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Winter Cycling
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I hate taking the bus. I absolutely despise it. I’ve lived in Winnipeg for 22 years and yet, no amount of Winnipeg Transit experience prepares me for the pure misery I feel as I...
Cold is Cool, Man.
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There is undoubtedly a perception — or more accurately, a stereotype — throughout much of the world that Canada is a frigid, barren wasteland, wholly uninviting and nearly inhospitable during the long winter months....
Playtime for all the boys and girls
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Before I knew much of anything about the world or myself, I knew I was a boy. Dressed in blue and constantly being called a “cute little boy,” the idea of my gender was...
A dismissal of ski jumpers’ rights is a dismissal to us...
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With strict laws enforcing equality in treatment for all Canadian citizens, we should all be proud bearers of the maple leaf — especially with the onset of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. For a...
Sex and the creative world
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Perhaps the most perplexing thing about being a woman is what that means to the larger scheme of the world and, more specifically, what we as women represent to the creative world of ideas....
Veil, voice and vision
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Images of the virginal Disney princess Belle are juxtaposed with bold black outlines of a woman, eyes closed as she receives oral sex. This massive canvas first comes across to the viewer as a...
If genetics makes me a woman, what makes me a Muslim...
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It is well understood that our sex is predetermined. Before even the first beat of our hearts, our genes determine our tangible futures. We become men or women. And while we cannot control the...
