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Illustration of an internet forum open on a computer desktop. Part of the forum is pulled down in the style of a window blind. Behind it is a red room filled with silhouettes of men talking to one another.

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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Illustration of an interconnected network of people, separated by a blazing yellow network that resembles a cable and separates the people into different boxes. The colour scheme is green, orange, and purple––a conceptual illustration of the internet network.

This Is the Internet We Were Promised

April 29, 2020May 1, 2020 - by Angela Misri

The World Wide Web hasn’t felt this supportive since it was invented. Why did it take a pandemic?

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The Problem with Callout Culture

May 30, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Kitty Stryker

Why are we encouraging marginalized people to fight each other?

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Screenshot from The Third Man

How the Internet Ruined Fandom

May 26, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Jason Guriel

Being a cult follower once tested your mettle. Now it’s all too easy

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Illustration by Brandon Celi

March 2016 / Society

Junk Foodie

February 17, 2016March 31, 2020 - by John Semley

Eat your way to Internet stardom—by stuffing your face at the drive-thru

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Illustration by Mugluck

April 2016 / Memoir

Reading My Dead Husband’s Emails

January 22, 2016December 20, 2019 - by Nancy Westaway

How my husband’s digital ghosts helped me mourn

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Illustration by Alena Skarina

First Person / January/February 2016

Orifice Space

December 15, 2015April 7, 2020 - by Natalie Zina Walschots

My life as a porn cubicle drone

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The word miscellany written with different letters

December 2015 / Technology

Me against the Troll Army

November 19, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Russell Wangersky

It’s time to get rid of online comments

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Illustration by Suzanne Forbes

Imagining a Steampunk Internet

September 17, 2015April 8, 2020 - by The Walrus

“An adaptation of wireless methods with the telephone seems to be indicated”

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couple looking at a map

Media / October 2015

Bohemian Days on Richmond Street

September 14, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Jonathan Kay

Drawing inspiration for thewalrus.ca from an ink-stained Nostradamus

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