Justin Trudeau’s ’Just watch me!’ moment
Anne Kingston: The PM reframed his ethics violation as a civic virtue—this government will protect jobs, even if lines need to be crossed.
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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.
Maryam Monsef on the violence against women and girls crisis
The minister talks to Anne Kingston about the Liberals’ second annual report card on the gender-based violence strategy, and what still needs to be done
The debate over the Al Franken case reveals #MeToo’s touchy divide
Anne Kingston: We’re watching the emergence of a dangerous ’bad-enough-to-report’ threshold before women (or men) should be taken seriously
I watched Unplanned so you don’t have to
Anne Kingston: Watching an American evangelical movie is now part of covering Canadian politics. Let that sink in.
The ’Ivanka Show’—and Canada’s role in it
Anne Kingston: Canada can take a bow for enabling the president’s daughter’s rise under the vague, feel-good mantle of ’women’s empowerment.’
Trump’s bad, sad Independence Day showmanship
Anne Kingston: And we’re about to relive the Inauguration attendance lies again, too.
Latest Trump rape accusation implicates America
Anne Kingston: Flagrant disrespect for women and violation of their bodies in plain sight on the campaign trail offered a preview of the president’s plans for a nation
The missing outrage from Canada’s political leaders on U.S. child ’torture facilities’
Anne Kingston: Maclean’s contacted the Canadian government and political party leaders to request statements on the U.S. incarceration of children. Answers ranged from indignation to silence.
The strange lesson 1930s shoes have to teach us about the soul of now
Anne Kingston: The Bata Shoe Museum’s newest exhibit reminds us of the human ability to create amid deprivation and turmoil
The world is broken—and human kindness is the only solution
From politics to health care to economics, a rising movement is calling for compassion as a remedy for systems on the brink