THE FEAR OF OKAY
When I was 18, I lost a lot of weight. I was fed up with being perpetually fat-and-getting-fatter, and had seized the opportunity to break that cycle when I acquired a job at a health-conscious cafe. I...
View ArticleWHEN SEMANTICS AND IDEOLOGIES CLASH
As you've probably figured out by now, one of my favourite pastimes is debate. From the philosophical to the linguistic, from the political to the mundane, any and all topics are worthy of debate, in...
View ArticleTHE RATIONAL (ALMOST) VEGETARIAN
Few arguments are more amusing for me to sit back and watch than one between the unashamed omnivore and the fervent vegetarian. For whatever reason, people tend to really dig their heels in on this...
View ArticleAND HERE WE GO AGAIN
I'm quite sure I've already written this post, but maybe it didn't get through the first time. Maybe it needs to be said over and over. Or maybe I'm just talking to myself here. In any case, I feel the...
View ArticleDEFENDING THE ENEMY, PART 3: Outrage & Ducks
In case you have been living under a rock for the last 24 hours, some guy that hunts ducks doesn't think anal sex is awesome. This is apparently the most important thing that has ever happened, so I'll...
View ArticleTHE SECOND ANNUAL OBLIGATORY NEW YEAR POST
If this blog is anything, it's a collection of contradictions, and this post is no exception - last year, I posted about my no-resolution policy - this year, I am posting my resolution. That's not...
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Mrs. Beverly Jean Pashuk
My grade 5 year, 1990/91, I was a chubby, geeky, awkward girl. I didn't have many friends. I wasn't athletic, or popular, or into dolls or cars or make-up or mud. The nerds had rejected me, as I...
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A Little Spark of Madness
It's hard to know where to begin this post. I've written, deleted, and rewritten the opening line dozens of times, and the clock has not yet struck 6am. I didn't want this post to be about me - it...
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There's a New Threat in Canada (and it ain't immigrants)
I've never been one to surround myself with yes-men. I like conflict, I like debate, I like being exposed to views I might not consider on my own. I'm happy to have friends with completely different...
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And so it begins...again.
Several years ago, I wrote a short piece about my weightloss journey, creatively titled "How I Lost 75 Pounds". It's far from my best writing, and, in all honesty, was mostly written to generate some...
View ArticleTHE FEAR OF OKAY
When I was 18, I lost a lot of weight. I was fed up with being perpetually fat-and-getting-fatter, and had seized the opportunity to break that cycle when I acquired a job at a health-conscious cafe. I...
View ArticleWHEN SEMANTICS AND IDEOLOGIES CLASH
As you've probably figured out by now, one of my favourite pastimes is debate. From the philosophical to the linguistic, from the political to the mundane, any and all topics are worthy of debate, in...
View ArticleTHE RATIONAL (ALMOST) VEGETARIAN
Few arguments are more amusing for me to sit back and watch than one between the unashamed omnivore and the fervent vegetarian. For whatever reason, people tend to really dig their heels in on this...
View ArticleAND HERE WE GO AGAIN
I'm quite sure I've already written this post, but maybe it didn't get through the first time. Maybe it needs to be said over and over. Or maybe I'm just talking to myself here. In any case, I feel the...
View ArticleDEFENDING THE ENEMY, PART 3: Outrage & Ducks
In case you have been living under a rock for the last 24 hours, some guy that hunts ducks doesn't think anal sex is awesome. This is apparently the most important thing that has ever happened, so I'll...
View ArticleTHE SECOND ANNUAL OBLIGATORY NEW YEAR POST
If this blog is anything, it's a collection of contradictions, and this post is no exception - last year, I posted about my no-resolution policy - this year, I am posting my resolution. That's not...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mrs. Beverly Jean Pashuk
My grade 5 year, 1990/91, I was a chubby, geeky, awkward girl. I didn't have many friends. I wasn't athletic, or popular, or into dolls or cars or make-up or mud. The nerds had rejected me, as I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Little Spark of Madness
It's hard to know where to begin this post. I've written, deleted, and rewritten the opening line dozens of times, and the clock has not yet struck 6am. I didn't want this post to be about me - it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
There's a New Threat in Canada (and it ain't immigrants)
I've never been one to surround myself with yes-men. I like conflict, I like debate, I like being exposed to views I might not consider on my own. I'm happy to have friends with completely different...
View ArticleOn Outrage and Moral Decay
In the immediate wake of America's recent Supreme Court decision, my Facebook news feed featured little else than various takes on the story. Most people were celebrating and congratulating. Some were...
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