Mainstream porn just isn’t interested in male vulnerability, says Carlyle Jansen, a Toronto sex therapist and founder of the sexuality store Good For Her. “When have you seen a porn flick where a guy lost an erection and it worked out just fine?” Jansen asked. And that's a problem. Popular porn imagery often emphasizes male domination over women. According to...

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Sam Gindin says he senses something stirring in the widespread dissatisfaction with economic inequity and political ineffectiveness.“There is something in the air, people are interested in this question of communism," said Gindin, a retired research director at Canada Auto Workers and professor of political activism at York University. "This hasn’t happened for generations."Gindin noted that “Communism isn’t something against individuality,...

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There's been very little funny about COVID-19, even in the world of comedy. Darcia Armstrong, co-founder of Black Sheep Comedy Club on Eastern Avenue, said everything about the business of making people laugh has changed and it might never be the same. “When the pandemic hit, we had to cancel all our shows. We decided that we were going to...

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The renaissance of vintage fashion is about more than style, according to Stewart Scriver, co-founder of the Kensington Avenue shop Courage My Love.“People are looking for something that's real,” Scriver said. “They're tired of malls where all the stores have exactly the same photographs. They realize the world is fake.”When Courage My Love opened in 1975 on Cecil Street and...

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Past generations sat around a figurative elephant in the living room, studiously avoiding its gaze. Its name was climate change. Today’s youth call it life or death. “A lot of people say the climate crisis is going to impact future generations, but I think we are that future generation,” Devon Fernandes said. Fernandes is the manager of Humber College’s sustainability...

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When my mother and I stepped onto Canadian soil in 2006, the only English words I knew were “pass” and “here,” words learned not from books but from a love affair. The seductress who had me in thrall was soccer, or as the sport is known in other parts of the world, football. Football gave me more than a few...

Toronto is a globally recognized creative hub, but many Black actors and filmmakers still find their creative journey in this city includes battling barriers behind — and in front of — the camera. So what does it take to succeed and change the system?One shining example of someone working for change is celebrated Toronto-born actor Shamier Anderson. He is considered...

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