Solidarity - Table of Contents

An original poem by Shawn Roske. My beloved in her busy form fights for her cause, she the converted, a social lover, dutiful and generous, and my heart longs to support her revolution, with he...

Christopher Moore's Bite Me: A Love Story is a welcome diversion in a genre in need of resuscitation. The City of San Francisco is being stalked by a huge shaved vampyre cat named Chet, and only ...

The literary inspiration behind a journey across Eastern Canada. "There must be a place different from this. The whole world can't be the same. But what if it turned out to be?" - Charles Ritch...

(Cult)ure writers confess to the worst movies they've watched just for a glimpse of a crush. We've all been there: innocently watching a movie or TV show when ding-dong! Sex on legs rolls in. So ...

A decidedly Montréalais tale of teenage rebellion. In the last few months, there have been plenty of movies at the cineplex featuring one of Canada's great cities masquerading as one of the U...

Reviews featuring Broken Social Scene, Goldfrapp, Hole, U2, and The Wind Up Radio Sessions. Album Reviews Goldfrapp -- Head First Right from the first track, lead single "Rocket," you know th...

On the thirty year anniversary of Ian Curtis' death, Mike Cullen examines the impact of Joy Division. Thirty years ago on this day, the lead singer of a post-punk band committed suicide by han...

The end of The Beatles' career marked a significant change in the way music was produced and consumed. 40 years later, Mike Peters takes a look at how their music changed the industry. Most of u...

Sue Sylvester is only the latest in a long line of stellar comedic performances by the great Jane Lynch. Jane Lynch is an incredibly gifted comedic actress, and I think we all need to watch a...

Art: Nina Charest Dear Miss Smartypants, So I made this New Year's resolution to start eating healthier or at least eat my own lunches instead of eating out so much. So far, I've done a pret...

Art: Nina Charest Dear Miss Smartypants, So, you know how people think it's really rude to be all, "Not my job"? What if it's really not my job? I'm a receptionist at a big company, which pr...

Art: Nina Charest Dear Miss Smartypants, My work is very cyclical in terms of busy periods and less busy ones. The less busy ones I can handle, but the busy ones can get really out of contro...

Dear Miss Smartypants, What do you do about texts from numbers you don't recognize? I just got a text asking me how it's going, and I have no idea who it's from. Whoever it is got my name and cit...

Dear Miss Smartypants, I recently went on vacation for two weeks, so I asked a friend to look in on my place while I am away. I don't have a pet, so it was pretty banal stuff: bring the mail in ...

Adam J. Smith hopes that some of the self-sufficiency of Beijing's hutongs is revitalized as China and the rest of the world deal with expanding modernization. I take the escalator out from Bei...

Bring your friends, your family, your purses, and your insecurities: it's time for the National Women's Show! It's that time of year. Yes, we hear about it on the radio, get that coupon in our in...

U by Kotex ads are changing the way we look at tampon ads, but what about the other issues surrounding the feminine hygiene industry? Kotex recently came out with a new brand of products: U by K...

The Art Studio for People Living with Mental Illness provides solidarity and a safe haven for artists to pursue their creative interests. Dahlia Liwsze attended its open house on Thursday, April 22nd ...

An intercontinental movement of grandmothers is mobilizing to provide life-saving HIV/AIDS medicines to Africa. Over the past four years, an extraordinary movement has been growing amon...