Oh Edmonton, You Beautiful Swirling Mass of Contradictions
A look at the interplay of Modernity and Postmodernism in a major Canadian city.
Are Women Being Ignored? Is it Idiotic to Even Ask This?
On analysing myself for an unconscious prejudice that leaves 50% of the population out of the picture.
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? The Gays!
Why now is the perfect time to remake this classic.
Literary Excerpt: Portia de Rossi on Eating and Exercise
From her autobiography Unbearable Lightness.
Why Wicked Is Important
It's more than just a hit musical about a witch.
SNJ: What Do Women Think of These Seemingly Anti-Woman Songs (by Women)?
Domestic violence and sexual subjugation - and from indie female artists with integrity. What gives?
You Got that True Blood is About Gay Integration, Right?
This is obvious and known to everyone who's watched the show, isn't it?
Does my Uterus Make me look Fat?
A fed up angry rant about our ongoing obsession with beauty and with re-defining beauty. I'm done. Let's go for ugly.
Real Reasons for the Pay and Gender Gap Part II
How including cultural construct, biological differences, and power dynamics in our understanding of gender pay gaps allows us to chart a better work world for both men and women.
Real Reasons for the Pay and Gender Gap Part I
How including cultural construct, biological differences, and power dynamics in our understanding of gender pay gaps allows us to chart a better work world for both men and women.
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