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.

News

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

Society

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?

Society

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

Society

Of lisps and linguistics: The power of the gay voice

A filmmaker examines the mysterious origin of the "gay voice"

Society

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

Life

Is it any wonder we don’t report?

A lot needs to change in the criminal justice system before more women come forward

Canada

Sex, lies, and the CBC

The sordid scandal that’s engulfed Jian Ghomeshi is a stark glimpse into web justice

Actress Amanda Bynes arrives for a court hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York

Culture

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?

Canada

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

Society

Can we talk? Sports is still a man’s world.

Emma Teitel on professional sports’ latest sexist follies

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