AuthorGrace Shin

Remotely Well: Searching for Contentment in Osgoode’s Virtual Services

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Introduction I often start my emails with the phrase, “I hope this email finds you well”. In the time of COVID-19, however, wellness has come to mean something entirely different altogether. On days where I feel ‘well’, I am clocking in 9-to-5 and mustering up the energy to turn on my camera for virtual classes. On days where I don’t feel well, I am rolling out of bed five minutes before class—if...

‘Parasite’ review: Class struggle packaged as a delectable masterpiece

Following its win of the Palme d’Or in the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, Bong Joon-Ho’s new film Parasite (Gi-saeng-choong) has succeeded in gaining the approval of movie fans and critics alike, reflected in its impressive ‘99% fresh’ Rotten Tomatoes rating. The first fully South Korean-produced film – with Bong as director and writer – in ten years, this highly acclaimed black-comedy is now playing...

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