Danielle Doiron
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Before my obituary
As the family’s resident copy editor, I was tasked with proofreading my grandfather’s obituary before publication.
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Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes
Plays at the Tom Hendry Warehouse until March 18
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A family like mine
It’s nearly impossible to pin down what exactly constitutes a family.
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Diagnosed as female
The film doesn’t matter, although I’ve only seen a handful in theatres over the past few years.
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The cost of commodifying pleasure
It was blue, sparkly, worn like a Finger Monster and possibly bought at a gas station.
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Headlines
A reporter’s notebook crammed in my back pocket.
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When words fail
In a guest essay for the New York Times, author Rachel Aviv describes reporting on clinics for people experiencing the early stages of psychosis and meeting “many young patients who were struggling to express what was happening to their minds.”
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Abortion (mis)representation
I didn’t know what happened, except that “the guy had a dirty knife and a folding table.”
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Defensive maneuvers
When five-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo signed with Saudi Arabian soccer club Al Nassr late last year, critics cited the move as yet another example of sportswashing.
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Favourite Winnipeg neighbourhood
1. Wolseley
2. West Broadway
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Favourite political moment
1. Stefanson uses her son’s hockey game to distract from the healthcare crisis
2. CTV La La Land's the mayoral election for Glen Murray
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Thinly veiled criticism
It felt like progress, when, two decades into my eating-disorder recovery, I stepped on a hospital scale and didn’t register the number
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Shattered images
The invitation arrives misaddressed.
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Schools aren’t safe
Earlier this school year, West Kildonan Collegiate announced its “commitment to eliminate vaping and large groups gathering in the washrooms” on campus.
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You’re banning the wrong books
Every book has a lifespan, especially when it belongs to a public library.
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‘Made to feel complicit’
In a boardroom of about 20 prospective interns, I learned the first rule of sports media: don’t look down in the locker room.
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‘Just have a glass of wine’
I made the appointment to talk about other kinds of pain.
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A misplaced morality in sports
“No time period in baseball is clean,” Matt Snyder writes for CBS Sports.
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A virtual love story
Even though I hadn’t seen most of my American family members in months, I didn’t feel homesick until I saw a photo.
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‘Gay’ isn’t a bad word
Not much has changed about my high school in the decade since I graduated. The halls may be painted a slightly different colour, and I now walk them as an educator, but they still echo with students casually dropping “that’s so gay” or “no homo” into conversation.
