The Damned, Blood on the Snow
"The Damned, In the Heart of Ice" is the previous installment of Chloe Bradshaw's saga. “How did you think it would end up?” I ask my enemy, my brother. “I asked my people to warn you. I...
Year: 2009
Obama promotes choice in Cairo
The ability to choose is paramount to the freedom and autonomy of women globally. Patriarchy has invested much in ensuring that women have reduced opportunities and are penalized severely should they...
Who was Dr. George Tiller?
Any doctor who chooses to provide abortions in America, where there is a pervasive and largely accepted climate of harassment and intimidation against those who do, is undoubtedly an immensely...
No one wants to play “Super Crip”
Coming to terms with a disability can be extremely difficult. As we grow, we learn to take pride in simple things like mobility and often don’t acknowledge what a luxury this is until it is taken...
Toronto: where to shop, what to see
As a Brit, I feel quite at home in Canada. The spellings are the same, and British-isms abound. Recently, I decided to explore my Canadian roots more by going to Toronto. Toronto is a strange mix...
My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness: an interview and review
Adina Hoffman lives in Jerusalem. She is the author of House of Windows: Portraits from a Jerusalem Neighborhood. She has contributed to The Nation, The Washington Post, The Times Literary Supplement...
What Not to Wear: Blossom faces the 360 Mirror
Mayim Bialik is the former child star of the 80’s show "Blossom." Mayim was often the most sensible and mature character portrayed on that sitcom. At the time that "Blossom" was on the air, Bialik...
Susan Boyle is not having a “meltdown”
From reading this week’s headlines, you might assume that Susan Boyle is at the center of a terrible scandal. U.K. and U.S. reporters alike seem to fear that the enormously popular Britain’s Got...
Fear and loathing in Israel: the Nakba Bill and more
File this under either more evidence that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a sleazeball who will never deliver peace to the Middle East, or as proof that Netanyahu’s hands are tied much more...
Banned from Wikipedia: a story in pictures
Wikipedia could very well be the single greatest repository of knowledge that our species has ever created. It’s incredibly accessible, cross-referenced, fractally complex and fantastic in scope....