Marcus Aurelius, the last of the Five Good Emperors, commented that “the art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.” What is more tragic than the forlorn shadow of a fallen athlete...
You're headed home for the holidays, or you're the one hosting them. Despite best efforts, there's no chance that every event will go off without at least one person who is guaranteed to ruin the...
What’s the difference between Christianity and Judaism? When one considers the shared cultural heritage of the Hebrew Bible (what Christians call “the Old Testament”), it seems in the end an...
The winter television hiatus in the United States makes for an excellent opportunity to watch old favourites — thanks to the short days and bitter nights, the prospect of curling up on the couch...
If your idea of the early days of the women’s movement is limited to NOW and the ERA then Mary Dore’s eye-opening “She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry” has got another acronym or two for...
Two shows premiering this fall on US television put women in positions of power: CBS’ Madam Secretary and NBC’s State of Affairs. Both do so with varying degrees of success, exploring not just...
Despite divergences of opinion amongst Muslim religious scholars as to whether covering the face of a woman in Islam is compulsory or not, practice testifies that many Muslim women customarily do....
GamerGate’s toxic torrent has been at once enfeebling and enervating. Its furious assault on, chiefly, women in games and those who espoused anything approximating feminist views therein has had...
At a time when bullets and swords kill in droves, Malala Youzrafi’s story and the honour awarded to her in shape of the Nobel peace prize this month is a humbling reminder of the power of good...
Is Outlander ‘the feminist answer to Game of Thrones,’ as some people seem to be billing it? That would depend, one supposes, on which definition of feminism is being used. If ‘feminism’...