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Grell @i-am-grell.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

It was an incredible experience to write this piece for This Magazine and share how I maybe sorta "tricked" my mom into learning what asexuality is by watching BoJack on repeat for...far too long. Ace rep has come a long way in media, but it still has a ways to go, especially in Canadian content.

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This Magazine @thismagazine.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Last week, we were busy adding previously print-exclusive stories to our site! In our Fall 2024 issue, Dominique Russell told us about Community Land Trusts: a step toward affordable housing that preserves neighbourhoods and keeps land in the hands of the community 🏘️ this.org/2025/05/16/n...

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No place like home

In 2021, the Kensington Market Community Land Trust (KMCLT) did an astonishing thing. After a protracted renoviction battle over the Toronto neighbourhood’s iconic Mona Lisa building, the KMCLT bought...

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This Magazine @thismagazine.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

This weekend, you might want to try curling up and relaxing with a good book. And pens, highlighters, coloured tabs, and stickers... In our upcoming Spring issue, Rita Simonetta writes about the meditative and artistic practice of book annotation. this.org/2025/05/05/t...

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To all the books I've loved before

Jordan Murray's perfectly manicured hand displays an annotated title page of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. “From the library of Jordan Murray” is stamped in the centre; just below she’s written, ...

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This Magazine @thismagazine.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

It's almost the weekend, and we have a Friday Feature to share! In our upcoming Spring issue, @desiredpaths.bsky.social dives into the history of medical information-sharing amongst AFAB patients and asks "has the internet killed feminist health activism?" this.org/2025/05/05/v...

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Vagina dialogues

When I learned I had precancerous lesions on my cervix and that my doctor was recommending I remove them surgically, my reaction went as follows: One, muted panic. Two, I’m definitely going to die. Th...

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This Magazine @thismagazine.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

We were so moved by Zehra Kamani's short memoir that we had to include it in our Spring issue. Kamani reflects on her connection to Palestinians through faith and motherhood in this beautiful piece. 🇵🇸 this.org/2025/05/05/o...

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On motherhood and activism through a genocide

On October 7, 2023, I was just about three months pregnant. As a genocide unfolded before our eyes in the weeks that followed, I reflected a lot on the parallel lives mothers live on both sides of thi...

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This Magazine @thismagazine.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Looking back at her family's traditions, one writer realizes brown women are often eclipsed in Bollywood. In our upcoming Spring issue, Naima Karp examines the reliance on Eurocentric beauty standards in South Asian films: this.org/2025/05/05/w...

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White lies

As a half-Pakistani person, I often cozied up on the couch for Bollywood movie nights with my family growing up. These nights were more than a tradition—they were a rite of passage. I’m a fair-skinned...

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