he otherpress Room 1020 — 700 Royal Ave. Douglas College New Westminster, BC V3L 5B2 TELEPHONE: 604.525.3542 WEBSITE: theotherpress.ca EMAIL: editor@theotherpress.ca STAFF LIST Eric Wilkins Editor-in-Chief M editor@theotherpress.ca Lauren Kelly Assistant Editor Massistant@theotherpress.ca Angela Ho Business Manager Jacey Gibb Distribution Manager Cara Seccafien Layout Manager Joel McCarthy Graphics Manager Elizabeth Jacob Production Assistant Ed Appleby Ilustrator Jony Roy Social Media Coordinator Mercedes Deutscher News Editor Mi news@theotherpress.ca Cheryl Minns Arts Editor M arts@theotherpress.ca Chitwan Khosla Features Editor M features@theotherpress.ca Brittney MacDonald Life & Style Editor Mlifeandstyle@theotherpress.ca Elliot Chan Opinions Editor M opinions@theotherpress.ca Chandler Walter Humour Editor M humour@theotherpress.ca Staff Reporter Aaron Guillen Sports Reporter Davie Wong Staff Writers Adam Tatelman Cazzy Lewchuk Rebecca Peterson Senior Columnists David Manky Lauren Paulsen Jerrison Oracion Columnists Josh Visser Contributors Sharon Miki Jake Wray iW aaninsys Married to ixadztion? elcome, dear reader, to the Premature Love edition— our second themed issue of the year. We don’t publish over reading break so this is the closest we get to Valentine’s Day, and seeing as this is the Other Press, we never like to do things exactly by the book. So, issue before Valentine’s Day... Love/ sex themed... Premature Love. Logical. My major difficulty when it came to this paper was coming up with a relevant Lettitor that did something other than ramble on about the contents youre better off simply flipping to. Fortunately, there are many tangents one can run away on. I settled on weddings and the apparent conditioning about them. Some friends of mine are getting married and all of the women involved are strong feminists. That hasn’t changed © Get to know us! © The Other Press has been Douglas College’s student newspaper since 1976. Since 1978 we have been an autonomous publication, independent of the student union. We area registered society under the Society Act of British Columbia, governed by an eight-person board of directors appointed by our staff. Our head office is located in the New Westminster campus. © The Other Press is published weekly during the fall and winter semesters, and monthly during the summer. We receive our funding from a student levy collected through tutition : the fact that the women are : essentially doing most of the : work for the wedding. Invites, : decorations, the website, : planning, etc. If there were a : group of people who were going : to do something differently, : I'd have put a large bet on this : squad. But they didn’t. And these : : people are the type who don’t : give a rat’s ass what you think : about them or their leanings. : If they feel attacked, they'll let : you know. If they feel inclined to : change the system, they will. We : don’t have to tell them that it’s : their obligation to do so. Yes, women may be socially : conditioned to be ga-ga about : wedding plans, but complete : conditioning is something that : can’t take place without at least : some initial leaning. The person : has to have a personal yearning : beyond the supposed forced : nature of it all. 1 mean, some : women will do it begrudgingly : to bea good friend, but the ones : who are truly excited must be : interested beyond just “society : says so.” And even if this is false : and women have no actual desire : of their own free will to have : a great interest in weddings : and their related “work (i.e., invitations, decorations, etc.,),” : what does that matter if they still : want to do it? You want to tell a ; woman, a feminist even, that she : can’t do the wedding invitations : because she’s actually just been : conditioned to do so and what : she’s feeling is an impressed : devotion to something men : didn’t want to do? Regardless of : how they’ve come to be this way, : many women legitimately enjoy : the wedding-related work. So what am I saying? This : really isn’t anything more than : an observation. People are quick : to cry “bloody murder” when : they see women supposedly : oppressed in any way, but they ra fees every semester at registration, and from local and national advertising revenue. The © | twitter.com/theotherpress Other Press is a member of the Canadian University Press (CUP), a syndicate of student newspapers that includes papers from all across Canada. © The Other Press reserves the right to choose what we will publish, and we will not publish material that is hateful, obscene, or condones or promotes illegal activities. Submissions in may be edited for clarity and brevity if necessary. All images used are copyright to their respective owners. : often fail to consider all the : facts. Don’t immediately play : defence if youre not sure what : game youre playing yet. A great : deal of jobs, especially when it : comes to higher management, : are boys’ clubs. Objectification : of women happens on the : daily. But weddings? Why take : something that’s genuinely : enjoyed by many women and try : and put a negative spin on it? : There doesn’t always need to be : a fight over every single picky : perception. Women who want to : do “feminine” things shouldn't : be told that it’s bad to do so— : instead, freedom of choice for : women should be celebrated, not : shamed. Danke danke, e Yilhe Editor-in-Chief theotherpress.ca facebook.com/DouglasOtherPress youtube.com/user/theotherpress instagram.com/theotherpress