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He’s Just Not That Into You is trash

REVIEW | He’s Just Not That Into You, 2004. New self-help guide is sexist and condescending in the extreme. DATING | Oprah isn’t always right. Don’t get me wrong, I love the show. I even ...

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Is Rock Paper Scissors a sport?

CULTURE | Toronto to host world championships in this ‘serious’ sport. Despite the fact that I eat tacos for dinner three nights a week and think sweat pants are for watching television, in a ...

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Paris Hilton’s Confessions almost witty

BOOKS | Headline-making heiress reveals no insight, debunks no myths, rebuts no scandals. Paris Hilton is making headlines again. (Don’t get your hopes up – it’s not another sex tape.) The ...

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RENT is the best musical ever (according to this Renthead)

CULTURE | Rent is the best musical (ever, IMHO). Rent isn’t Les Mis. It isn’t Phantom. It isn’t even Cats. There are no falling chandeliers, no helicopters, no big fur suits. There’s barely even ...

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Play dressup with virtual paper dolls

VIRTUAL STYLE | Online, paper dolls are having a high-fashion moment It’s hip to be square. It’s trendy to be untrendy. Or retro. Whatever you want to call it, at the moment, there’s no avoiding ...

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Canada and Shania Twain

CULTURE | Canada and Shania Twain. There’s just something embarrassing about her. Something that goes beyond her country roots and big-hair days. Shania Twain produced the most successful female ...

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Cats in movies (the Vancouver Sun apparently loves them)

CULTURE | 2018: I am so deeply ashamed of this piece and pieces like it. What the fuck was I even talking about in this anti-feminist monstrosity of a listicle? The fatphobia is out of ...