This post is a study in the ultra-sketchy, otherwise known as “IZMS”. Back in July, my boyfriend, my cousin (who was visiting from England at the time), and I dropped by Pride briefly. Same old same old: a collection of the…eclectic (ie. the...
So, unlike past year fails, this month my new roommate, Jane, who’s a huge film buff, actually got me to a few TIFF movies. Normally, paying $22.50 to see a movie would seem completely outrageous (as opposed to paying around $15 any other day, which tends to...
Recently it’s occurred to me how much of a person’s identity is ultimately and inescapably predetermined by not just where they live, but where they began life. Where we are dictates much of our geographic and cultural landscape in the present, but where...
Forward, From the Editor In the Renaissance, the princes held in highest regard, part and apart from military might, were the patrons of culture; sovereigns that cultivated rhetoric and the arts as an indication of their authority, wealth and reputation. Their...
Cinderella syndrome aside, what makes Will and Kate’s wedding a “modern” fairytale is the reality that the Royal Couple is the product of a carefully managed PR effort to reinstate the British monarchy in the good graces of the public. After the tumult of the Diana...
