Winter 2001

Jane Siberry in Profile; Are Periods Passe?; All the Rage: Blaming Hormones; Five Dangerous Myths about Hysterectomy, by Carolyn DeMarco.

In Conversation With Jane Siberry by Cindy Filipenko

In Conversation With Jane Siberry

During the summer, Jane Siberry’s temporarily abandoned website read: gonefishing.calm. The tongue-in-cheek message to her fans is indicative of where Siberry is these days. As an independent artist, it is imperative that she is part of the dot-com era to communicate with her fans and promote her music, which has been largely ignored by commercial radio. However, as an individualist in an industry dominated by trend, it is essential that she take time to be calm and remain grounded. Asked if she spent any time during the summer actually fishing, Siberry laughs.

(Archives 2001) Are Periods Passé? by Kathleen O'Grady

(Archives 2001) Are Periods Passé?

The human body is rarely viewed holistically anymore. In an increasingly technocratic world, our bodies are portrayed as objects made up of transferable bits and pieces.

Colour Coded

Winter 2001

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Constance Backhouse

Review by:

Michele Landsberg

A Legal History of Racism in Canada 1900-1950 Like snow blandly smoothing out the landscape, a blanket of whiteness seems to obliterate history. That’s precisely the point made by feminist legal scholar Connie Backhouse in her recently published book Colour-Coded, A Legal History of Racism in Canada 1900-1950. Despite a long past of bigoted attitudes, acts and laws–segregated schools didn’t end in Ontario until 1965 –all mention of race is normally "whited out" of the legal records and history books.

The Tracey Fragments

Winter 2001

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Maureen Medved

Review by:

Cynthia Callahan

It took me two tries to get through this novel. That’s how effective Maureen Medved is at portraying the raw angst of teenage girlhood. Tracey speaks to the reader directly and she doesn’t mince words. Initially I couldn’t help but shrink from her foul language, her hysteria and seemingly desperate inventions.

Fragment by Fragment

Winter 2001

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Margo Rivera (editor)

Review by:

Carole TenBrink

With unflinching honesty, these 18 authoritative voices challenge the reader to look deeply into the complexity of memory and child sexual abuse. This is the most significant compilation of study to date about memory and false memory of child sexual abuse. Fragment by Fragment is both scholarly and clear and readable. The book’s authors assert, in different voices and perspectives, that memory is extremely complex.