Why Women Hate the Pill
Ali Lytle started on birth control when she was fifteen years old. As far as her gynecologist was concerned, teenagers had to avoid pregnancy at all costs. The first contraceptive Lytle tried, an...
View ArticleMultigenerational Living Often Makes Sense. That Doesn’t Make It Easy
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View ArticleVaclav Smil Is Fed Up with Climate Activism
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View ArticleThe Last Vacation
For my Lolo, 1941–2023 Before news of the bankruptcy hit the press, Delta and Dizzi were already on a plane. Their grandfather sat in the row ahead with Dizzi’s Pomeranian, Wilfred. Ever since Delta...
View ArticleWhat Should Canadian Museums Do about Their Stolen African Art?
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View ArticleLetters to the Editor: January/February 2024
Trudeau’s India Problem I read “Heavy Meddle” (December 2023), Sushant Singh’s examination of Canada–India diplomatic relations surrounding Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s murder, with great...
View ArticleEditor’s Letter: Social Media Has Lost Its Shine
Enshittification, a word coined by author and journalist Cory Doctorow, describes the process by which thriving online platforms decay as they prioritize profits over user experience. An innovative...
View ArticleInvisible Lives: Meet Canada’s Undocumented Kids
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View ArticleI Pass His School during Lunch
Playground a’squawk. From the south-side street opposite, out for a daytime walk, I first spot his jacket. Like a binary star my son rising pixelated on the far horizon: those bits I own as atmosphere...
View ArticleDefinition
I describe my woes to my friend, the pro, genius of a plot greater and finer than my own big old garden where everything grows into everything else. Definition, she tells me. That’s what I need. I was...
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