impudent strumpet

Every once in a while, people talk about making gym class mandatory throughout high school to improve the population's fitness. As I...

I'm not surprised by the level of cruelty shown in the recent video of a middle school bus monitor being bullied . What surprises me is ...

1. Pictures of the New York City subway from 1946. What surprised me most here is how many women are standing up while men are sitting. I...

In a move critics call “policing femininity,” recent rule changes by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the gov...

1. "But Whole Foods doesn't use plastic bags and they do fine..." The experience of an individual store not providing somethi...

As I wrote about in my previous post , this whole plastic bag thing reminds me of elementary school group work, because in both cases I ha...

As I've blogged about many times before, the reason why I'm so incredibly frustrated about attempts to ban plastic bags (first from...

Dear Toronto City Council: I totally get wanting to stick it to Rob Ford. I'm no fan of the man myself. He came into work early on hi...

People who are opposed to plastic bags claim two different problems: 1. They fill up landfills. 2. They litter the streets. Both these all...

From an article about why urban planners apparently don't want to work in Toronto : He calls his interview in Toronto a “positive experi...

I have more than one Google account. One of them I use for this blog, the others I use for other purposes. My other Google accounts don...

I always feel frumpy and gross in shorts, so every hot day for my entire adult life I've been wearing skirts and dresses exclusively. T...

I previously blogged my theory that we should not feel thankful for basic human rights or basic standard of living, instead feeling entitle...

Recently in the news: something called While The Men Watch , which purports to be sports commentary for women who aren't into sports.Som...

In the news today : a poll showing that people are more likely to oppose a casino if it's in their neighbourhood. The media is generally...

My cellphone is five years old, and it still has predictive text (T9). Today's phones are equipped with full keyboards and autocorrect,...

From time to time I receive a flyer in my mailbox from my telecommunications provider, promoting a service I already use at a lower price th...

I'm finally caught up with Downton Abbey, and there are some things I'm wondering. 1. How is Ethel supporting herself? Ethel was f...

Reading Scalzi's Lowest Difficulty Setting and the follow-up got me thinking. People are generally quite resistant to the idea that t...