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The Olympics Anti-Trans Policy Is Really about Policing Women
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (581+ words) The new International Olympic Committee (IOC) policy targeting trans women at the Olympics will force high-level trans athletes out of competition. That is its simple, stated intention. It also marks a massive rollback for fairness, equality, and access in women's…...
All That Glitters Is Not Snow: How Ski Resorts Are Replicating Reality
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (499+ words) Over the past six years, I've lived in three towns that revolve around winter sports: Collingwood, Ontario, and its Blue Mountain Resort; Val-Morin in Quebec's Laurentian Mountains, with nearby Sommet Saint-Sauveur resort; and Bromont, Quebec, with its montagne d'exp'riences. One…...
He Was a Legendary Newsroom Colleague. Turned Out He Had a Secret Past
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1400+ words) The call to adventure came from a stranger in July 2020. It was a regular day in that plague year. Amid the mix of work emails came one from an address I didn't know but with a subject line that immediately…...
The Queer History Behind the Heated Rivalry Soundtrack
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (157+ words) Indie rock, like so many scenes before it, was built by queers and provided refuge for all who come to it seeking the truth of themselves. To wonder at indie rock's place in queer love stories is to wonder at…...
Heated Rivalry Proves Hockey Has Basically Always Been Gay
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (308+ words) Rachel Reid is enjoying levels of success most Canadian writers only dream of'all because she was brave enough to ask, "What if Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin were in love? And have been having passionate sex throughout the entirety of…...
Just How Big Is Heated Rivalry? Really Big
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (437+ words) Heated Rivalry isn't only making waves in Canada. More than 10.6 million people have streamed the show on HBO Max, its American distributor. "I'll Believe in Anything" soundtracks one of the show's most pivotal romantic moments. Wolf Parade released this song…...
The Sexy, Soaring, and Utterly Unstoppable Heated Rivalry
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (23+ words) The Sexy, Soaring, and Utterly Unstoppable Heated Rivalry'The Walrus The hockey romance is the perfect lens through which to view " pretty much everything...
The US Is Trying to Annex the Ultra-Canadian Heated Rivalry
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (259+ words) The only prominent piece to acknowledge this chain of production and distribution at the time was a profile in GQ. Paying lip service to the show's Canadian bona fides in a condescending tone, the article describes HBO's chairman and chief…...
Heated Rivalry Is Millennial Optimism Porn
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (227+ words) The year is 2008. The banks are failing, a confident ingenue named Lady Gaga is taking over pop radio, and Barack Obama is riding a wave of hope to the American presidency. And, in director Jacob Tierney's world, a teenage Shane…...
Quebec’s Olympic Hockey Heartbreak
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (765+ words) In a few days, when the Canadian men's hockey Olympic team laces up their skates for their first game at the Milan'Cortina Games, there'll be someone missing: Quebec players. The province has traditionally supplied an average of four Quebec-born players…...