Deep Green Resistance
Deep Green Resistance is a pro-woman, social-justice environmental organization. As radicals, we hold a class analysis on injustice, and we are fighting enmeshed systems of oppression. Industrial ecocide & misogyny…
Margaret Atwood
Recycling Margaret Atwood, Rob Ford, Doug Ford and the library slugfest of 2011
Margaret Atwood on our picket line at the Calgary Herald, circa 1999, shortly before severely reprimanding your blogger. Below: A reflective Ms. Atwood signing a book in Edmonton last night,…
Trailer for Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Movie
Here’s the trailer for MaddAddam, the much-anticipated film based on the final novel in Margaret Atwood’s dystopian trilogy. The post Trailer for Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Movie appeared first on The…
Prominent Canadians want Victoria Day renamed to honour Aboriginals
From Victoria Day to ‘Victoria and First People’s Day’. How does that sound? Prolific author Margaret Atwood, Green Party leader Elizabeth May, actor Gordon Pinsent and other prominent Canadians are…
Rappin’ with Atwood and Moore
My Twitter feed has been fun the last few days, including an exchange with one of my favorite authors, and a literary legend. I was also surprised to discover that…
S.E.C.R.E.T: Canada’s Answer to Fifty Shades of Grey
by Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive, Feb. 6, 2013: Last year, a still-unpublished erotic Canadian novel created quite a stir at the prestigious Frankfurt Book Fair. The Toronto Star…
Future Fantasy: Technology and Communication
This morning I was driving through the rain as I listened to CBC radio. I was relaxed after a hard workout at the gym – always a great state for…
‘Payback’: A Doc Inspired by Margaret Atwood’s Book
Canadian writer Margaret Atwood’s book, “Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth”, is the basis for this riveting doc by filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal.
An Open Letter about Rob Ford to the City of Toronto, from the Rest of Canada
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, a political figure so big he has his own gravitational field! Toronto politicians may not appear exactly as illustrated. Dear Toronto: It’s time we had a…
The 2011 “You Go Girl!” Awards. Presented by: The Equivocator
Context: I don’t like to think of this blog as existing in a vacuum. You may not be aware of it but I am also an avid user of the…
My Memories of the Literary Triumverate
When I was a teenager, 3 great literary icons were coming into prominence, all of them women writers: Margaret Laurence, Alice Munro and Margaret Atwood. Of these Margaret Laurence was…
BREAKING. Fox News North quotes Margaret Atwood: “Libaries (sic) cause cancer”
Well, not the real Sun News Network. But 22 Minutes’ Geri Hall does a bang-on impression of a Krista Erickson Fox News North type host ‘quizzing’ Margaret Atwood. It goes…
BREAKING. Fox News North quotes Margaret Atwood: "Liberries cause cancer"
Well, not the real Sun News Network. But 22 Minutes' Geri Hall does a bang-on impression of a Krista Erickson Fox News North type host 'quizzing' Margaret Atwood. It goes…
Taxpayers Versus Citizens
It probably doesn't take a genius to understand the basic philosophical and fiscal difference between the moderate and the right-wing is that the moderate recognizes the needs of the collective,…
Where does he live – in a hole somewhere? Norman Jewison on Doug Ford
Toronto News: Norman Jewison wades into Ford-Atwood spat - thestar.comExcerpt:Acclaimed Canadian director Norman Jewison says he was “shocked” by Doug Ford’s dismissive comments on Margaret Atwood, accusing the city councillor…
Hamilton’s Vindication?
While long regarded as something of a provincial backwater vis-a-vis its 'world-class' cousin 70 kilometres down the highway, the City of Hamilton is surely feeling a measure of cultural vindication…
Jane Taber’s one-sided column unleashes Dean Del Mastro on Margaret Atwood
In a column worthy of her nickname ‘Tory Taber’, the Globe writer gives all kinds of space to the Con spokesperson to insult and lie about Margaret Atwood. Only one…
Jane Taber’s one-sided column unleashes Dean Del Mastro on Margaret Atwood
In a column worthy of her nickname 'Tory Taber', the Globe writer gives all kinds of space to the Con spokesperson to insult and lie about Margaret Atwood. Only one…
Welcome to Rob Ford’s Toronto
Although there certainly wasn't a lot of merriment around the gravy fountain at my election night party last October, the one consolation I took from Rob Ford's victory was that…