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.

Movies

The real shocker of ‘Fifty Shades’

Never in cinematic romance has there been a leading man so utterly humourless, writes Emma Teitel

Society

In praise of Bubbie Shoshie

For my Bubbie, news of my gayness wasn’t cause for celebration. It was an afterthought.

Life

In the Dawg house at Dalhousie

At the heart of the university’s latest controversy: free speech and a popular hotdog vendor called the Dawgfather

Canada

Who is the Dalhousie whistle-blower?

’To see something so targeted and violent and hateful against someone that you care about…that’s not me’

Society

Passive, aggressive and pissed off: Our culture of perpetual outrage

Because history is doomed to repeat itself, we can expect 2015 to offer up more moronic expressions of outrage, writes Emma Teitel.

Society

Why Iggy Azalea can’t get any respect

Critics who call Iggy Azalea a white poser reveal hip hop’s strange conservatism

Society

How Gwyneth Paltrow’s ‘Goop’ is duping us

A Canadian scientist tests some celebrity-endorsed fads and finds them wanting

Society

When restorative justice isn’t enough

Emma Teitel on the Dalhousie dentistry students and misogyny at her alma mater

Society

Bully for you, free expression for me

Being an online bully is just as easy today as it was 10 years ago, but it’s harder to get away with it, writes Emma Teitel

Books

A gay utopia in Weimar-era Berlin: Book review

Author Robert Beachy explores Berlin’s gay culture and sexually liberal history

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