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When she visited eastern Congo for the first time, Lisa Shannon set out to spark a movement. The former owner of a photo production company wanted to make a documentary on the lives of women in this war zone, hoping it would bring attention to a situation that receives little media coverage.
But near the end of [...]
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Are we here because we think pole dancing is sexy, or because men think pole dancing is sexy?
“You are beautiful and sexy,” Mizz Phil says to all of us in a slow, curvy drawl, “and we’re going to have some fun today.” I know it’s part of her job to say something like that, but [...]
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In 1941, DC Comics unleashed Wonder Woman onto its pages. The Golden Age of comics had never seen anything like her: A chain-breaking, bullet-defying Amazonian with luscious, black, curls and formidable thighs.
“What’s an angel?” she asks the beefcakey, ineffectual Captain Trevor, whose life she’s always saving. “I’d rather be a woman.”
Outside the comic pages, however, [...]
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When people find out I went to an all girls school from grade one through grade 12, they often look at me with surprise.
“REALLY???” they ask, their eyes wide.
“Yeah, I did,” I say, matter-of-factly. “Why?” I ask.
But I already know the answer. I’ve heard it before. There are several variations on what’s ultimately, [...]
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Cupcakes and dating. Biscotti and breakups. Cheesecake and kisses.
They may seem like odd pairs, but Erin Bolger knows just how well they go together.
She self-published a cookbook, The Happy Baker: A Dater’s Guide to Emotional Baking, which is full of recipes and her own illustrated dating stories.
Its release, through Chapters, met rave [...]
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