Circles - Table of Contents

Catriona Wright reviews Margaret Atwood’s first collection of poetry, The Circle Game, published in 1967. Margaret Atwood, throughout my adolescence, “I held you/through all you...

The Beat Movement was shaped by a group of innovative authors who used their creative discourse to express their passionate, anti-authoritarian and often controversial ideas.  Michelle Kent argues th...

Body switches, dead girls, brunettes, human-swine hybrids, and Ryan Reynolds . . . film critic April Yorke examines this Febraury’s romantic cinematic releases and the circles of lies upon which the...

On Tuesday, January 22, 2008, Australian actor Heath Ledger was found dead in a Manhattan apartment. The cause of the young performer’s death has not yet been determined, though speculation suggest...

One June 25, 2008, a new X-Files film will be released. Film and television critic Kevin Johns looks at the history of The X-Files, and addresses the ten year gap since Mulder and Scully last hit the ...

From Woody Allen’s Alvy Singer to Arnold Schwarznegger’s Terminator to Johnny Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow, staff writer Alex Trottier examines cycles of masculinity in post-1960s Hollywood cinem...

Kris Millett takes a look at this year's Grammy nominations, and predicts which unlikely suspects will end up holding the trophies.   1981 was a spectacular year for popular music, featuring m...

Reza Kazemi, an admitted iPOD owner and Guitar Hero-aholic, discusses the unique pleasures of playing a real instrument in front of an actual live audience. When's the last time you saw some...

Facebook is a cultural phenomenon of our time that deserves recognition for its innovative transformation of our social lives, but be aware, as Terrah Smith warns us of its virtual limitations.   ...

Whether as a way to avoid direct eye contact with someone or simply through a chronic inability to get to the point, everyone has, at some time or another, found themselves talking in circles.  Chri...

This article urges the reader to question the purpose of health claims on food packages, and to be critical of mass advertising that tells consumers  what their bodies need to feel healthy . ...

Who is the best cook in your life right now? Holly Hutchings applies a full circle approach to determining who the best cook in your life could be. The intent of this Gastronomy article is t...

Keren Brown explores society’s attraction with circular foods, and interprets why circular foods stimulate our eyes and our appetites.     Have you ever wondered why cookies taste be...

Hannah McGregor discusses the modern fashion trend of dressing youth in adult clothing and how it reflects a recycling of past norms and ideals regarding children. Fashion, like so many o...

Alroy Fonseca takes on Ottawa City Council over its new parking regulations, which will only serve to hurt downtown communities and encourage longer driving.         Alroy...

Susan Love explains how her group is helping sexual offenders regain dignity after release from prison.   Sexual offenders are unwelcome in virtually every community. The mere though...

   In a bizarre Orwellian twist, your human rights are being violated by none other than human rights commissions - How the newly discovered right of not being offended trumps the traditiona...

Kendall Giberson takes a look at the G8 and suggests how this exclusive circle of ruling powers can be widened to include a wider range of countries.   When speaking of elite cir...