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Spring 2008
Women Fight to Save the Boreal Forest by Cindy Filipenko; Monumental Women: The Search for Our Foremothers; South Africa's Secret War: Interview with Rozena Maart, Crossing Communities Art Project by Leah Sandals; Susan G. Cole on Hillary Clinton; Homeland. Security: The Search for Identity by Maya Khankhoje; Gulp Fiction: Is Girl Young Adult Fiction Over the Edge? by Tara-Michelle Ziniuk; Roller Derby Comeback.
Leader of the Pack
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By:
Tracey Lindeman
(MONTREAL) Roller derby is in the throes of a renaissance and women are leading the pack. [more]
Luna Babies Land At Work
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By:
Penni Mitchell
(VANCOUVER) So, what’s a new mother to do when she owns her own business and doesn’t qualify for paid maternity leave? [more]
Arguing With The Storm
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Review by:
Karen X. TulchinskyYiddish is a dying language. But it wasn’t always so. In the early part of the 20th century, during its heyday, Yiddish theatre and literature thrived in North America and Eastern Europe. It originated within the Rhineland and spread amongst Jews in Central and Eastern Europe. [more]
Reconcilable Differences
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Kris RothsteinWhen Cate Cochran’s marriage ended, she and her husband knew they wanted what was best both for them and for their kids. They were good co-parents and wondered if there was something better than shared custody and a routine of passing the kids back and forth, however amicably. [more]
The Writing Circle
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Irene D'SouzaRozena Maart’s newest novel opens with a rape that occurs in front of a home in Cape Town, one where five women gather every Friday night in the safety of a gated neighbourhood to discuss writing. As in her previous novel, Rosa’s District 6, Maart perfectly evokes the daily lives of South Africans. [more]
Funk This
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Artist:
Chaka Khan
Label:
Burgundy Records
Review by:
Chaka Khan
Ever since her early days fronting the band Rufus, when she implored us to “Tell Me Something Good,” Chaka Khan has had unmistakable pipes. The funk equivalent of Gladys Knight, Khan has been an underrated vocalist for most of her career. Sure, she has eight Grammy awards, but what good are tiny golden gramophones when your music isn’t getting out to the masses? [more]
Romanian Fantasy
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Artist:
Marilyn Lerner
Label:
Independent
Review by:
Cindy Filipenko
The fact that renowned Canadian musician Marilyn Lerner recorded her most recent CD at CBC’s Glenn Gould studio seems fitting. This Winnipeg-bred, Toronto-based musician is the most likely heir to the mantel occupied by the famous scarf-wearing eccentric who brought Bach to modern audiences via the splendid Goldberg Variations. [more]
