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Month: July 2018

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Society

The Danger of Romanticizing Suicide

July 31, 2018October 12, 2021 - by Jowita Bydlowska

From Kate Spade to Anthony Bourdain, too much focus is put on mythologizing celebrity deaths—not discussing the reality of mental illness

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July/August 2018 / Poetry

Why I Wrote a Poem Imagining Donald Trump’s Attempted Assassination

July 30, 2018April 27, 2022 - by Steven Heighton

Listen to Steven Heighton read “Fake News,” in which an American bodyguard imagines taking a bullet for his president

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Politics

What I Learned From Losing in the Ontario Election

July 27, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Gillian Smith

If we want to make our democracy more effective, we need more diversity in politics

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Current Affairs

This Is Not Toronto’s New Normal

July 25, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Matt Gurney

After the shooting in the city’s Danforth area, let’s ditch our talking points and discuss real policy change

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Arts & Culture / July/August 2018

How One First Nation Artist Makes Noise With Antlers and Amplifiers

July 25, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Erica Ngao

Jeneen Frei Njootli’s work explores her connection to the Yukon and the caribou that live there

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Fiction / July/August 2018

Upholstery

July 24, 2018September 14, 2021 - by Mireille Silcoff

Mrs. Naimer would swim the whole way across the lake and back, a feat everyone on the beach ignored on purpose

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Fiction / July/August 2018

The Second Coming of the Plants

July 20, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Zsuzsi Gartner

Hear the piercing chorus of the cacti, the beat boxing of the giant redwoods. This is our lullaby for you, sprouts, and only you

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Arts & Culture

When Fiction Beats Fact

July 20, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Aparita Bhandari

Recent novels from Pasha Malla, Arundhati Roy, and Mirza Waheed reveal deeper truths about the conflict in Kashmir and the people who live there

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Arts & Culture / July/August 2018

Who Says Canadian Architecture Is Boring?

July 19, 2018November 8, 2021 - by Simon Lewsen

From Toronto’s Union Station to saunas in cottage country, Partisans is reimagining design

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Uncategorized

How Indigenous Filmmakers Are Changing Contemporary Cinema

July 18, 2018October 11, 2019 - by Alex Tesar

For decades, Indigenous people have been calling for better representation on the big screen—and, in the process, making world class movies

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