I wrote an article for xoJane about women and gadgets: Men’s magazines are filled with advertisements about the latest tech, whereas women’s magazines tend to focus on shoes. But the fact of the matter is, more women buy and use gadgets than men. Gadgets are defined by their novelty -– they’re indulgences. While they ostensibly …
I recently volunteered for Shameless‘s roster of occasional bloggers and I’ve just contributed my first post. It touches on Russia’s LGBQT rights problems, and problems within the International Olympics Committee itself; namely, the regulations restricting the competition of women and and trans people. You can read it here.
April is Poetry Month, rejoice! Read poetry! Read about poets! Go to poetry readings! Write poetry! It’s all good stuff. Maybe get some Canadiana in there? Though Canadians no longer seem to know who they read. Which is troubling. There’s always the Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist, which recently announced, both Canadian and international. Congrats to …
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My rant on sexual abuse didn’t generate any comments on my journal, but several people have come up to me in person to say they’ve read it. Liz Worth also wrote a post about not even being able to wait for the bus without being sexually harassed, and the objectification and assault that comes with …
So many books to read. So little time. I’m not going to go into detail with every book, just highlight a few of them. 1. How to Be a Woman, by Caitlin Moran (Harper, 2012) I had difficulty with this one. Moran’s clearly well read, yet this reads like a stream of consciousness monologue, only …
It’s snowing. A lot. Last night my power went out for three hours, and I had to work in the dark, my only illumination candlelight and the fading glow of a dying laptop. As a result, once again, my kitten’s eyebrows have gone all curly. She’s adorable, but more than a little stupid when it …
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