Unholy unions: The strangest mergers of 2014
From U2 and Apple to Tim Hortons and Burger King, a roundup of the year’s most unusual pairings
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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.
Boomers: Do as I say, not as I did
On Jan. 1, smoking will no longer be permitted on restaurant and bar patios in Ontario. Emma Teitel asks: why not ban porn and poutine, instead?
Is pickup artist Julien Blanc a threat to women?
The call to keep a pickup artist out of Canada stokes flames feminists want to extinguish
Of lisps and linguistics: The power of the gay voice
A filmmaker examines the mysterious origin of the "gay voice"
Pumpkin-spice lattes? Uggs? You might be a ‘basic bitch’
Rather than feel ashamed for embracing mainstream culture, today’s basic bitch is proud of her willingness to conform
Is it any wonder we don’t report?
A lot needs to change in the criminal justice system before more women come forward
Sex, lies, and the CBC
The sordid scandal that’s engulfed Jian Ghomeshi is a stark glimpse into web justice
Amanda Bynes and the double standard of mental illness
When Robin Williams died, we promised to tackle the stigma of mental illness. So why do we mock Amanda Bynes?
What other legislatures are doing in the wake of the Ottawa shootings
Provincial and municipal governments step up security in response to shots fired in Ottawa
Can we talk? Sports is still a man’s world.
Emma Teitel on professional sports’ latest sexist follies