Joe Oliver and the uncool tyranny of the Old Boy Elite
Old Boys still wield power. But as proven by the Finance Minister’s kiboshed Q&A at the Cambridge Club, it’s easy to lampoon.
Emma Teitel
Emma Teitel is a National Magazine Award-winning columnist who writes frequently about women’s issues and popular culture. She gets a lot of hate mail, mostly from Burnaby, British Columbia.
Ottawa
Science
Steve Silberman on autism and ’neurodiversity’
A Q&A with an author about neurodiversity: the radically humane idea that people process the world in different ways, and there’s nothing wrong with that
Life
A line in the sand for on-the-job harrassment
Emma Teitel on a CBC reporter’s response to an unwanted kiss, and why it isn’t a case of political correctness run rampant
Society
The real lesson from Uber: Don’t be a jerk
Emma Teitel on what happens when a business rates its customers
World
Emma Teitel’s advice for gropers, and also pro football teams
The big ethical blind spot in defences of the Washington Redskins’ name is the fact that pride is nothing compared to pain
Society
This column is guaranteed 100% gay
Emma Teitel on why America’s Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage is still important in Canada—and to her, personally
Society
Here’s the thing about free speech: It’s not absolute.
The misconception that freedom of speech is absolute is most prevalent on the Internet, writes Emma Teitel
Movies
How ’Inside Out’ turns kids’ movies on their head
Friendship in the face of evil is the key to most children’s films. But Pixar’s ’Inside Out’ ignores the formula—to huge success
Society
Go ahead. ’Go gay’ for Ruby Rose.
The mania for Ruby Rose on ’Orange Is the New Black’ has sparked an odd backlash, writes Emma Teitel