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Rob Ford, before reading The 4-Hour Body Rob Ford puts Toronto on a diet Move said to “stop gravy train in its tracks” By Jordyn Marcellus Rob Ford is stopping the gravy train — the literal one, that is. After his bout with kidney stones, Doug Ford says his brother is ready to fight fat … Read more
Fat, ugly or slutty? Girl gamers aren’t any of those things.
EDIT: Fixed a link (the first Fat Ugly or Slutty link). Hi there, gentle readers. I like to think I’m a feminist. Women are rad! And, sadly, put into a society that kinda loves to blame women for all of society (and their own) problems, from Eve to Marie freakin’ Curie. If some poor lass … Read more
17-year-old girl explains how poorly girl gamers treated; is better than 80% of VG journos out there
Jessica Cernadas is a 17-year-old girl gamer. And she doesn’t get an ounce of respect or kindness from the boys (and, regardless of age, they’re boys) in the online worlds she romps in. Her piece on NPR is a great little radio documentary and shows what’s wrong with the whole of video gaming culture. In … Read more
Depressing report on food and the impoverished released
It’s just not sexy to help the poor in meaningful, non-ideological ways.
The politics of omnomnom
Diabetes is quickly becoming a disease affecting the poorest people and the reasons are so sadly simple – lack of access to high quality fresh foods. In fact, the largest risk for type 2 diabetes is living in poverty.
Essential 2010: Childish Gambino — Culdesac
There are some sick, sick beats to be found in Culdesac.
Toronto’s winter weather mite disappointing for AB boy
Today, it was chilly in Toronto. -15 degrees Celsius – which, for a former Fort McMurrayite/Calgarian, quite pleasant. I’m not saying Torontonians are wimps when it comes to the winter weather. The wet Toronto cold clings and chills to the bone. When the wind whips up it feels like your joints and bones are icing … Read more
Essential 2010: Emeralds – Does It Look Like I’m Here
So many people rock top 10s, but numerically ordering art is icky. It’s why I’m always leery of using ratings as a metric when personally reading reviews – and why I dislike using them when I write. I’m going to try and argue for some essential 2010 listening. First up Emeralds – Does It Look … Read more
Welcome back, Marcellus
Jam this: My brain’s been on fire lately. It’s been months and months since I worked in whatever capacity as a writer. It’s my fault. A hard year of work with a full-time job (Entertainment Editor, the Gauntlet) a part time job ( library assistant, UCalgary) made for a lot of late nights and early … Read more
American Thanksgiving means musical treats
At least this week it does. Not only do you have the Atlas Sound: Bedroom Databank series (Volumes 1 – 3 so far) out for free, but Cadence Weapon’s dropping a fantastic new mix tape out. Listening him to drop casual references to the Edmonton City Centre Airport (which is going to confuse a whole … Read more
