An editor in the Opinion section and pop-culture columnist for @globeandmail. Old tweets autodelete. Send pitches to [email protected]. Rarely here.
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What China's love for Zootopia says about that country (a surprising amount!) – and what Hollywood should take away as it keeps trying to woo Chinese audiences (probably not a lot!) theglobeandmail.com/culture/…
Canadian whisky is having a moment – so it's a good thing that our whiskymakers have spent years preparing for it. My feature for @globeandmail, on some of the good stuff in our backyard: theglobeandmail.com/life/foo… @CDNWhiskyDoc @BEARFACEAndres @MacaloneyDistil @DavindeK
“Don’t just do something; sit there.” This weekend’s @globeandmail editorial on the many consequences of our fear of boredom (including in geopolitics, cc @FukuyamaFrancis), and why we need to act with intention in the face of distraction: theglobeandmail.com/gift/b35…
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This column is about why A-lister endorsements for Kamala Harris didn't move the needle in the election, yes, but it's also about a celebrity vibe shift that has been happening for years now: theglobeandmail.com/arts/art…
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Excited to say I'm starting a stint as a pop-culture columnist for @globeandmail! I'll still be an editor in Opinion — I'll just be pitching in to hopefully bring context and make you think a bit differently about the culture we consume. Here's my first: theglobeandmail.com/arts/art…
And here's my latest column, about why the celebrity endorsements for Kamala Harris failed to move the needle in the US election, what it means for the future of being 'mainstream famous', and why only one endorsement really worked: theglobeandmail.com/arts/art…
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knowing where the best chinese food is in every city they play in, probably
New Pod! We were joined by @AdrianKLee for a joint celebration of Jewish and Asian Heritage Month and discussing similarities between two diasporic groups
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Lots of thinkpieces out there about the Kendrick-Drake beef, but I can at least promise that mine is the only one that mentions the ancient Greek historian Thucydides theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
Kleenex, Bugles, Stauffer’s, THE OLD SPICE DEODORANT I USED FOR TWO DECADES: for @globeandmail this weekend, this is what it sounds like when a product dies.
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A stray bullet killed an innocent woman walking to pick up lunch in Toronto yesterday—steps from my home. This senseless tragedy and grief is local, but community can be broader than that. Here’s how you can help her family, if you can: gofund.me/856873a6
This was probably my favourite episode from this season of City Space: theglobeandmail.com/podcasts…
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And that's a wrap on season 3 of City Space, the @globeandmail's podcast on the future of cities!🏙️ If you've missed an ep, it's a great time to catch up – and if you've listened, help us by sharing what you think of the show at cityspace-survey.ca (plus, you could win $100!)
Summer festival season is here! In our final episode of the season, we’re asking: How can festivals remain authentic and true to their communities? @AdrianKLee chats with Mischka Creighton, the CEO of the Toronto Caribbean Carnival.
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The most outrageous thing about Netflix's password-sharing crackdown? That it seems we've come to expect cheaper and cheaper art and labour, thanks to many tech companies' years-long race-to-the-bottom on pricing. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
Went on vacation but still found a way to talk about potatoes last week:
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It's the last episode of the second season of the @globeandmail's future-of-cities podcast CITY SPACE, and so you know we had to talk about housing — and how the affordability crisis is complicated, and won't be solved by 'just build more,' on its own: theglobeandmail.com/podcasts…
Last weekend's @globeandmail Opinion cover story remains just as timely this weekend, from former Cdn ambassador to Saudi Arabia (and current persona non grata) @HorakDennis, about the West's inevitable rehabilitation of the Kingdom, and MBS: theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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Also on the @globeandmail’s Opinion cover this weekend, a thoughtful and lovely essay from @gabrielledrolet, about writing when you’re prevented from writing:
Last year I became disabled in a way that made writing difficult. Unable to use a keyboard, I switched over to voice-to-text—which changed my writing and challenged my relationship with the craft.
For the @globeandmail I wrote about re-finding my voice:
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I wrote this weekend's @GlobeDebate cover essay on something dear to me: the history and heroism of the potato, which has long given us peace, nourishment & salvation – even recently, in the face of food inflation – and yet, in PEI, has faced destruction: theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
Apropos of absolutely nothing, here's @caseyplett 's essay from last year on why we shouldn't be so quick to move to a cashless, internet-and-device-reliant society: theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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The second-last episode of S2 of the @globeandmail's future-of-cities podcast is here, and we're shop-til-you-droppin' knowledge! How retail trends are reshaping cities, the consequences (eco- and otherwise) of our convenience addiction, and more! theglobeandmail.com/podcasts…
This is sharp, as @CraigSJ always is: “Drake is sort of like a rock-star venture capitalist: He latches onto a great idea, and it creates a feeding frenzy, and sometimes the original idea gets watered down, but there’s a lot of money in following the sure bet around.”
I wrote about Drake vulture.com/2022/06/drake-ho…
