Photo essay by Adam Rankin.

An excerpt from La Trahison des corps by Stéphanie Deslauriers. Translation by Melissa Bull.

Joni Murphy’s Double Teenage grapples with typical adolescent girldom. And, as Shannon Tien writes, that means violence is never far away.

New books from Suzanne Buffam, Michael Coren, Yasuko Thanh and more!

New music from Junior Boys, Kanye West, Rihanna and more!

As the sun crept downwards, we rushed around Stone Town’s maze-like alleys, gathering supplies before the shops closed for evening prayers.

Men and women are only part of the equation. Sara Harowitz on the non-binary drag performers who are redefining gender.

George comes over after Emily goes to bed and he leaves in the middle of the night. We do it in the guest room, not in my bedroom where my husband's ghost sleeps.

Alex Manley spent years working in a Montreal dépanneur that had something for everyone: cigarettes, newspapers and, beneath the counter, little baggies of mysterious white powder.

Non-sexual nudity is one of the last taboos in Canada. But, as Jessica Beuker discovers, it’s liberating to let it all hang out.

Leaving Islam often means isolation and intense social pressure from friends and family. Graeme Bayliss on how former Muslims are coming together to show that there is life after faith.

Twenty years after the end of the war, Vesna Plazacic finds a hopelessness gripping Bosnia’s youth.

An influx of rich young urbanites into a neighbourhood often leads to an exodus of its lower-income residents. However, Samantha Edwards argues that gentrification doesn’t have to be a winner-take-all scenario.

In the Yukon, those with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder rarely find the care they need. Rhiannon Russell on a deadly lack of support.

It was a November afternoon when I first saw confetti falling from the sky.

New music from Grimes, The Beverleys, Joanna Newsom and more.

New books from Tom Slee, Michael DeForge, Kris Bertin and more.

An excerpt from “Des paillettes aux revendications: quelques bribes du possible ‘renouveau féministe’” (Nouveau Projet, 07). By Aurélie Lanctôt, translated by Melissa Bull.

Photographs by Angela Gzowski.

Be happy, be productive, be your best self: everybody has a version of the bathroom mirror mantra that defines the good life. Scaachi Koul and Naomi Skwarna on the tyranny of a life well lived.

Kate Sloan on how a call for scientific conclusions about female ejaculation is drowning in a wave of pleasure.

For most patients, morcellation means less-invasive surgery. For others, it can be a death sentence. Alison Motluk investigates why two former Harvard doctors are trying to ban a procedure that left one of them riddled with cancer.

Prejudice often hides behind a secular mask. Fariha Roísín on the silencing of Muslim feminists.

The night I moved into my apartment, I heard my roommates planning to cleanse the house of evil spirits.

Sylvie Rancourt’s memoir from her time as a stripper was censored and seized when it came out in the 1980s. Shannon Tien on a long-deserved English translation of Melody: Story of a Nude Dancer.

After the third dollar store pregnancy test, I asked Miranda what I should do about it.

Canada’s new prostitution act is supposed to keep workers safe, but many in the profession say it puts them in danger. As Arielle Piat-Sauvé reports, the fight to sell sex safely is far from over.

New poetry by Derek Webster.

From “Matisiwin” by Marie Christine Bernard, translated by Melissa Bull.

Sophie Deraspe's documentary The Amina Profile strips back a romance to reveal an ugly truth.

Fall reads from Patrick DeWitt, Kate Beaton, Josh Massey and more.

New albums from Carly Rae Jepsen, Destroyer, FKA Twigs and more.

Our education system isn’t designed to help second-generation Canadians retain non-official languages. Chantal Braganza on why losing a mother tongue is akin to losing a part of yourself.

Don’t get too excited for the reboot of David Lynch’s cult series, Maija Kappler warns. The show was tired before it got cancelled the first time.

Too often in television and real life, women must die to be taken seriously. Laura Wright on victims as props, not people.

Fragments of my parents’ past are strewn all over Montreal's Chinatown.

John Semley pulls back the skin of Hannibal, a show that prizes mouthwatering aesthetics over meaty writing.

Searching through fact and fiction to confront anti-Semitism in Quebec.

How Lost’s creators couldn’t write themselves off the island.

Sculpture has always been a controversial art form in Iran, but that is where Parviz Tanavoli has found his greatest inspiration.

Why does sexism take over Calgary’s streets during Stampede season? Lyndsie Bourgon investigates gender roles in Canada’s Wild West.

Life of Agony was about to hit it big when their lead singer walked. How Mina Caputo found her way back to the band and became an advocate for transgender rights.

Every April, Dagoberto Cruz Miranda leaves his family in Mexico and flies to Ontario to work on a farm for six months.

From “Notes du Mile End” by Nicolas Langelier in Nouveau Project, Issue 07. Translated by Melissa Bull.

Summer reads from Jordan Tannahill, Marc Bell, Marina Endicott and more.

New summer music from Jazz Cartier, Metz, Sasha Chapin and more.

It’s easy not to be the butt of the joke when you’re the one writing it. Adam Nayman on how Seinfeld’s comedic brilliance relied on a privileged perspective.

For veterans and their families, life with PTSD is a battlefield. One woman has taken the fight to Parliament Hill.

There is a ferret in my freezer.