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Katherine Laidlaw

Katherine Laidlaw (@klaidlaw) regularly writes for Toronto Life and Hazlitt. She is a former senior editor of The Walrus.
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September/October 2020 / Technology

The Making of an Incel

September 2, 2020September 2, 2020 - by Katherine Laidlaw

How misogyny in online forums turns into real-life violence

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How One Podcaster Got Us Talking about Sex

December 5, 2018July 9, 2019 - by Katherine Laidlaw

Kaitlin Prest explores the messy intersections of relationships, intimacy, and love

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April 2017 / Business

Period Drama

March 14, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Katherine Laidlaw

It’s time for us to treat menstruation less like a medical issue and more like a cultural one

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Hold the Fort

May 17, 2016March 31, 2020 - by Katherine Laidlaw

How one Fort McMurray family built a dream and watched it burn

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April 2016

This Will End Well

April 21, 2016March 31, 2020 - by Katherine Laidlaw

Our greatest daredevil stares down middle age

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Justice

Seven Women Confront the Difference Between Justice and the Law

March 23, 2016May 12, 2021 - by Katherine Laidlaw

After the Ghomeshi trial, The Walrus asked women what it felt like to testify against their assailants

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Health / January/February 2016

Sugar Rush

December 14, 2015January 2, 2020 - by Katherine Laidlaw

Getting wrecked on the sweet stuff

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Justice / October 2015

Jailhouse Bloc

September 14, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Katherine Laidlaw

What it’s like to vote behind bars

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