Movember displays facial hair with purpose
University of Manitoba students sporting moustaches have entered week three of Movember, in an effort to raise money for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Canada….
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Fatties fuck too
On Oct. 25, 2010 an article appeared on the website of Marie Claire entitled “Should ‘Fatties’ Get a Room? (Even on TV?).” The author, Maura…
Why do children starve?
Why do children starve? After removing all my cynicism and political-minded hoo-ha, I really don’t understand it. Forget the government, forget unfair distribution on a…
Manitoban hockey pool
Greetings hockey fans! Whether you’ve officially entered the 2010-11 Manitoban Hockey Pool or just interested in keeping up with the goings on of the NHL…
Introducing orthorexia nervosa
I think about food a lot. I think about how food affects my body and how I feel when I eat things. I like to…
Thin was not always in
Disordered eating has long been a byproduct of affluent societies. In places where food was no longer considered a scarcity, its consumption was calculated and…
Take responsibility for your own health
I was in Colorado when I first got hit with this wave of dieting fads and “health interest.” As far as I can tell, this…
Here comes Treble
This week I thought I had the symptoms of Bieber fever: incredible pain, sweating and shitting like there’s no tomorrow. In the end I realized…
This is no Disney movie
Recently, Praxedis G. Guerrero, Mexico, has been under international scrutiny for a reason other than drugs and violence. Last week, Marisol Valles Garcia, a 20-year-old…
Interview with a smoker
Having worked in a small town grocery store this past summer I learned that the average cash out for tobacco products was $1,000 a day,…