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Why Canada Day Isn’t Worth Celebrating (& Never Has Been)

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Zola Wades Deep Into The Mess & Manipulation Of An Interracial Friendship

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Everything Leaving Netflix Canada In July

Derek Chauvin Sentenced To 22.5 Years In Prison For Murdering Geo...

Derek Chauvin, who was found guilty in April of murdering George Floyd by kneeling on Floyd’s neck for over 9 minutes, was sentenced to 22-and-a-half

by Danielle Campoamor

What Canada’s Looser Travel Restrictions Mean For Your Summ...

It felt like we’d never get here, but slowly but surely, life is inching back towards some semblance of pre-COVID life. The latest indicator that we’re

by Katherine Singh

How Instagram Influencers Are Changing The Conversation Around Ch...

A few hours after giving birth to her second child, fashion blogger DeDe Raad posted a series of Instagram stories from the bathroom of her hospital room,

by Hope Corrigan

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Katie Holmes’ Summer Dress Is On-Trend & It’s Still A...

Gingham has long been the unofficial print of the summer. So it comes as no surprise that Katie Holmes, who is always on-trend, stepped out donning the sty

by Frances Solá-Sant...

If We Want Black Liberation, We Need Global Solidarity Now

In 1964, after Malcolm X returned from the Palestinian territory of Gaza, he delivered a speech at a rally sponsored by the Organization for African-Americ

by Cherrell Brown

Miley Cyrus’ Ex & The Hills Star Kaitlynn Carter Is ...

Miley Cyrus’ reality star ex-girlfriend is going to be a mom. Kaitlynn Carter is pregnant with her first child and took to Instagram to make it offic

by Shannon Carlin

Rita Moreno Is “Disappointed” By Her Initial Reaction...

Updated June 17, 2021: Rita Moreno is walking back her controversial response to the In the Heights backlash and apologizing — sort of. Just one day afte

by Ineye Komonibo

Choosing Everything: Why Queerness Is Freedom To Me

First, I want to give thanks to all the queer people who didn’t have the luxury of being offered opportunities to write essays about their queerness, and

by Rebecca Woolf

The Best Part Of Pride Is Making Fun Of Rainbow Capitalism

Every June, queer people across the internet — especially on Twitter and, more recently, TikTok — engage in an important Pride tradition: dunking on th

by Michelle Santiago...

Chrissy Teigen Addresses Past Cyberbullying: “I Was A Troll...

Chrissy Teigen has returned to the internet after a brief hiatus, sharing a long letter to the public that addresses her documented history of cyberbullyin

by Ineye Komonibo

Hot and Bothered

This Playlist Will Leave You Feeling Hot & Bothered

We’re days away from the Summer Solstice, which means the thick of summer is nigh; and you know what that means: It’s about to get sticky and steamy. Y

by Katherine Singh

In The Wellness World, Sasha Exeter Has Felt Guilty & Alone. Now ...

Don’t call Sasha Exeter an influencer. Sure, she’s got 148,000 Instagram followers, her feed is saturated with carefully curated aspirational images, a

by Kathleen Newman-B...

Canadians Remember The Muslim Family Killed In London, ON Terrori...

The line outside London Muslim Mosque on June 8 was thousands of people long, trailing down the southwestern Ontario city’s Oxford Street. But people wer

by Katherine Singh

This Savage x Fenty Model Is An Expert In Styling String Bikinis ...

Here’s Where Canadians Can Watch We Are Lady Parts

Tina Fey gave us her take on the typical girl group with her recently premiered show Girls5eva. Now, We Are Lady Parts is here to disrupt any preconceived

by Katherine Singh

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The MMIWG Action Plan Is Finally Here — But How Does It Stack Up?

Two years after violence against Indigenous women and girls in Canada was declared a genocide in the final report from the National Inquiry into Missing an

by Katherine Singh

It’s Time Settlers Own Up To Canada’s Mistreatment of Indigenous ...

Content warning: This story contains details about Indian Residential Schools some readers may find distressing. On Tuesday night, I took my partner, and a

Why We Need To Stop Labelling Asian-Latinx Food As “Fusion”

I’m Japanese & Uruguayan, and here's why the term "fusion" obscures the culinary stories of Asian and Latinx communities.

by Niki Nakazawa

Naomi Osaka Withdraws From French Open: “I Never Wanted To Be A D...

Update: On Monday, Naomi Osaka announced that she was withdrawing from this year’s French Open after being fined for refusing to speak