Tsk-tsking the ‘spinster’ has got to stop
Celebrity popular culture simply cannot accept the notion that a famous and beautiful woman is happily unmarried
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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.
Ye olde separatists
Efforts to forge a national team to compete in medieval tournaments meet resistance in Quebec
Prime-time lesbians are too hot for TV
Emma Teitel explains why not everyone is happy with girl-on-girl-induced ratings
The arms race no one is talking about
Gun control isn’t about fulfilling a utopian fantasy, an all-or-none sum game. It’s about harm reduction.
The boy in the burka
Sun News dressed a minor in a burka and sent him to the liquor store, for some reason.
Rolex and Federer: Perfect timing
Minutes after the tennis star’s Wimbledon win, ads were out
Sarah Silverman, political prostitute
Last election, the comedian rallied Jews in Florida to vote for Obama. This time, she’s got an indecent proposal on the table
Saudi cabinet minister caught without her niqab
But the country’s highest-ranking female official insists she always wears it
The world is going to the dogs
Forget about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Just treat us all like dogs.
Are you gay? Prove it.
Convincing an immigration officer of one’s sexuality may be a challenge for would-be refugee claimants.