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something something canada
Feminism
Lindsey Palka on the dearth of Canadian high schools that are named after women. (The Queen and Mary, Mother of Jesus notwithstanding.)
Feminism
A thrilling tale of one woman's attempt to successfully troll 1960s Canadian men into thinking they'll all be given forced vasectomies.
Books
Lindsey Palka on "Rilla of Ingleside" and the Canadian WWI homefront.
Television
A searching moral inventory of the Canadian children's classic television program, "The Littlest Hobo."
Television
Erica Ruth Kelly, on how logical inconsistencies in childhood TV shows set her up for adult failure.
Books
An exhaustive guide to every Canadian novel ever written.
Advice
Nicole Cliffe has gained access to a list of government-approved plotlines for Canadian pornography.
Advice
Nicole and Mallory, drawing on their own, rich friendship, provide a roadmap to Canadian anger and passive-aggression.
Personal Stories
The Toast's gossip column serves up some juicy blind items from Hastings County, Ontario.
Perfidy and Wretched Villainy
The rich pageantry of Canada's weird and lovely flags. Spoiler: there are lots of lions on them.
Heroes
If you do not know who Paul Gross is, or do not wish to celebrate him, go away. We are not catering to your ignorance.
Books
Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite on what reading the YA novels of Kit Pearson taught her about being Canadian.
Politics
Alexandra Davis discusses the closing of the only abortion clinic in New Brunswick, Canada, and what it means for women.
History
Lindsey Palka, on the hundreds of young women, known as "Filles du Roi," who traveled to New France to marry and make difficult new lives for themselves.
Books
Forrest Barnum delivers the sexy treatise on Canadian political novels you never knew your heart was longing for.