My grandfather would have shot me: Book review
Author Jennifer Teege’s message—that dark secrets shed their toxic power when we share them—is an important one
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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.
The risky state of becoming trans in public
Society has become more accepting on trans rights. But for people about to transition? That’s another story.
The downside of our new belief in belief
Today, few publicly disbelieve women who alleged rape. But our new progressive culture has downsides too, writes Emma Teitel.
Could the Internet have actually saved Monica Lewinsky?
Emma Teitel on why the ’patient zero of online shaming’ may actually have found salvation in the evolution of the web
The Angelina Jolie effect is back. And that’s a good thing.
Jenny McCarthy and Gwyneth Paltrow prove celebrity health endorsements can be double-edged. Emma Teitel on why Jolie’s latest op-ed worked.
Green Lantern: Myth or man?
Superhero mythologies are so powerful that they can survive anything—so we should open them up to change
In Canada, no nudes is good nudes
A new exhibit exposes our squeamishness about nakedness in art
How to make sex unsexy: Teach it
Progressive sex ed may not just be a victory for public health, but for abstinence
Patricia Arquette and the tyranny of good intentions
Patricia Arquette is not Gloria Steinem or Sheryl Sandberg. She is an actress. That is all.
What exactly are we learning from The Learning Channel?
How a network started by NASA went super low-brow and became one of our most influential cultural voices