November 11, 2011
Someone is stealing women’s panties and sex toys in New Brunswick. In Saint-Paul and Sainte-Marie, women’s undergarments along with sex toys have been stolen from houses and a clothesline. Bearing in mind that the incidents, all seven of them, have been occurring since July of this year, I’m a bit surprised it has taken the ...
November 11, 2011
On this Remembrance Day, we take a moment to consider the fallen. We think about the young soldiers that will never return home, but also the children that will grow up missing a parent’s love, the wives that live in constant fear and the husbands who are ashamed that they cry themselves to sleep every ...
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November 10, 2011
I recently came across a post in which a man relayed the transcript of an argument a young married couple were having in a Burger King. It can be found on storify, a website “to make stories using social media.” Make of that what you will. The post gives a detailed account with commentary of the quarelling newlyweds and ...
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November 10, 2011
There was no shortage of debate in the latter half of the 20th century over the relevance of marriage. The freedoms women campaigned for — wage equality, childcare — were based on the idea of autonomy. The right not to marry was a key freedom. Thanks to previous generations, I’m not required to define myself ...
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November 10, 2011
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police sexual abuse scandal heats up even more as yet another former Mountie comes forward with her own story of abuse. Krista Carle, a former constable for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in British Columbia, admitted on Wednesday that she suffered from sexual assault and harassment constantly while on the force. She was ...
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November 9, 2011
When philosophizing about bad relationships, particularly abusive relationships, we often discuss the “signs.” It is theorized that as women, we’re socialized to be pleasing and self-sacrificing, which leads us to ignore the red flags that are present in unhealthy relationships. Some go as far as suggesting that we ignore these signs because we’re fixated on ...
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November 9, 2011
Meet Buddy and Pedro. They are two adorable little penguins at the Toronto Zoo. They also happen to be gay lovers. Zoo keepers claim they spend their nights together instead of with females and exhibit many mating behaviours and sounds. Buddy and Pedro have caused somewhat of an outrage with their homosexuality. The Toronto Zoo ...
November 9, 2011
A Mountie has come forward after suffering years of sexual harassment while working for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. After 16 years of service (and abuse) Catherine Galliford suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, agoraphobia, and has bouts of chemical dependency from all that she has endured. But why did she wait so long to come ...
November 9, 2011
Gay tourism in Vancouver has been banned for Chinese marketing campaigns. An agreement between the Chinese and British Columbia authorities was apparently made last year but details were only released before a recent trade envoy trip to China and were hidden away within a 60 page document. The document stipulated that, along with gambling, gay ...
November 9, 2011
Apparently there is more than one way to be an animal lover. The term usually refers to someone who, plain and simple, loves animals. Each day I do whatever I can to enrich the life of my kitty, whether it means petting, cuddling or playing with him. Like an animal rights activist or someone who ...
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