Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
When Dellarobia, the heroine of Barbara Kingsolver’s 2012 novel Flight Behavior, first spies a horde of monarch butterflies during an afternoon walk, she is overcome by their presence: “The flames now appeared to lift from individual treetops in showers of Continue reading “Like the inside of joy”
Last week, as I was heading to bed, I glanced out the front window and saw what I thought was lightning off to the left. There did not seem to be a storm, but a couple of seconds later, more Continue reading When I’m 64
As children and teachers head back to school, Doug Ford’s government is entering its 10th week in office. It has been an alarmingly busy 10 weeks, with Ford moving swiftly to implement a number of his most high-profile campaign promises Continue reading Ford week 10 check-up
My father’s lifelong anxiety seeped into everything he did with my siblings and me when we were growing up. I carry the legacy of that to this day: the stress and tension he brought to the games of bridge and Continue reading Girls really can do anything