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Mayor Rob Ford: Way worse than Larry O'Brien

Posted by zoom! on November 18, 2013, at 8:49 am |

I’ve been riveted by the Rob Ford debacle, but I am conflicted about it. On the one hand, Rob Ford is – and always has been – a repugnant, pugnacious, pig-headed, hypocritical, right-wing bully, so there’s something kind of appealing about watching him self-destruct in such a spectacular way. I just want to grab some […]

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Junk TV in a Hotel Room

Posted by zoom! on May 6, 2013, at 7:18 am |

I was in Toronto last week for a conference on HIV, pregnancy and mothering. It was an excellent conference, very interesting, with a good mix of researchers, HIV+ mothers, and frontline workers. There were even a few babies, and a toddler who took his mom’s cell phone, placed it on the floor, made sure she […]

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What really happened in Toronto?

Posted by Zoom! on June 29, 2010, at 10:30 am |

As you know, I spent much of the weekend watching birds having sex. But that wasn’t all I did. I also spent a fair amount of time glued to my computer, monitoring the constant stream of Twitter updates from protesters and journalists at the G8/G20 protests in Toronto. Trying to make sense of it.

At […]

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