The Independent Student Newspaper of the University of Toronto Mississauga since 1974
Issue 19 Volume 50 February 12 2024
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ILLUSTRATION BY BEATRIZ SIMAS/THE MEDIUM
Where is the love?
Dream Out Loud
Bipolar Dating
In 2003, the Black Eyed Peas launched the global sensation of a
Dreamland was an exhibition open to all Mississauga residents
When should you tell a date about your diagnosis? Should
song, “Where is the Love?” The song depicts a world devoid of
to fulfill their need for discovery. From February 6 to February
you even tell them at all? Will they think of you differently
love, with the artists running around town, asking the question:
10, the City of Mississauga opened a platform for Black,
once they know? This past fall, the University of Toronto
where is the love? Fast-forward 21 years to today, the same
Indigenous, and People of Colour who are artists and residents
Mississauga (UTM) 2023 Spoken Word Poetry (ENG373)
loveless world is still here, and some might even argue that the
to share their perspectives on being an immigrant or refugee
course inspired me to construct a slam poem about the
world is worse than what it was back then.
in a Western world, and to explore the topic of whether it is
experienced stigmas surrounding my bipolar disorder II
possible to exist figuratively in two places at once.
diagnosis.
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