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Illustration of a nervous man in glasses, transforming into a confident man in a suit, then into Superman in his costume.

Arts & Culture / June 2023

Life Lessons from Superman

June 23, 2023June 23, 2023 - by Jillian Tamaki

The Christopher Reeve movies were shot in Calgary. I can barely recognize my hometown

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Illustration of a small bird, perched inside a glass vase on the stem of a flower. The background is a light turquoise blue.

April 2020 / Health

When Is a Senior No Longer Capable of Making Their Own Decisions?

March 18, 2020July 24, 2020 - by Jillian Tamaki

How our medical systems strip elders of their autonomy

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a series of several different tubes

Our Ever-Changing Moods

November 18, 2015January 2, 2020 - by Jillian Tamaki

Connecting to (or disconnecting from) others, with clothes

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Colour figures outstretched

Fiction / October 2015

Cowan

September 17, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Jillian Tamaki

Cowan was beautiful. I wouldn’t admit it back then, but he was. Had a face like Gregory Peck at a time when the rest of us were still working off …

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Illustration by Jillian Tamaki

October 2013 / Technology

Hot Wired

October 28, 2013February 14, 2024 - by Jillian Tamaki

Gay men are on the vanguard of the digital sexual revolution, and the rest of us are not far behind. Are we satisfied yet?

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Fiction / September 2009

Summer of the Flesh Eater

September 12, 2009July 28, 2022 - by Jillian Tamaki

Understand that pity is not what we’re looking for. We are men, we remind each other as often as we can, and we must bear that burden

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Illustration by Jillian Tamaki

The Lynching of Louie Sam

December 12, 2008July 27, 2020 - by Jillian Tamaki

In 1884, an American mob brought frontier justice to the Canadian border. Their deed echoes to this day

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