July, 2021 | The Walrus

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Science

Smell You Later: The Weird Science of How Sweat Attracts

July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 - by Sarah Everts

Smell is often dismissed as the least important sense. But it’s the funk that draws us together

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Society

Gotta Catch ’Em All: Why Old Pokémon Cards Are Suddenly Worth Thousands

July 13, 2021September 27, 2021 - by Mel Woods

Thanks to online marketplaces and nostalgic millennials, the prices of old trading cards are rising to dizzying new heights

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July/August 2021

Editor’s Letter: The Plot Twist in COVID-19’s Story

July 13, 2021July 16, 2021 - by Jessica Johnson

Our drawn-out, often convoluted fight against the pandemic has been a narrative nightmare

A woman speaks with her daughter at the scene of Sunday's hate-motivated vehicle attack in London, Ontario

Society

Reflections on the London Terrorist Attack

July 12, 2021March 24, 2022 - by Sadiqa de Meijer

With each new act of racist brutality, another piece of me shuts off from the world

Two Black men stand in a harvested field under a cloudy sky. They are dressed in football uniforms printed with colourful African textiles. They are standing apart and facing away from each other, attached by a set of chains on their backs.

September/October 2021

Artist Esmaa Mohamoud Examines How Pro Sports Profit from Black Athletes

July 9, 2021January 30, 2022 - by Connor Garel

Sports bring people together in living rooms, in crowded bars, and in the streets. Mohamoud seeks to expose the monstrous underbelly of all that winning

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Uncategorized

What Television Gets Wrong about Poverty

July 8, 2021March 4, 2022 - by Daniel Panneton

Shows like The Crown offer a romanticized view of economic austerity. But, now more than ever, we need to see the true cost of budget cuts

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Society

Anti-Asian Racism Is More than a Trending Topic

July 6, 2021October 19, 2021 - by Anita Li

When it comes to combating racism, marginalized groups shouldn’t have to compete for attention

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Letters / September/October 2021

Letters to the Editor: September/October 2021

July 5, 2021January 6, 2022 - by Readers

On the monarchy, loneliness, neuroscience, and more

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Fiction / Poetry

Summer Reading 2021

July 2, 2021July 27, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

New fiction and poetry for the times we live in

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July/August 2021 / Poetry

Observed and Observing, That’s Him

July 2, 2021June 29, 2021 - by Armand Garnet Ruffo

From his vantage, he has a bird’s eye view / and he can see they are doing their best / to ignore the dark sky

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Month: July 2021

Smell You Later: The Weird Science of How Sweat Attracts

Gotta Catch ’Em All: Why Old Pokémon Cards Are Suddenly Worth Thousands

Editor’s Letter: The Plot Twist in COVID-19’s Story

Reflections on the London Terrorist Attack

Artist Esmaa Mohamoud Examines How Pro Sports Profit from Black Athletes

What Television Gets Wrong about Poverty

Anti-Asian Racism Is More than a Trending Topic

Observed and Observing, That’s Him

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