Ability’s Muse: The right to love

It may not be something we think of often, if at all. The right to love can be assumed as a right we all are given: it’s so inherent why would anyone even question an individual’s right to love, be loved, or have children? When someone is denied their right to express their sexuality, they […]

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Local, Live, and Loud: January 23rd – February 4th

Thursday, January 24 Dean Brody, Small Town Pistols McPherson Playhouse, $29.50, 8 pm We live near a gun range. The family likes to go for walks through the forest trails, one of which puts us directly behind any number of different weapons banging and powing at targets behind a fenced perimeter. A week ago we […]

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Speaker’s Corner: Huh? What’d you say?

According to the website Skills You Need, listening is the ability to accurately receive messages in the communication process. If we accept that listening involves receiving, then we can accept that listening involves the brain. When we are listening to someone speak, their wordsŃas well as gestures, body odour, accent, etc.Ńgo in through our senses, […]

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In Search of Lost Time: Defining identity

Since the early 20th century, scientists have been seeking explanations to pathologize gender and sexuality, but only those identities deemed deviant. There’s been no search for the heterosexual gene or the cisgender neurons in the brain. I will certainly advocate against such definitions as defined by science to essentialize difference to biology. I won’t discount […]

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Noms!: In review: Sushi Matsuri

Sushi Matsuri (239 Menzies Street) is a small little restaurant. When I say small, I mean SMALL. There’s about eight tables, none of which seat more than four. While it wouldn’t do for a large dinner party, it was quite well laid out, making careful use of the little space it had. I actually quite […]

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Sour Grapes: The modern caveman

You’re all set. You’ve scrounged the internet for recipes and braved the darkest corners of the health food store. You’ve whipped up a gourmet meal, without meat, without dairy, without even a hint of gluten, that’s sure to please every one of your guests. You’ve got this dinner party under control. But wait. What you […]

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A message from the Camosun College student society: No longer idle

ic Native Students’ Union invite you to attend our march to the Legislature on Saturday, January 26. This youth-led event is part of the ever-growing Idle No More movement that demands the federal government respect the treaty and human rights of First Nations in the land we now call Canada. Idle No More has become […]

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Book looks at home in BC

What is home? Home Truths (Harbour Publishing), an anthology of writings from scholarly journal BC Studies, explores that question with a BC focus that will prove fascinating to anyone interested in the history of our province. And even if you don’t think you are that interested in British Columbian history, you probably are. Still don’t […]

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New Music Revue: January 23, 2013 issue

Renny Wilson Sugarglider (Mint Records) 2/5 Sugarglider harkens back to a day when men pointed at disco balls with a sultry look in their eyesÉ but it never makes me feel like visiting that era. There’s an otherworldly, almost underwater, funk to many of the tracks on this Edmontonian’s freshman full-length album, but it leaves […]

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Speaking in Tongues makes audiences work to find truth

Although it is easier and easier to access information as technology develops, it is increasingly difficult to find reliable information. The play Speaking in Tongues is, essentially, about the truth: how we understand the truth, and how we persuade others to believe our own truth. “Truth is very subjective. What is true to you may […]

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