The RRJ recommends you read Moheb Constandi’s essay, “This is what happens after you die,” published on Mosaic on May 5, 2015. There’s beauty in a rotting corpse. It’s a beauty that’s obscured by putrefying flesh and fetid odours, and by our innate fear of death. The kind of beauty that takes a scientist, and a rather dedicated… Continue reading “This is what happens after you die,” Moheb Constandi’s breakdown of the breakdown of the human body
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“The Challenge,” Ian Brown’s look at Trudeau Before he was PM
“The Challenge,” Ian Brown’s profile on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—at the time, candidate for PM—ran in The Globe and Mail’s feature section on October 2, 2015. In line with Brown’s evocative narrative style, the lead has nothing to do with Trudeau. The first full quote from him, in reference to a W.H Auden poem, includes… Continue reading “The Challenge,” Ian Brown’s look at Trudeau Before he was PM
Colin Boyd Shafer Shares Stories of Migration through Photo Series
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George Takei’s “They Interned My Family. Don’t Let Them do it to Muslims”
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A Few Words on Esquire’s “A Few Words About Breasts”
The RRJ Recommends you check out Nora Ephron’s “A Few Words About Breasts,” published in Esquire in 1972. Talking about boobs when you’re surrounded by hardlined definitions of gender is a lot more daunting than it sounds. Especially when you’re talking about your boobs. It’s probably why it was hardly ever done. In fact,… Continue reading A Few Words on Esquire’s “A Few Words About Breasts”