Aug 9, 2016
Everything you know about Rio is wrong (maybe)
Robin Browne
Post #1: A Rio reality check looking at what we Canadian Afronauts know about Rio and how we know it.
Arts & Culture
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Aug 5, 2016  Rio may be end games for high-performance capitalismIn Copenhagen in 2009, when Brazil's successful bid for this year's Olympics was announced, Lula, then the country's president, leapt in the air and danced. |
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Aug 4, 2016  The Olympics are not what they seemJacqueline Kennelly So, the Rio Olympics start on Friday. Instead of the typical media tributes to Olympic success, let's look at the political resistance to the Olympic behemoth, past and present. |
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Aug 4, 2016  Mel Hurtig, a great Canadian -- and, full of beans, as we used to sayDavid J. Climenhaga Mel Hurtig died yesterday in Vancouver. He was 84. He was a great Canadian. He will be missed. |
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Aug 3, 2016  How not to talk to Bernie Sanders supportersScott Vrooman Talking down to adults with legitimate grievances like they're spoiled children will convince none of them. |
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Aug 3, 2016  'I don't live my life in my wheelchair': How Luke Anderson is making Canada more accessibleThe Hum Podcast Luke Anderson suffered significant paralysis from a mountain biking accident in 2002. He turned his injury into a mission to create barrier-free cities. |
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Aug 1, 2016  Acoustic ecology and the art of listeningrabble radio July 18 was World Listening Day. Some thoughts about paying attention to what our ears are telling us. |
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Jul 29, 2016  The trouble with the TPP's copyright rulesA new CCPA study shows howTrans-Pacific Partnership's intellectual property provisions would dramatically alter the balance between the interests of copyright owners and users. |
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Jul 28, 2016  Feminism has been taken over by capitalism, and it ain't prettyKaitlin McNabb When did feminism start meaning that consumption was the most revolutionary act? Marketplace feminism has been creeping in for quite a while and it's time to put it in its place. |
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Jul 28, 2016  Toronto Burlesque Festival 'lightning rod' for political debateLaura Brightwell This weekend the Toronto Burlesque Festival begins! Laura Brightwell caught up with the Executive Director of Programming Coco Framboise to get her thoughts on the current burlesque scene. |
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Jul 27, 2016 Live boldly, unless you’re disabled?The film "Me Before You" is yet another fictional story written by a non-disabled person that romanticizes stereotypes and marginalizes disabled people. |
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Jul 26, 2016  Real world runwaygooderGoods The cancellation of Toronto Fashion Week could be a good thing. In this episode of gooderGoods, Kelly Okamura explains why. |
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Jul 22, 2016  On Melania Trump, plagiarism and Eastern EuropeanessRaluca Bejan Cold War reminiscences are always about denigrating the former Soviet Bloc. Yet, despite the many faults of that system, education was not one of them. |
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Jul 22, 2016  Glenn Mullin on Buddhism, the power of the inner life and othersface2face Glenn and David talk about "humourful humility," the power of the inner life, Buddhism, the first Tibetan fart joke and the beneficial presence of others. |
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Jul 21, 2016 Ghostbusters: Popular culture, misogyny and racismThe new Ghostbusters reboot ain't no masterpiece but the real problem here is about the misogynists and racists who find comfort in the ascending culture of hate promoted by the likes of Donald Trump. |
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Jul 21, 2016  The integral role of Indigenous women's knowledgeKahente Horn-Miller 'Living on the Land: Indigenous Women's Understanding of Place' examines how patriarchy, gender and colonialism have shaped the experiences and knowledge of Indigenous women. Read an excerpt here. |
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Jul 20, 2016  Gotta catch 'em all: The deep layers of Pokemon GOAt first blush Pokemon GO looks like a simple, engaging and remarkably social pastime. But below the surface are deep levels of complexity, intention and future prospects. |
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Jul 17, 2016  Web manosphere and revolt of the beta-menWINGS There's a geeky new sexism espoused by the gender-fluid generation says Irish journalist Angela Nagle. |
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Jul 17, 2016  Jürgen Todenhöfer on 'truth,' the real face of war and a respect for other culturesface2face Jürgen and David talk about "truth," ISIS, brainwashing, the media, respect for other cultures and the real face of war. |
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Jul 16, 2016 False Choices: The Faux Feminism of Hillary Rodham ClintonRedeye If Hillary Clinton is elected, she will be the first woman president in U.S. history. Major women's organizations have endorsed her. A new book raises questions about Clinton's commitment to feminism. |
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Jul 14, 2016  Romila Barryman explores the hidden historical South Asian community of Vancouver's ChinatownThis is the House that Gap Built Cultural historian Naveen Girn takes us through what he calls "Being Brown in Chinatown," and the clues of a community within Vancouver's downtown eastside that has left no remnants. |
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Jul 14, 2016  O Canada? Sorry, no ad libbing, please! We're Canadian!David J. Climenhaga The Star Spangled banner could stand a little Canadianization -- more true patriot love and fewer bombs bursting in air. |
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Jul 14, 2016  Views from people on the frontlines of climate changevarious Inuit Elders from across the Canadian Arctic share their observations on vegetation changes, thawing permafrost, changing wildlife patterns, and other transformations. |
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Jul 13, 2016  When worlds collide and boundaries bleed: Intersections between online and real lifeLast week we witnessed two liminal moments in the space between the online and real worlds. In two very different ways, the edges bled beyond the boundary of one to the other. |
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