Marie Kondo’s store and its pricey clutter
Anne Kingston: Although the tidying diva’s new product line passed her own ‘spark check,’ existential questions remain
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Anne Kingston
Senior Writer and Columnist Anne Kingston covers contemporary culture—everything from medical politics to the politics of food. She is the author of ’The Meaning of Wife: A Provocative Look at Women and Marriage in the 21st Century’ and ’The Edible Man: Dave Nichol, President’s Choice and the Making of Popular Taste.’ Find her at anne.kingston@macleans.rogers.com.
Why intergenerational warfare is a mug’s game
Anne Kingston: It stokes stereotyping and ageism, and dehumanizes at a moment when collaboration and cooperation are needed. Who needs it?
From haircuts to jumpsuits, we’re moving toward gender neutrality
Expect the movement to change the messages we hear, the forms we fill out and the products we buy. But not without pushback.
Will Harvey Weinstein’s big show produce ’himpathy’?
Anne Kingston: Weinstein’s case offers a textbook lesson in systemic protections afforded powerful, privileged men
Barry and Honey Sherman murders’ newest twist: family and police join forces
The private investigation into the Sherman murders is complete, and its tip line has been shut down, raising more questions about the two-year-old case
Let’s finally call ’violence against women’ what it really is
Anne Kingston: It’s been 30 years since Marc Lépine killed 14 women at Montreal’s École Polytechnique. Why have we not properly addressed violence against women?
#MeToo’s influence reaches coaches’ corner
Anne Kingston: Two years after the first mass movement to protest sexual harassment and assault, we see the testing of new tolerances play out in the hockey arena
10 subtle and (not-so-subtle) signals from Justin Trudeau’s new cabinet
Anne Kingston: Days after the swearing-in of the federal cabinet (and after volumes of analysis), telling details from the day itself remain overlooked
The 2019 election revealed that sexism is status quo
Anne Kingston: Misogynistic slurs, masculinity contests and lack of discussion of issues affecting all women serve as a blaring wake-up call
Who killed Barry and Honey Sherman? A new book offers fascinating insights.
Kevin Donovan, the chief investigative reporter at the Toronto Star, talks about the unique investigation, the family and why he believes the case will be solved