The most prominent stereotype associated with professional wrestling is that of two muscular and nearly naked men doused in oil rolling around on a canvas in front of a roaring crowd of rednecks. There’s a lot wrong with that statement, not the least of which is the fact that it leaves out female wrestlers entirely.
For many a job in the creative field, be it photography, screenwriting or clay animation, is the dream. Earnestly chasing THE dream, and then having the success story featured in a chic online publication--possibly the height of accomplishment. My dream has been to write.
So we have this proud tradition in BTSB on calling Ylioppilaslehti out whenever they act like morons and it seems like this year’s editor-in-chief Antti Pikkanen is going to have his share of this glory – congratulations!
Anna Paavilainen’s monologue Play Rape is not just about theatre, it’s about me. And it’s about the rape culture we’re all part of. About being forced to choose between fuckability and invisibility.
During our spring break this year a friend and I, a pair full of wanderlust, decided to go for an adventure around Italy. The country is popular with the backpackers and tourists, and it’s hard to imagine how much more jam-packed it can get in the summer heat when the holiday season actually starts.
In March I took a semi-spontaneous trip to Scotland with a bunch of friends. We had decided to go in a fit of late night wanderlust after a night of some university partying about a month before. The great thing about it was that we actually ended up executing this plan, conceived after midnight and a few glasses of wine!
Vietnam, June 2015 - The walk from the street-seller to the hotel took only ten minutes. Or it would have. Walk straight ahead and turn left, you can’t get lost, I had told myself. Sometimes I undermine my lack of sense of direction.
There’s a saying that’s purported to be an old Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times.” The times are definitely interesting, but we’re on top of things and I honestly don’t think there’s anything we couldn’t handle with the people we have on the board.
