by inannaadmin | Aug 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
S. Noël McKay writes about the upcoming film “Suffragette” and how our votes continue to honour our Canadian grandmothers’ struggles.On October 23, a film will appear that I’m excited about seeing – in contrast to the wretched cinema of...
by inannaadmin | Jul 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
S. Noël McKay, author of “Stony Point”, writes about the FIFA women’s World Cup of soccer, women in sport, sexism, homophobia, and the role of the media.I congratulate Team USA on their victory in the FIFA women’s World Cup of soccer. In front of 53,000...
by inannaadmin | Jul 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
Rhoda Rabinowitz Green, author of “Aspects of Nature” (2016) writes about her connection to T.S. Eliot’s The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock, life, love, aging, and the passage of time. Toward...
by inannaadmin | Jun 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
In Part Three of her 3-part blog series, Christina Park, author of “The Homes We Build on Ashes”, explores the history and origins of midwifery.Midwifery. No one really seems to knows the origin of midwifery. There are plenty of articles,...
by inannaadmin | Jun 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
In part two of her three-part blog series, Christina Park, author of “The Homes We Build on Ashes”, explores Korean history, the Joseon era, political changes, the treatment of women, and the rise of women’s rights.The Joseon era (1392 to 1897) could...
by inannaadmin | May 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
In the first of a three-part blog series, Christina Park, author of “The Homes We Build On Ashes” (Fall 2015), introduces us to her book, its themes, and her characters; namely the history of “comfort women” – Meet Min-joo.Outside the...
by inannaadmin | May 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Nasreen Pejvack, author of “Amity” (fall 2015) writes about one of her favourite local bookstores and the importance of independent booksellers.Since I was a little girl, I had always wanted to read anything I could get my hands on. Where I was born...
by inannaadmin | Apr 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
Huey Helene Alcaro, author of “In the Land of Two-Legged Women,” writes about writing, the human condition, and literary fiction.Fiction is like food. I usually gobble it up. But I haven’t been writing it, and am often bored with reading...
by inannaadmin | Apr 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
S. Noël McKay, author of “Stony Point” discusses good/bad books and literature.“A type of book which we hardly seem to produce in these days… is what Chesterton called ‘the good bad book’: that is, the kind of book that has no...
by inannaadmin | Apr 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
Nasreen Pejvack discuss “The Global Economy” vs. “Best Standard of Living” (young mothers and workers struggling against government regulations).Another child has died under the “protection” of our system. And it’s...
