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  • Toronto Election 2018: Doug Ford’s court win plows huge hole through council diversity

    Barely three months into his tenure as premier, Doug Ford has already caused a level of calamity so alarming it has earned criticism from human...
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  • Getting a tattoo as a Black person shouldn’t be this hard

    I have six tattoos. Each one represents a piece of who I am, or was. My first, a peace sign on my hip I got when...
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  • TIFF 2017: a documentary spotlights the urgent legacy of Lorraine Hansberry

    The selection of documentaries playing at this year's Toronto International Film Festival includes several titles delving into the lives and legacies of influential Black and...
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  • Drunk Feminist Films sound off on men, hook-up culture and more

    Ask any woman you know about a time when they felt undermined by a dude for no reason other than their appearance and they’ll have...
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  • We need to talk about those anti-abortion posters

    It seems almost an inevitable experience. One moment you're walking along a city street, the next you unsuspectingly encounter a group of anti-choice protesters, clustered on the corner...
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  • Five ways to fight white supremacy in Toronto

    It can be hard to resist the urge to drown out the pernicious rumblings of hate groups by retreating into a Netflix-and-chill induced slumber. But,...
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  • Behind the scenes at a Toronto Caribbean Carnival Mas camp

    Mas (masquerade) costumes towering as high as nine metres and weighing as much as 150 kilograms are trollied around Lamport Stadium year after year for Toronto's Caribbean Carnival....
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  • In photos: a 50-year retrospective of Toronto Caribbean Carnival

    1967 In celebration of Canada's centennial year, plans for a commemorative International and Universal Exposition (or Expo '67) were underway. Members of various ethnic groups,...
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  • Sean Leon takes us on a tour of Parkdale

    SEAN LEON with NATIVE OTHER at Mod Club (722 College), Wednesday (July 26), 8 pm. $12. ticketmaster.ca Sean Leon is primed for superstardom. The Ajax native...
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  • What its like being Black and queer in school

    Blowback over Black Lives Matter Torontos (BLM-TO) protest at Pride last summer exposed the ease with which we are capable of slipping into racist impulses....
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  • Manifesto is still going strong at a time when other Toronto fests are floundering

    MANIFESTO 11: House Party featuring Practice, Killa Kels, Sammy Rawal and others at the Drake Hotel (1150 Queen West), Thursday (June 8), 10 pm. $10 at the door. Manifesto 11: The Internet, Majid Jordan, Isaiah...
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  • Local hero: Randell Adjei, founder of event series and artist incubator RISE

    RISE open mic at Burrows Hall Community Centre (1081 Progress, Scarborough), every Monday, doors 6:30 pm. $3. riseedutainment.com. During our brief stroll around Kensington Market,...
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  • InkWell writing series launches its first book, The Double World

    Toronto writer Kathy Friedman first experienced depression and anxiety in early childhood. She recalls her feelings of functionality punctuated by “difficult” times. Her struggles with...
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  • Netflixs Dear White People has a Black woman problem

    For the 2014 film Dear White People, writer and director Justin Simien turned the conventional ways Black people are presented onscreen upside down. Its young,...
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  • LGBTQ members of Toronto police want the city to cut Pride funding

    LGBTQ identified members of the Toronto police union are calling on city councillors to end funding to Pride Toronto.  In a letter brought to city hall by Toronto Police...
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