Toxic Masculinity and the Gillette Controversy
Toxic masculinity is one of the greatest curses of humanity. It turns gentle boys into beasts and bullies.It demeans women, and kills them in horrifying numbers. It drives men to…
misogyny
The Invasion of the Con Hate Mongers
It's the nightmare that should be keeping us awake at night. The real nightmare at the border.Not the asylum seekers who are harmless, but the sinister right-wingers of America, whose…
Andrew Scheer and the Mad Max Bernier Effect
I think it's safe to say that Andrew Scheer is not the man he used to be. His creepy smile has been replaced by a werewolf snarl.He's angry, he's desperate,…
The Day Donald Trump Was Exposed As A Sham
It had to be one of Donald Trump's worst days as President. For the hits just kept on coming. Boom. Boom. Boom.Each one hit him like a cruise missile, left…
Why Brett Kavanaugh Was Not Believable
I didn't get to watch much of the U.S. Senate hearing where Christine Blasey Ford testified that Brett Kavanagh once sexually assaulted her.And Kavanagh screamed that the assault never happened,…
Doug Ford and the Rise of the Beastly Bigots
You don't see or hear much from Doug Ford these days. The Team Harper gang who are running his campaign are clearly planning to muzzle their monkey.And turn his bus…
Who is Jordan Peterson and Why Should I Care?
I’ve heard the name. He’s some professor from Toronto. But apparently he’s a big deal, enough so that Foreign Policy thinks he’s some sort of latter day Pied Piper luring…
It’s No Wonder They’re Pals.
Donald Trump and Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, seem to like each other – a lot. Trump just has a baked-in fondness for his fellow despots. They’re like peas in a…
Andrew Scheer’s Losing War on Justin Trudeau
As you all know I'm sure, Andrew Scheer has been having a terrible week, and you can see the desperation in his face.Even the Con media is getting tired of…
Andrew Scheer and the Con’s Alt Right Candidate
One week ago, I wrote about how Andrew Scheer had given his blessing to a certain candidate in a by-election to replace Rona Ambrose.Even though that candidate, Dane Lloyd, was…
International Women’s Day: yes, we still need to protest this shit
On International Women’s Day 2017, we still need to “protest this shit” because, for example, Donald Trump got elected president of the US and he “endorses positions of feminine passivity…
Maxime Bernier and the Red Pill Road To Ruin
For most of the Con leadership campaign, Maxime Bernier was the happy warrior or the happy biker.Roaring down the highway selling extreme libertarianism instead of racism and bigotry like many…
Maxime Bernier and the Red Pill Road To Ruin
For most of the Con leadership campaign, Maxime Bernier was the happy warrior or the happy biker.Roaring down the highway selling extreme libertarianism instead of racism and bigotry like many…
Appalled maybe, but no one should be surprised by the ugly threats against Rachel Notley
PHOTOS: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley. She has been threatened more than any other Alberta premier, and she reacts with aplomb. Below: British politician Jo Cox, murdered last year by a…
The Women’s Marches and the I Can’t Keep Quiet Song
I can't remember a more inspiring sight than the sight of all those millions of women and their supporters marching in Washington and all over the world.Or one that cheered…
Goodbye yellow brick road. Hello Mordor.
Very soon, a racist, classless and misogynist piece of trash moves into to the White House. Be above this swamp rat, American friends. You are better than him and his…
Will Trump Embolden Bigots in Canada?
Yesterday we read Kinsella’s post about a white power, Alt.Right handbill posted in his neighbourhood. Today we have an account from CBC Ottawa of a woman, Anna Maranta, a rabbi…
What happens in the US doesn’t stay in the US
The question of what America’s progressives are going to do next is a complex one. There are many US analysts attempting to dissect the bloated carcass of the 2016 election…
Donald Trump and the Women Who Brought Him Down
With only fifteen days to go before the U.S. election, if we were on a plane this would be about the time when the pilot announces "we're now on final…