Culture “She’s my Rushmore, Max!”: masculinity and vulnerability in Rushmore Exploring masculinity in a Wes Anderson film. Rushmore is from 1998, and it’s very white, but Sabrina and Sherwin think it has some redeeming features. It’s an interesting meditation on class and masculinity…
Policy Buying ourselves out of homes Political will and housing affordability. Renting and buying homes, for BC residents, is becoming less and less affordable. We’re experiencing the result of decades of deregulation and rabid speculation…
Culture Pitting the haves against the have-nots hurts everyone A reflection on modern community, homelessness, and Christianity. Reading “Christ Church Cathedral wants tent city shut down”, about tent city in Victoria, left me disappointed in the leadership and community of Christ Church Cathedral…
Culture Sometimes courage is choosing not to jump Ten Meter Tower short film documents humans being humans. The video shows a dozen or so people at the top of a ten metre diving tower deciding whether to jump. The film documents a surprising and poignant range of human emotions…
Media The Evil Woman trope Over-representation of women as perpetrators of violence in crime shows. In which the Evil Women trope is discussed. Women are over-represented as evil villains, murderers and criminal masterminds …
Art Friendship to the Max! A Review of Lumberjanes! A supercool review of a supercool comic series. I recently discovered Lumberjanes, a comic published by Boom! Box, an offshoot of Boom! Studios. I strongly recommend …
Media Bharat’s Pocket Scraps – June 16 What I pocketed this week Things I read that I found share worthy this week (and some previous weeks)
Politics BC’s third parties and the election To go green, or not? Are you “tired” of the two main parties and planning on voting for a third party/independent? Some questions to consider
Policy Who is local? Using visa status to determine residency is wrong Using visa status to determine residency, and providing no sensible exceptions for locals with alternative paper work is lazy and thoughtless policy making
Media A newspaper is an index Reflections on libraries, phone books, newspapers, and other models of the world. What does an Auto Trader, a phone book, a card catalog, a post office, a mall map, Google and a newspaper all have in common…
Politics Nine animals that we should be trophy hunting instead of grizzly bears Content warning: violence against nonhuman animals ahead. I’ve been wracking my brain trying to think of how to help stop the commercial trophy hunting of bears in BC, which is ongoing and totally unethical. But I’m pretty smart, so I put this problem in my mind-vice and I’m a genius…
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