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Kicking Up a Stink

From: No Place To Go

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This chapter examines the lack of attention given to public toilets in public planning documents, despite their importance to everyone. Lowe highlights a broad range of needs and relationships to … 23 $2.30 Add
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My Grandmother The Bootlegger

From: The Ward

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On the Back of the Turtle: Ancient Life and Death in the City

AGREEMENTS, NAMING, AND PLACES

From: Indigenous Toronto

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On Indigenous history and archeology in Toronto. ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Someday My Prince Will Come

Disney and the World Without Shadows

From: Disfigured

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Chapter 4 focuses on Disney’s interpretation of fairy tales, discussing topics including ‘Disneyfication’ of well-known fairy tales,  elements of disability in Disney … 26 $2.60 Add
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Take Me Away to Another World

From: Any Other Way

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Rebecka Sheffield recalls the role that Ellen Degeneres and Anne Heche played in her life and an encounter she had with Heche after moving to Toronto from Saskatoon. 2 $0.20 Add
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Technically, It’s a Ravioli

The Wrapper

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings

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Kristen Arnett examines the concept of ravioli. 2 $0.20 Add
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The Privies

From: The Ward Uncovered

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Vaudeville Tom

From: Uncle

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This chapter describes the evolution of minstrelsy into vaudeville, and how this new form of entertainment brought new meaning to the character of Uncle Tom. 7 $0.70 Add
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Why Do the Courts Suck in a City in Love with Basketball?

From: Rebound

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This chapter examines the Toronto Raptors NBA championship team, and how that franchise stimulated the re-development of Toronto’s public basketball courts. 9 $0.90 Add
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0.4 First Kiss

From: You Only Live Twice

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Chase reflects on first kisses, including his own, though as a girl, not a man. ; 2 $0.20 Add
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A Breath of Relief From This Fast-Paced World

On Consumed Nostalgia

From: On Nostalgia

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Both nostalgia and consumerism satisfy a longing, an attempt to satisfy impossible desires. Consumerism, as in the most important role for a person is somone who buys things, and a history of … 23 $2.30 Add
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A Fine Kettle of Fish

From: The Ward Uncovered

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Against All Odds

The Chinese Laundry

From: The Ward

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An Indigenous Archeologist at the Rouge National Urban Park

AGREEMENTS, NAMING, AND PLACES

From: Indigenous Toronto

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A reading that explores Indigenous views on archeology, the presence of Ontario/Toronto’s Indigenous history, and the archeological finds at Rouge Urban National Park. 4 $0.40 Add
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Aunt Jemima in Chicago

From: Uncle

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In this chapter, Thompson explores the meaning of Uncle Tom within the context of the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893. Here, Thompson suggests, Americans became increasingly obsessed … 6 $0.60 Add