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Starfucking

There’s never a genuine reason to give a fuck about celebrities. For the longest time, my celebrity pop culture news only ever came from headlines…


Food porn

Spluttering, crackling bacon on a skillet. Bubbling, melting cheese stretching from a pizza as you grab that first piece. Decadent cupcakes with sky-high frosting. All…


Fan-fiction erotica

Screenwriter and comic book author Joss Whedon said, “There’s a time and a place for everything, and I believe it’s called ‘fan fiction.’” He was…


Rated X

Many acclaimed works of literature share the fact that they’ve been banned, at some time or another, in part for their sexual content.   Non-fiction…



Defining pornography

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Potter Stewart once said that he could not define pornography. “But I know it when I see it,” he famously…


50 shades of stereotyping

With all the recent hoopla about the Fifty Shades of Grey movies currently in the works, now is an important time to discuss some of…


Riel dead

Twenty policemen stood guard in the chilly morning under a clear sky. Their ghostly breath was visible as they waited for the prisoner to ascend…


To the cat cave

I am lucky to have a friend who walks along the banks of the Seine River. One year ago, he took me to see one of…


A bug in your belly

For the average Canadian, cold-blooded crawly creatures may be feared or revered. If you fall into the “I barf at the thought of eating spiders…