Come out to ‘Suburbs vs Downtown: the 416, the 905, and race and ethnicity’
Posted by Jef in Politics, Race, Toronto on 19. Sep, 2011 | 0 Comments
As you may have heard, there’s a heated war going on between the GTA’s downtowners and suburbanites. Or maybe there’s not. Who can say? You can – we’d like to invite you to a very, very informal talk session about the 416, the 905, and what race and ethnicity have got to do with it. [...]
What the what is going on in Italy?
Posted by Simon in Politics on 27. Jan, 2011 | 0 Comments
Never seen an episode of Jersey Shore. I don’t know which one is the Situation and I can’t tell Jwoww from sham-wow. Still, even I found it mildly ironic this week when news surfaced the fourth season of the MTV show might feature the Garden Staters in their ostensible motherland of Italy. Not the concept [...]
Political ads suck—except when they’re like movie trailers
Posted by Anupa in media, Politics, Television on 25. Jan, 2011 | 1 Comment
Attack ads are stupid. I see them as an abomination of the political process; they’re deliberately anti-intellectual, designed to bring down an opponent by offering the least amount of information possible. Hacked-up soundbytes, quotes out of context, incomplete information… I wish most people could see through the crafty commercials and realize that politicians (or, their [...]
South Africa is way, way too rapey
Posted by Simon in Politics on 25. Nov, 2010 | 0 Comments
Admittedly, I am not an expert on South Africa. Sure, I’ve got a couple of friends who are from there (such a cute accent) and Steve Nash (mancrush) was originally born in Cape Town. I’ve never been there though, but I’ve heard good things! Heck, the World Cup was so idiosyncratically endearing this past summer [...]
I think I need to move to the Netherlands
Posted by Anupa in Curiosities, Politics on 15. Nov, 2010 | 0 Comments
I know I have brown skin, but do you think the Netherlands, with its weird yo-yo-ing immigration policies and all, will let me in? I have a British passport! No longer just a land of wooden shoes, and cute houses (see above), canals and lax pot laws, the sudden desire to go Dutch was prompted [...]
