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Saying Their Names: A Review of THE HATE U GIVE

March 1, 2017

The Hate U Give Angie Thomas Belzer + Bray February 28, 2017 Long ago, in the days when we bought CDs, we also bragged about who got whose new CD and learned the words to all the songs. We used liner notes to help us understand the lyrics the first time and then learn them the next few times. ...

Comics, Reviews

Feminism in South Asia: A Review of Drawing the Line

February 7, 2017

Drawing the Line: Indian Women Fight Back Various Contributors Edited by Priya Kuriyan, Larissa Bertonasco, and Ludmilla Bartscht Ad Astra Comix Zubaan Publishers October 2015 Drawing the Line: Indian Women Fight Back debuted in 2015 as the first full length graphic novel by Toronto-based indie ...

Reviews

Review: Fences Is Heartbreaking and Hopeful

February 3, 2017

Fences Denzel Washington (dir), August Wilson (wri) Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson, and Saniyya Sidney (cast) Paramount Pictures December 25, 2016 August Wilson’s Fences adaptation has been a long time coming.

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2016 CanLit Recommendations for Julian Barnes (And Everyone Else Too)

December 15, 2016

I am a big fan of Canadian literature a.k.a CanLit. But it can sometimes be difficult to find people who share this passion. The two most common reasons I’ve found are 1) people don’t live in Canada and are therefore not exposed to it or 2) they assume it’s all about people in cabins up North ...

Essays

How Emily Gilmore Taught Me To Appreciate the Corporate Wife

November 25, 2016

The first thing I said to fellow WWAC writer, Kate Tanski, when I saw the trailer for Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life was: “Emily’s wearing jeans and a t-shirt!” Emily Gilmore is a corporate wife of high society, she does not wear jeans! Hippies wear jeans, at least according to Rush ...

Comics, Essays

Welcome to the X-Men – Hope you Survive The Experience: How Geeks Can Help

November 22, 2016

My name is Jamie Kingston. But for the next four years, you can call me Storm. My queer friends? You can call them Northstar, Prodigy, Moonstar and Wolfsbane. Or Anole, Shatterstar, Rictor, Karma and Iceman. My chronically ill friends? You can call them Strong Guy, Cable, Husk. Siren or ...

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Book Beat- National Book Award, Children’s Fiction, and Zadie Smith

November 18, 2016

Hi book lovers! I know it’s not Thursday but I had a midterm exam yesterday and a presentation! The only thing I was reading was textbooks. Boring, I know! In exciting news, Colson Whitehead has won the National Book Award for his book, The Underground Railroad, a harrowing tale of ...

Essays

Black Heroism and “The Man” in Luke Cage

November 1, 2016

So now—Luke Cage is a hero. The arc of his heroism passes from the (messy) pilot into the end of the fourth episode, when he announces to the press that his name is Luke Cage. For some reason, I suppose. On the one hand, the rationale for his involvement with Cottonmouth is quite clear: ...

Reviews

Train to Busan Is A Refreshing Zombie Flick

September 29, 2016

Train to Busan Director: Yeon Sang Ho Starring: Gong Yoo, Kim Soo An, Jung Yu Mi Next Entertainment World July 20th, 2016 (S. Korea)/July 22nd, 2016 (Canada)

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Be Inspired by Disney’s Queen of Katwe

September 26, 2016

Queen of Katwe Director:Mira Nair Starring: Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo and Lupita Nyong’o Disney September 23, 2016 (Canada)/September 30, 2016 (USA) “In chess, the small one can become the big one.”

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Saying Their Names: A Review of THE HATE U GIVE

Feminism in South Asia: A Review of Drawing the Line

Review: Fences Is Heartbreaking and Hopeful

2016 CanLit Recommendations for Julian Barnes (And Everyone Else Too)

How Emily Gilmore Taught Me To Appreciate the Corporate Wife

Welcome to the X-Men – Hope you Survive The Experience: How Geeks Can Help

Book Beat- National Book Award, Children’s Fiction, and Zadie Smith

Black Heroism and “The Man” in Luke Cage

Train to Busan Is A Refreshing Zombie Flick

Be Inspired by Disney’s Queen of Katwe

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