Further to my post yesterday about the cultural beliefs that lead to the kind of killings we saw in Kingston, Adnan Khan brings this from the Globe & Mail:
But any Muslim worth his or her salt wil...
Jan 31, 2012
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There’s a lot of debate (from the left) over whether or not what took place in a Kingston canal was an honor killing or domestic violence.
Domestic violence, the way I understand it, is one fami...
Jan 30, 2012
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I have a friend who cuts herself. Her arms are a patchwork of criss-crossed scars from years of self mutilation. From a distance she looks like she’d been burned, with the twisted, molten look o...
Jan 28, 2012
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Rap lyrics performed by aspiring hip-hop artist Anthony Spencer may have shown disrespect to gang members and led to his murder on the weekend, Toronto police say.
“Disrespect is a motive for murder...
Jan 26, 2012
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It began as most brilliant ideas do: With beer.
Sitting around shooting the shit (with a registered weapon, naturally – this IS Canada, after all) on New Year’s Eve, we got to talking abou...
Jan 16, 2012
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Ladies’ rooms, childrens’ changing rooms… it’s never a good idea.
Toronto police are investigating reports of a male intruder in some women’s washrooms at York University.
Po...
Jan 11, 2012
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…I was a little girl in elementary school. I didn’t understand much about race, nor politics, nor the ways of the world. I was in first grade.
Our class was overcrowded. Our teacher was aw...
Jan 06, 2012
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Canada tops the list of countries with inflammatory bowel disease.
D’uh.
Up until last year, the food pyramid was sucking the dick of grain farmers, and had been for almost a century. For fuck s...
Jan 05, 2012
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As someone who regularly shags married men – married is my favorite flavor, actually – I am throwing my completely irrelevant political weight behind Newt Gingrich.
Why, you ask?
He’...
Jan 03, 2012
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