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Byline Update: Herizons
Hey everybody. Been awhile since I’ve updated this. Apologies. Here is an article I wrote about women in Canadian film. It was published in the fall 2014 issue of Herizons, a Canadian feminist...
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Sorry Not Sorry: Newfoundlanders and the Right to Take Offence
Last night, on Coach’s Corner, as part of the Kraft Hockeyville in St. John’s, Ron MacLean ate some seal. Don Cherry asked, jokingly, “What are you, a savage, a barbarian?” Newfoundlanders and First...
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Your Moment of Zen: A Tribute to Jon Stewart
Much to our great sadness, Jon Stewart has decided to leave the Daily Show. After sixteen years at the helm (hard to imagine anyone else besides Stewart there, but Craig Kilborn was its first host...
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Fear of a Meninist Planet: Why Men’s Rights Activists Aren’t Treated Like...
Nous ne somme pas Charlie. After the terrorist attacks in Paris, various politicians paid the usual lip service to “Western” ideals of free speech. Then, sans irony, draconian, anti-democratic...
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Perchance to Dream: Abandoning the middle-class fairy tale
Have you seen Straight Outta Compton? You should. It’s an excellent movie. One of the things that really grabbed me was Dr. Dre’s story. He starts out on his mom’s floor, surrounded by vinyl,...
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Targaryen Entitlement: A Case Study for Milennials
The word “entitlement” gets thrown around a lot these days. It seems like every week there’s another lazy, throw-away op-ed written by another boomer who either is up against a deadline or craves...
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Because it’s 2015: Quotas, Metrics, and Prejudices
Moneyball by Michael Lewis is one of my all-time favourite sports books. When it was published back in 2003, it revolutionized professional sports and how general managers assemble rosters. At the...
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If You’re so Smart Why Ain’t You Rich?: Higher education and innovation
The other day, career politician and Republican nominee long shot Marco Rubio said that the world needed more welders, less philosophers.” Plato was smart and all but he probably should’ve shut up and...
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PC, Brah!:Why Your #Hottake on Political Correctness Sucks
I haven’t seen The Force Awakens yet. I’m a big Star Wars fan, but I hate big crowds so I’m waiting until the hype settles down a bit. This is a risky plan because I’m risking exposure to spoilers....
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American Psycho: A Survivalist Reading Guide for the Trump Era
2016 was the year people started using the word “narrative” to critique certain trains of the thought in the discourse, but yet seemed totally incapable of realizing they were perpetuating it. My...
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