Category: Editorial
The Pizza Diet
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What you eat, overall, is important for your health. Eating broccoli, salad, and less-processed food on a regular basis is really good for you. But if you’re concerned about your health or weight and want to change either, it doesn’t mean you have to stop eating the food you’re more likely to crave (like pizza).
Oh yeah, empathy.
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Why do I care so much that millions of people in another country, only a handful of whom I’ve ever met before, might lose their health care very soon?
The Goldilocks iPhone
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In the spring of 2016, Apple made my dreams come true and released a new 4 inch phone, the iPhone SE.
The Adorkable Misogyny of The Big Bang Theory – Pop Culture Detective
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Pop Culture Detective just keep bringing up such great points of oddly misogynistic characters and story-lines in popular culture, that I can’t help but pick up exactly what they’re putting down, and examining new TV and movies I watch with a more thoughtful view.
(More) Thoughts on Society
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Civilized society has to provide the basic needs for all its citizens to exist and develop. Education, health care, shelter, food, these should not be things anybody goes without.
Fantastic Masculinity in Pop Culture
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Masculinity is a narrowly defined set of personality traits that are defined in popular culture mostly in stereotypes and shallow characters. Departure from those traits is considered a departure from the masculine.
This is Some Bullshit: An Update on Canadian Electoral Reform
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Electoral systems are like climate science. They do not care if you believe in them. A good system doesn’t get your party into power unless you represent a majority of voters best.
The last few months (and the next few)
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For the last several months, I have been ‘making’ a lot less than I’m used to. There are various reasons for that, as things like motivation tend to ebb and flow, and starting a new job in December of 2016 have meant I’m learning a lot more and facing new challenges at home and at…
Letter to the Liberal Party of Canada on Electoral Reform
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This is the letter I just sent to the Liberal Party on the topic of electoral reform (yes, it’s still on their website). They aren’t convinced Canadians care about it. I care. Leave your thoughts: liberal.ca/contact or email [email protected] (or write a letter/call, if those are your jam). I’m a young person, and I registered as a…
The “Your Child” Test (Society is Changing, Part 2)
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This is the second section of a multi-part piece I’ve been thinking a lot about, which I’m calling ‘Society is Changing’. You can read part 1 here, which will provide some context for this section. There has been a ton of energy, brainpower, blood, sweat and tears that has gone into political movements throughout history.…