Victorian Working Class Women
They clink their empty plates every night, to inspire speculation from neighbours that they have food, that they eat too. ii. They save their best dress Not for church, not for a dance. They wear it...
What becomes of Michael Jackson’s children?
Prior to the revelation of a will, Kathryn and Joe Jackson filed for custody of Michael Jacksons three children. When the will was filed, it was discovered that Michael Jackson directed his mother...
Selling Light: the first chapter
This excerpt is published with permission from Roast Books. Selling Light is a seaside tale that explores the relationships forged between a young research student, a grieving widower, a...
Sarah Palin Just Resigned: Why?
Sarah Palin quit the governor's office so that she could fight for Alaska. What? OK, no one really believes that. But no one really expected Palin to announce, on July 3rd, that she was stepping down...
Is Jenny Sanford a feminist hero?
Unlike other western politicians, American legislators are expected to lead lives of sexual purity. When they step outside of their marital vows, it triggers a feeding frenzy in which members of the...
Gentlemen of Bacchus
We are they whose loud carousing, Tankards deep and anthems rousing Fill the inns, the drink espousing: Gentlemen of Bacchus. As on drunken nights aplenty Since before the age of twenty; Alcoholic...
Will we put Guantanamo detainees on trial for terrorist speech?
Scenario one: someone posts on the Internet step-by-step instructions for building a crude weapon of mass destruction, or act of bioterrorism. Scenario two: someone stands in the street with a sign...
“The Stoning of Soraya M.”: a review
One of this year’s most powerful dramas, "The Stoning of Soraya M.," has tremendous implications for global audiences immersed in both the movie’s story arch and the political situation...
A note to the world: we DO play football in the States!
To the average American sports fan, football is played with two eleven member teams of massive men struggling to score with an oblong ball on a striped 100 by 53 yard field with U-shaped goalposts at...
Don’t cry for Mark Sanford, take a stand for privacy instead
$700 million dollars was the amount of money that South Carolina governor Mark Sanford wanted to refuse from the stimulus package. $700 million for failing South Carolina schools, for underpaid...