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The Girl on Bloor
I'm a busy 20-something about town living in downtown Toronto and creating fun, easy recipes for those on the go!
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- Mid Week News November 27, 2013
- Social Justice in District 9 November 25, 2013
- Mid Week News November 20, 2013
- We Need to Stop Blaming Rob Ford November 15, 2013
- Mid Week News November 13, 2013
- Fun Auto-tune Remixes for your Monday November 11, 2013
- Mid Week News November 6, 2013
- Venus Noire, Video Vixens & Blackface November 5, 2013
- Mid-Week News October 30, 2013
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Category Archives: News
Mid Week News
Google is now going to post responses on social media for you by collecting data on the kinds of interactions you have, because apparently today’s modern executive has no time to reply to all their Facebook messages or appropriately like … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged gay rights, mid-week, news, pizza hut, rob ford, Social Justice, Toronto, wednesday, worker rights
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Mid Week News
Universities across Canada are considering switching their email servers to free servers like Gmail and Microsoft Office, which may save these institutions thousands if not millions. However, privacy and intellectual property concerns are rife because these U.S. servers can potentially be monitored by the National Security Association. Nobody who … Continue reading
Posted in News, What You Missed
Tagged ashton kutcher, canada, canada's food guide, culture, funny stuff, internet security, manitoba, news, NSA, oxford dictionary, ritz crackers, rob ford, selfies, social media, society, Toronto, twitter, university, walmart
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Mid Week News
This week’s news is rife with questions and justice, so it seems only fitting that we start with politics. The latest in Rob Ford and the Senate to be exact… Amidst hilariously compromising video footage, admission of drug use, an … Continue reading
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Tagged canada, Controversy, gender, miley cyrus, news, politics, scandal, senate, Social Justice, society, Women's Issues
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Mid Week News
The week of Rob Ford…and a little bit of rape culture. All things controversial anyway. Although it isn’t the newest of news, last week a controversial contributor Margaret Wente wrote about rape culture in the Globe & Mail, insisting that it’s not … Continue reading
Posted in News, Shaking My Head All Day
Tagged Controversy, headlines, media, news, rob ford, scandal, Social Issues, Social Justice, society, Toronto
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Mid-Week News
Going for something a ‘lil different here on Only20something, some MIDWEEK instead of weekend news to keep you updated when it matters. I mean who reads the news on the weekends anyhow? So early this week Rob Ford said that … Continue reading
Weekend Reads
It’s a Sunday evening in October, hopefully most of you are able to curl up somewhere cozy and ring in the appropriately lazy last day of the week. I’ve been crazy busy as of late and decided to take this … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, News
Tagged abortion, city, downtown, Drake, Equality, news, october, Reading, right to choose, rob ford, rogers, Social Issues, society, sunday, this week, Toronto, toronto life, Weekend, weekly roundup, Women's Issues
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Why Alice Munro’s Nobel Prize is Important
Alice Munro is easily one of my favourite authors and I think it’s safe to say that she’s a legend in her own time. I’ve had the pleasure of writing a few essays on her work, as well as being … Continue reading
Why do we Enjoy Mocking Others?
In the aftermath of the whole Miley Cyrus and Sinead O’Connor social media exchange, I was reminded of an embarrassing moment of my own earlier in the week. I’ve been volunteering for school newspapers on campus, but because I am … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Perspective, News, What You Missed
Tagged celebrities, mental illness, mental-health, miley cyrus, Pop Culture, sinead oconnor, social media, society, writing
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This Week on the Internets…
I’ve had quite the case of writer’s block this week so I’ve shied away from posting purely because I don’t want to put out horrible material. I do, however, have the energy for a weekly round-up type of post since … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Perspective, News, Weekend Reads
Tagged celebrity, Controversy, feminism, food review, media, mental-health, miley cyrus, morals, news, Psychology, scandals, social media, Women's Issues
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Weekend Reads
Some serious articles, with a little bit of Kanye and Jimmy Kimmel thrown in there (my guilty pop culture pleasure from this week!) Enjoy these weekend reads! Why I’m Racist and I Think Equality is Stupid http://cultivatingalternatives.com/2013/09/26/why-im-racist-and-i-think-equality-is-stupid/ A Facebook friend … Continue reading
Posted in News, Weekend Reads
Tagged community, entertainment news, exxon, farmer's markets, fortune 500, jimmy kimmel, kanye west, media news, news, Racism, Regent Park, Social Issues, Toronto, University of Toronto, Weird News
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