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Micah Toub

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Features editor at Globe and Mail. Author of Growing Up Jung: Coming of Age as the Son of Two Shrinks. Pet columnist for West End Phoenix.

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Review: In The Diapause, author Andrew Forbes delivers CovidLit with a deft hand For anyone who does feel it’s too soon, I can reassure you that The Diapause – although an early specimen of CovidLit – mentions the virus, and the mass loss of life, sparingly

I reviewed The Diapause for @theglobeandmail.com. It’s CovidLit, yes, but also veers into near future sci fi. Feels like Force Majeure meets Station Eleven, and some of the most vivid prose I’ve read in a while.

04.01.2025 17:11 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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They died because they were women.
Today is the 35th anniversary of the Dec. 6, 1989 Polytechnique Massacre. 14 women, most engineering students, were murdered by a misogynist gunman. December 6 is now the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...

06.12.2024 12:14 — 👍 685    🔁 416    💬 16    📌 33
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The Montreal massacre changed how I saw the world as a teen. But 35 years later, I find myself afraid I was 15 when the École Polytechnique shooting happened. As an adult, women’s safety feels even more fragile

I was 15 when the École Polytechnique shooting happened. As an adult, women’s safety feels even more fragile.
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06.12.2024 14:31 — 👍 78    🔁 41    💬 4    📌 1

That must be a very small club! Have you honestly never had one? Do you have a “dumb phone”?

30.11.2024 19:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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I quit my smartphone for two weeks to see if I’d have a better life Using a flip phone helped me gain some perspective on smartphone and social media addiction, but giving up my iPhone was hard in surprising ways

Ever thought of putting your smartphone away forever? My Globe and Mail colleague @samedwards.bsky.social tried it for two weeks. And the results were... complicated. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

28.11.2024 14:40 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1
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Pet of the Month: Rio — West End Phoenix As we near the large plot of grass on the south side of Geary Avenue just before it reaches Dovercourt Road, Rio begins wagging his tail and pulling on the leash. It’s here he gets to chase his ball. ...

As the Pet of the Month columnist at @westendphoenix.bsky.social, I've written about chickens, cats, horses, and canaries. For the latest issue, I wrote about my own dog! But the story is also about The Green Line, the parks and paths that run underneath the west end's hydro towers.

28.11.2024 14:36 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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