A Twitter tipping point: time for sexual assault burden to shift to men
Anne Kingston: It’s becoming clear that the way we talk about sexual assault diverts attention from the assailants—as if no one’s committing the offence
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Anne Kingston
Senior Writer and Columnist Anne Kingston covers contemporary culture—everything from medical politics to the politics of food. She is the author of ’The Meaning of Wife: A Provocative Look at Women and Marriage in the 21st Century’ and ’The Edible Man: Dave Nichol, President’s Choice and the Making of Popular Taste.’ Find her at anne.kingston@macleans.rogers.com.
A crash course in how the feds could improve gender equality
Anne Kingston: The real lessons in a ranking of best cities for women: that the gender gap persists across Canada—and the solutions are staring us in the face
Inside the ’progressive’ think tank that really runs Canada
How a small think tank called Canada 2020 gave rise to Justin Trudeau and became the country’s new nexus of power
Harvey Weinstein and the theatre of victim blaming
Anne Kingston: Foisting responsibility on the accusers deflects attention from the systems that protected—and continue to protect—Weinstein
Hurricane Harvey Weinstein rips through his support system
Allies flee as the Hollywood mogul stage manages his biggest production yet — one in which he has the central role.
When Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama came to Toronto
In the span of 24 hours, Clinton and Obama delivered speeches to paying crowds in Toronto. Here’s how the two events compared.
Why meteorologists keep putting themselves at the eye of the storm
Anne Kingston: It’s human instinct to turn to figureheads in times of crises. As the storms rage, action-figure scientists are filling the void
’You’ve got to hand it to Trump,’ and other quotes from Hillary Clinton’s book
A selection of the best barbs, laments, zingers and warnings in ’What Happened’
No, Hillary Clinton should not ’Shut the F--k Up and Go Away’
Anne Kingston: Clinton’s new book shows she emphatically refuses to do so—and might be her most important political legacy.
Women in the real world, not Angelina Jolie, give meaning to summit
Anne Kingston: Marquee names at Women in the World do what host Tina Brown’s celebrity magazine covers once did: make you buy the issue so you’ll read the more interesting stories inside