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I’m loving this article written on the Sewcialists blog. It’s a blog with the goal of making the sewing community more inclusive and representing a wider range of voices. The article is published under a pseudonym…
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The Supreme Court of Canada, happily, was not moved by Trinity Western University’s claims that they weren’t hurting gay folks. And the Supreme Court was not moved by the claims by TWU that they…
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On American colonialism, racism, football and more
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In which Meghan and Sherwin reflect on the old days, hitchhiking, and being young and lucky (and privileged) …
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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…
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Reflections on safety and ways of being…
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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…
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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…
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Introduction to a new type of post that will feature book recommendations and reviews…
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Blue Bloods is a story of a cop family, the Reagans, in New York. And it’s a reasonably well written family drama that suffers from deeply racist, and sexist, narratives…
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We believe in the power of public discourse. And this can happen in person. And it can happen online…
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We have a choice going forward, let artificial intelligence help us grow, or limit their use to innocuous thoughts because we are not allowed to keep them private and encrypted
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When workers ask for more for themselves and their families, and their communities, every worker benefits. And yet, recently I noticed that some folks have a distinct lack of strength and solidarity …
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Capitalism is fed by dividing collective strengths and conquering individuals with embedded, regenerative, and dynamic hierarchies. I thought I’d write a blog post about the relationship between optimum health and capitalism and call it a day, but it’s a big idea…
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People underestimate the importance, politically, of underpants. Here I explain why this can be said of, well, anything you want …
