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Desperate for a Career Change? Here’s the Inspiration and Advice You Need
As many employees grow disillusioned with the demands of late-stage capitalism, weary from a lack of work-life balance or enamoured with the idea of chucking a safe position to pursue a creative dream,...
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The Barbie Movie Is More than a Pink Fever Dream. It Gave Me Hope
This weekend, something magical happened. Something … pink. Greta Gerwig’s Barbie hoovered up $155 million at the box office. It’s the highest-ever haul for a film directed by a woman, but it’s also...
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Shannae Ingleton Smith Is Diversifying Everyone’s Feed
Shannae Ingleton Smith was sick of it. Everywhere the Toronto-based media pro looked, all the influencers looked the same: white. “There was a market oversaturation of white influencers getting booked...
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What 7 Cool Kids Are Wearing for Back to School This Year
The kids are all right. Tweens and teens these days don’t seem as enthralled by trends as we once were. Outfits are built for speed, for self-expression. Individuality reigns supreme, whether it’s a...
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Comedian Mae Martin Wants to Unite the World Through Laughter
Toronto-born, London-based comedian Mae Martin has made a killer career of spilling their guts, whether it’s riffing on their substance-use issues in acclaimed stand-up special Dope or dramatizing the...
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Millicent Asiedu Is Helping Canadian Black Mothers Feel Seen
Millicent Asiedu just wanted to be a perfect mom. The Edmonton-based registered social worker had her first child in 2016—and struggled. “Due to many societal and cultural pressures, I found myself...
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Dr. Toni Zhong Is Changing the Rules of Breast Cancer Care
While other kids may have spent their weekends frolicking in field or stream, or feeding the machine at the local arcade, little Toni Zhong spent her Saturdays at the hospital. She shadowed her...
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Deepa Mehta’s Latest Project Is a Radical Portrait of Trans Joy
Acclaimed director Deepa Mehta has made a career out of brave, bold films, tackling topics from closeted queerness to child brides. She, however, never meant to be a messenger. “I don’t think I’ve ever...
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Hilary MacMillan Makes Size-Inclusive Clothes That Are Also Magic to Wear
Hilary MacMillan has never wanted to blend in. The Toronto-based designer’s eponymous fashion line embodies boldness: bright colours, wild patterns, bright-pink Barbie collabs. This year, she...
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Ardra Shephard Is Amping Up Authentic Disability Representation
When Ardra Shephard started blogging about her MS in 2015, disability representation wasn’t really a thing just yet. And when she first started needing mobility aids and turned to the internet for role...
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Injectable Fillers Have Joined the Penile Enhancement Chat
It was late when the young man got to the ER. He undid his trousers to show the doctor on call what the problem was, and boy, did he have a problem. His penis tissue was swiftly turning necrotic; it...
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A Short Haircut Can Be Freeing, Exhilarating—and Intimidating
Other people will always tell you how your hair should look. But your hair is yours. “It is an expression of your own power, identity and beauty,” says Toronto singer-songwriter Leanne Laylor, who...
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The Lazy Girls’ Guide to Prince Edward County
I was elated to receive a recent invitation to check out the joys that Prince Edward County has to offer. It’s such a beautiful part of Ontario, and I’d been working my little fingers to the bone, so,...
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Why Is Everyone Obsessed With Ice Baths?
Last spring, Marco Baltazar walked into a Sound Immersion sauna and ice bath class at Othership on Adelaide St. W. in Toronto and pretty much never left. He started attending multiple classes a week,...
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I Test-Drove a Drink-Tracking App (In A Week Full of Dates and Parties)
Many folks have been white-knuckling it through the final days of Dry January, and many of those are probably pondering a slightly more sober lifestyle beyond that—if not total abstinence. Here’s...
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At 41, I Use No Skincare. Zero. Zip. Is It Time to Add One Cream?
Genetics and luck blessed me with a lifetime of unproblematic skin, so I never really gave my complexion much thought. Other than an annual pimple or two and the occasional bout of irritation, my skin...
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