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I Like My Bigots Out in The Open
I try to avoid spending too much time on Facebook, there’s only so much entertainment that I can derive from selfies. Earlier today I came across this interesting video a friend posted. If you can’t watch it is a video by black photojournalist, Tom Jefferson. The incident begins with Jefferson at a anti-fracking rally in…
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Cell
Time has no shape, Yet I always try to imagine what it would look like if it had one, It’s power makes me think of something big, A powerful beast, A rhino, A bull, But that wouldn’t be right, Time isn’t a behemoth that overpowers the things around it, It is something much smaller, That…
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Zootopia and Race
I remember watching the Zootopia sloth trailer in front of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and laughing just as hard as everyone else in the theater. However, when the release date came around I was preoccupied with the hype for BatmanvSuperman and the film slipped by my radar. Zootopia returned to my radar after hearing…
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Def Jam Poetry- My First Great Inspiration
I have been writing fiction since I was ten (not saying it was good, or is good), but I started taking writing much more seriously during Grade 12 in my writer’s craft class. By this time I had finished a rough draft of my first novel, Elseworld, but had it sitting for years: not editing,…
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Transmetropolitan
Written By Cadeem Lalor The Commander recently suggested that I check out Vertigo’s Transmetropolitan. I’ve heard of the series before on numerous “best of” lists and figured it was time to start reading it. I ordered volume one last week, read through it yesterday and then ordered the next two volumes. I would have ordered…
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Happy Canada Day
Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canadians, whether you are a citizen or a resident. This day brings up one aspect of citizenship that has bothered me at times. I remember seeing this online http://imgur.com/gallery/9HcXN I laughed and appreciated the joke, and I assumed most people did. I forget which outlet I saw this…