MeToo
Fringe review: Be A Good Girl
Adina Katz's intense solo show shines a powerful light on surviving sexual abuse more
Fringe review: We The Men
Fact-based show about men's responses to #MeToo – performed by women – is enlightening but sometimes feels rushed more
Chvrches are optimistic about feminism's impact on pop music
Chvrches have just released their new album Love Is Dead, their poppiest and most political. Long before the #MeToo movement, Mayberry was calling out misogyny in the music industry, but now she's noticing small, incremental changes. more
Hollywood's assholes need a moment of reckoning
ABC suddenly cancelled Roseanne Barr's sitcom and Jeffrey Tambor's New York Times interview drew attention to bad behaviour on set. Is this the next phase of Hollywood's reckoning? more
Alice Glass is finally telling her story
A decade after she appeared on the cover of NOW as a member of Crystal Castles, the electro-punk star opens up about going solo, #MeToo and growing up in Toronto more
10 things I'm looking forward to at Cannes 2018
Cate Blanchett heads up the jury, the fest addresses #MeToo and Turkey's Nuri Bilge Ceylan goes for his fourth award more
Jeremy Mimnagh
Lulu V.7 updates classic to reflect on #MeToo and the Toronto killings of gay men
This three-hour exploration of sexuality features over-the-top action in its first half and thoughtful, intimate monologues in its second more
Barry Avrich's second Weinstein doc doesn't go far enough
Local director takes down Hollywood's now most famous abuser of power for sexual gain – but drops the ball on the #MeToo movement more
Hot Docs review: Roll Red Roll
Nancy Schwartzman's account of the Steubenville, Ohio high school rape case is an urgent and necessary film in the #MeToo movement more
Samuel Engelking
Mandi Gray revisits her rape trial and terror in Slut Or Nut
The Toronto activist says collaborating on the film with director Kelly Showker "gave me my power back" more
Mr. Truth is the perfect comedic think-piece for the #MeToo movement
Funny and smart sketch show lampoons all sorts of amusing characters on the sexual spectrum more
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Ten must-see Hot Docs films focusing on women's stories
From the opening night film, The Heat, to features about activists Mandi Gray, Nadia Murad and Madonna Thunder Hawk, this year's slate is full of strong female portraits more
Samuel Engelking
Rethinking my rock fandom in the age of #MeToo
As #MeToo shines a spotlight on toxic masculinity, do I have to throw out my record collection? more
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U.S. Girls is untangling the misogynist mess of America
There's suddenly a lot of attention on U.S. Girls. Toronto’s Meg Remy is untangling America’s misogynist mess with lush disco grooves. The time is right for her subversive brand of political pop. Read our cover story interview here. more
Samuel Engelking
Masculinity detox: redefining what it means to be a man
The rise of Jordan Peterson, men's right activists and toxic masculinity has made the need to examine what it means to be a man all the more urgent. Canadian authors, activists and artists are finally taking a critical look at redefining masculinity. more
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Junos 2018: How women in Canadian music are charting a fearless new course
The Juno Awards took place last week, and at panels and concerts across Vancouver, conversations swirled around safety, diversity, inclusion and respect. Denise Donlon led a panel of 300 women. It feels like we're finally reaching a tipping point. more
George Pimentel
Canadian film industry needs to do much more to stop sexual harassment
The #AfterMeToo movement started by Mia Kirshner, Freya Ravensbergen and Aisling Chin-Yee is pushing the country's screen industry to adopt a strong zero-tolerance policy against sexual assault in the workplace more
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Olympic truth and reconciliation
While other men of privilege across North America have been forced to resign over allegations of improper conduct, John Furlong continues to act as an ambassador for Canada's Olympic movement more
Andrew Cooper
Roundtable: NOW critics discuss #MeToo and Tarantino
Will movements to end violence against women have a wider impact on Hollywood culture? more
Rose McGowan's Brave underlines #MeToo’s capacity for retraumatization
The actor and Weinstein accuser seems perma-triggered in her angry memoir more
