Emma Teitel

Could the Internet have actually saved Monica Lewinsky?

Emma Teitel on why the ‘patient zero of online shaming’ may actually have found salvation in the evolution of the web

In Canada, no nudes is good nudes

A new exhibit exposes our squeamishness about nakedness in art

In praise of Bubbie Shoshie

For my Bubbie, news of my gayness wasn’t cause for celebration. It was an afterthought.

Passive, aggressive and pissed off: Our culture of perpetual outrage

Because history is doomed to repeat itself, we can expect 2015 to offer up more moronic expressions of outrage, writes Emma Teitel.

How Gwyneth Paltrow’s ‘Goop’ is duping us

A Canadian scientist tests some celebrity-endorsed fads and finds them wanting

Boomers: Do as I say, not as I did

On Jan. 1, smoking will no longer be permitted on restaurant and bar patios in Ontario. Emma Teitel asks: why not ban porn and poutine, instead?

Of lisps and linguistics: The power of the gay voice

A filmmaker examines the mysterious origin of the “gay voice”

Pumpkin-spice lattes? Uggs? You might be a ‘basic bitch’

Rather than feel ashamed for embracing mainstream culture, today’s basic bitch is proud of her willingness to conform

Can we talk? Sports is still a man’s world.

Emma Teitel on professional sports’ latest sexist follies

The power of erotic nostalgia

For the most part, lesbian love on screen, especially of the coming-of-age variety, is a bad omen

Space contest, food at Ryerson & Facebook hookups

What students are talking about today (February 13th)

Waldorf closes, the Mad Minute & Carleton discrimination

What students are talking about today (January 11th)