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Thursday, August 21, 2014

Food banks, nutrition, Kraft Dinner and the social safety net

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I've been seeing a few posts going around about an Ottawa area food bank, the Parkdale Food Centre, and their recent policy change where...
Saturday, July 26, 2014

Body acceptance and 'unacceptable' bodies.

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Before I start, I just want to point out that societal standards and the idea that there are acceptable bodies and unacceptable bodies are b...
Saturday, July 19, 2014

I don't know cars but I can read an invoice, or, Why I Won't go to Pro Oil Change again

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I'm really starting to wonder how I keep running into service companies that don't seem to understand that if you give someone a pri...
Thursday, July 10, 2014

Whatcha got in that bag, Lady?

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My co-workers crack me up sometimes. This conversation happened this afternoon. My co-worker who we will call CA (because no one will fi...
Monday, July 7, 2014

The continuing saga of the so-called penis table

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I have what some may call irrational and so may call perfectly rational hatred for MDF (also known as chip board) furniture.  I have a shit ...
Saturday, June 21, 2014

Personal Opinions vs. Prescriptiveness (NSFW)

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

This is why I hated "She's All That"

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Tumblr user Justplainsomething posited an interesting question recently: Why do we see a story where a guy falls for an “ordinary” girl ...
Saturday, May 24, 2014

Entitlement to Women's Bodies at its Most Horrifying.

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Trigger Warning: Extreme Violence, Misogyny Last night, a 22 year old man named Elliot Rodger allegedly opened fire on a small community n...
Thursday, May 22, 2014

This is Triskadecaphobia.

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To My Daughter On Her Thirteenth Birthday, Bear with your mother for a moment.  As you probably already know, being my child and all, I ha...
Thursday, May 15, 2014

Conversations with my kid: Know Your Fandom

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A few years ago I took the girls to the Toronto FanExpo.  T spots a guy dressed as David Tennant. T: Mommy, look! It's Mr. Bean! M...