English & Literature Studies

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Canadian Human Rights Commission

Canadian Human Rights Commission

From: Cure for Hate

In this chapter, the white supremacist activities of the author garner attention from the Canadian Human Rights Commission, leading to jail time just as his son was born. He continues to … 15 $1.50 Add
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Canadian Liberty Net

Canadian Liberty Net

From: Cure for Hate

This chapter begins with a glimpse of a personal change of heart when the author’s daughter is born, but then moves on to detail how he started the Canadian Liberty Net, a tool to spread … 13 $1.30 Add
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Canadian Modernism, P.K. Page's "Arras," and the Idea of the Emotions

Canadian Modernism, P.K. Page’s "Arras," and the Idea of the Emotions

From: The Canadian Modernists Meet

Oppositional pairs—the imagist partnering of subject and object, and a more psychologically oriented one of emotion and reason—are both central to the poem. Through them, … 23 $2.07 Add
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Capitalist Agriculture, the Food Price Crisis & Peasant Resistance

Capitalist Agriculture, the Food Price Crisis & Peasant Resistance

From: Food Sovereignty

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Cardio-Highs: Winning and Running Away All at Once

Cardio-Highs: Winning and Running Away All at Once

From: Any Other Way

Rahim Thawer reflects on body image from the treadmill. 2 $0.20 Add
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Under a Queer Blue Sky

Under a Queer Blue Sky

From: Any Other Way

Sly Sarkisova discusses the possibilities for sexual exploration that are present in various corners of Toronto. 2 $0.20 Add
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Challenging Canadian and Queer Nationalisms

Challenging Canadian and Queer Nationalisms

From: In a Queer Country

In "Challenging Canadian and Queer Nationalisms," Gary Kinsman takes issue with the very idea of the conference, that there could be a specific relationship between gays and lesbians … 31 $0.93 Add
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 1

I Shook Up the World

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

In the first chapter of the Cocaine segment of the memoir, Wood talks about his experience relapsing onto cocaine at a Montreal strip club. Wood talks about his past dreams, his first gig at Yuk … 15 $1.50 Add
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Chapter 10
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Chapter 10

Nail Biting

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

Though not as dangerous as other addictions, Wood notes that nail biting was his longest-standing vice. An impulse to hurt himself came with it. Being in the hospital to support Nora during … 8 $0.80 Add
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Chapter 11
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Chapter 11

Cigarettes

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

Wood notes that some of his "lowest moments of addiction" were related to cigarettes, certain he wouldn’t be able to escape them. He describes the withdrawal as more constant than … 17 $1.70 Add
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Chapter 12
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Chapter 12

Red Meat

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

Eating red meat wasn’t out of his control. However, Wood didn’t want to be a part of the climate problems connected to red meat. Nora is the next guest on his podcast. She remarks … 4 $0.40 Add
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Chapter 13
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Chapter 13

Dairy

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

Wood cleverly begins the chapter by using an "unhealthy alcohol use" questionnaire and makes dairy the subject instead. The results are telling. Wood notes that overeating was similar … 10 $1.00 Add
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Chapter 14

Porn

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

Wood describes his inroduction to porn and his strange relationship with it. Quitting porn wasn’t the biggest struggle of the month, however. Wood’s health was still suffering, and … 9 $0.90 Add
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Chapter 15
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Chapter 15

Credit Cards

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

Wood explains how credit cards were more a vessel to acquiring other vices than being a vice. Setting boundaries on how credit cards would be used was the fight at hand. 4 $0.40 Add
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Chapter 16

Gossip

From: Float Like a Butterfly, Drink Mint Tea

Communcation and sharing stories is natural for humans, Wood notes, before explaining how gossip can have similarities to the highs and lows of other addictions. Though tempted early on, Wood … 8 $0.80 Add
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Chapter 16: The Distinct Society of Quebec, 1900-30
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Chapter 16: The Distinct Society of Quebec, 1900-30

From: Capitalism and Colonialism

This chapter examines Québec’s Distinct Society which emerged in response to foreign economic and cultural control. Resistance emerged in the figure of Henri Bourassa and his … 14 $1.40 Add