While the tidal wave of F/W 07/08 floods retailers with fresh stock, inciting everyday consumers to buy and accessorize for this seasons latest must-have fashions, there is a growing concern of the whitebreading of fashion to levels not seen since the 60’s. Paris, long the bastion of pomp and pretension, recently presented the latest collections […] More »
There’s lots of great links this week so let’s get to it. Shawn Micallef on the Spacing blog points out this article about the very high cost of parking. No, we don’t mean the $5 an hour you pay in Downtown Toronto or Vancouver. In other traffic related news, the Guardian has a bike blogger! […] More »
With the popularity of social networking ripping across the globe like a fast mutating hantavirus, is it not an eventuality that niche social networks would evolve to address every self microcosm of lifestyle? Compiled below is the unofficial This Magazine list of social networking sites and their respective niches. Enjoy and feel free to add […] More »
U of T’s The Varsity has just posted a broad-ranging interview with Smilin’ Jack Layton, in which he says the NDP won’t support a Conservative Throne Speech unless it includes new directions on the Afghan mission, the environment and what he calls the “prosperity gap.” “We want to see a fundamental change of direction on […] More »
This Magazine’s October Film Club Newsletter is now up here. The much-anticipated Shake Hands with the Devil opens today. It recounts Romeo Dallaire’s fruitless struggle to secure more UN troops to help stop the Rwandan genocide. On a much lighter note, the 8th annual Darryl’s Hard Liquor & Porn Film Festival hits Toronto’s Bloor Cinema […] More »
If you’ve ever been interested in reading Canadian political blogs but have no idea where to start, Paulitics compiled a list last month of some of the most popular political blogs in the country. It’s not even close to an authoritative or scientific ranking, but it does give a sense of some of the better-read […] More »
According to a Reuters report, Mozambique’s Catholic archbishop Francisco Chimoio has proclaimed that some condoms imported in Europe were deliberately exposed to HIV in order to kill Africans. Given the history of colonialism between Africa and Europe, suspicion may be understandable, but the religious leader’s assertion is patently absurd, as HIV is known to be […] More »
George W. Bush has made a lot of gaffes in his time as president but this one is mind-bogglingly bad. At a Thursday press conference W. blurted out this classic line… “I heard somebody say, Where’s Mandela?’ Well, Mandela’s dead because Saddam Hussein killed all the Mandelas,” So in one fell swoop he had a […] More »
Acts of murder against trade unionists around the world increased 25 percent from 2005 to 2006. According to a survey on human-rights violations just published by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), 144 trade unionists were murdered for defending workers’ rights in 2006, while more than 800 suffered beatings or torture. “Colombia is the deadliest […] More »
The CRTC’s “Diversity of Voices” hearings kick off this week to review Canada’s current media cross-ownership regulations. They arrive in the wake of CTVglobemedia and Rogers divvying up CHUM, while CanWest Global (along with Goldman Sachs) took over Alliance Atlantis. The Tyee has a thoughtful analysis by mass communications prof Marc Edge, titled Big Media’s […] More »