto impose
lengths and efor to achieve Is very
ical thing to unear, But you take
anything aay from thi atl, mae it
this: the work yon do sot angles aid
because you did it between the ours of
‘9am and 5pm, on full nights seep, while
Ijdeated and well-e, Creating good and
falling work should never require the
sacrifice of yout health or wellbeing,
By
“Ani to those who are experienced and
stabbed in thelr exeative that come
eos thistle ~especaly those of you
that ae ralsing the nex generation of
sts and designers that eel out
Fm sony tht you suffered Genuinely.
am sory forall the times you burt ot,
‘hat ou felt your work wast enough
because it wae relentlessly degraded by
Someone you looked upto im sory forall
‘the times yon fet valid in our practic
But wouldnt you rather break the eles
that hur you than perpetuate them?
:1hmow that all ars potitial—or.at
least hat what ns tah bu tly
ee been 0 tredof making ot bout mg
ineffable queerness. the same tine, 1
Fel ike eed se my art as tel for
etiam. But ms evausted. What dof
J 4: Yes alla is political Many artists
theorists, rites, and historians wl el
youthat Butt doesn meal ar
needs tobe made politi. In my opinion,
the inherent pital inplications of ast
are more relate othe conditions of beg
smartst ina body within a sci than
‘they ate tothe art tell. as important
as activism vis a continues ob, that
‘loest mean you aed to advocate 24/7,
Imorderto properly fight for thove seta
causes that we care fr we mt it
ensure that we care for ourselves. you
don't do this, no dstespct, but you!
rohably bea prety weak fhe.
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‘ne of my favourite was ogo about doing,
this sto take the presse off of artmaking
1254 medium to say something Not
‘erything you make needs to bave some
sort of profound meaning televant,
message — you are allowed omaha just
forthe sake of making at. thisis«
conceraof yous then sou'te probably
doing plenty of advocay sea. Sof
Invite you tobe itl selfish Especially
when it comes to adocating for groups
that you, the artis are part of please never
forget that your sien has no right to
what you share with them, Rather they are
ranted the privilege to bear witha to
sod this pivlege canbe revoked by you at
,
The other day, mentioned toa
Professor how Idd an old assignment
‘super ast minute lie the nigh before it
wos due Keepin mind, realy loved this,
Piece. They us looked at me and seid,
"Really? never would have expected that
‘from you." got thinking out it and mows
‘Tm wondering ~ do Leven deserve to be
‘proud of my workin’ destroy
myself erating it?
‘The only thing you need in nde to el
proud of your workisjust that to fe!
proud of our work. Did you puta lato
time and effort it it Did cresting bring
you joy or teach you someting? Are you
happy with how turned out? Ba those
are ot the only crite, either. At the end
‘ofthe dy, you have no reason to suppress
‘hat urge to shout rom the roftope“T
made thing! Look how ood itis" And
hy shoulda yo?
‘What sour instructors should be concerned
with, in my opinion, are the techniques you
‘ed how you came ap ith your concept
adel considered, acd most,
importa that xeating i dda
compromise you heath in ANY way
What matersmos, though ishow |
falling a work was for you to eeate. x
ot ing sit ere and tell you that no
fone else's thought matter, because even if
struts quit dealt tie by. It
alway fel preat to get god feedback
fiom someone whore opinion you care
shout and do think this can be done in &
aly and valuable way. The se that
the standards by which experience
‘seatives those that emerging ceatves
te now looking upto for advice and
suidance— hold expectations that have
then shaped bya broken and abuse
system of education and employment
Established and aspiring artists lie have
constantly Been ot thatthe quay of
their work equals the quantity of time they
penton it with oii that eonsiee te
Importance of their welling No mater
our eld your practie, youre ot
sourbackground, good work should nat
Inherent reqite strife. As much ae
you deserve ceative sucess and
achievement, odo you deserve quality
"es ful elton, and the
‘opportunity tive ie showy orf we
«anvthave that, how an we ever tray be
fuled?
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