My daughter started walking a couple of weeks ago. Running and dancing around soon followed, and as a result she’s been burning a lot more energy than she had been before. So every once in a while, she falls flat on her face and lays their contentedly, until she’s got the energy to go again. […]

I was all ready to tell you about the incredible DJ Z-Trip, and the simple secret to great live performances that he described in a terrific book called On the Record. But when I sat down to write, I discovered that I covered that ground in a post I wrote nearly three years ago. It’s a […]

Speaking of feminist musings I recently shared on Twitter, I don’t mean to brag, but I think I may have solved the “expressing privilege in under a hundred and forty characters” problem. Not only have I whittled it down to just five characters (six if you count the space afterwards), but I’ll bet there’s someone […]

Listen, I don’t want to be “that guy,” or anything, but I feel like the “free coffee” award I handed in at Tim Hortons this morning got a really lacklustre reception. I mean, I understand they’ve got to keep things moving during the morning rush. I understand how quickly things can grind to a halt […]

In a series of tweets last week, I mentioned that I’ve never understood the resistance to “teach men not to rape” campaigns. Regardless of one’s views on sexual assault, rape culture, victim blaming, feminism or any number of issues, I’d at least like to think that most people would recognize that teaching young men not to […]

There’s a lot of fuss and bother on the web lately about the so-called “men’s rights movement.” From the look of things, what used to be a random assortment of scared little boys, deadbeat dads and Internet trolls is quickly becoming an impressively organized group of indignant whiners. You can call its emergence a credit […]

René Descartes, the French philosopher who scored a hit in 1637 with “I think, therefore I am,” laid out a logical argument for the indisputable existence of God. In Principles of Philosophy, published seven years later, he wrote the following: “Next, the mind considers the various ideas it has within itself; and one stands out far […]

I grew up in Scarborough, and I still feel like I’m going home whenever I go back there. The only thing is, I hardly ever go back anymore. That’s the way it is, I suppose, with a lot of the places we call home. My family moved out years ago, and so did most of […]

If you’re a regular visitor to this website, then may have started to notice a few little changes here and there. Over the next few weeks, you’re going to see a lot more of them. I’ve finally started getting to work on turning my humble blog into a fully developed website. I’ve thought about what […]

Mallory Ortberg of Gawker made a great point in her criticism of Candy Crowley, Poppy Harlow, and the CNN coverage of the Steubenville verdict. It’s by no means an excuse, but it’s still an important caveat: “It is unlikely that Candy Crowley and Poppy Harlow are committed rape apologists; more likely they simply wanted a […]