AltWeeklies Wire
Raving in a Hungarian Turkish Bathhouse
It's part spa, part dance party, and all fun when a rave takes place at an innovative location.
Monday Magazine |
Alison Boston |
10-20-2004 |
Travel
Tags: travel
Eating Beluga in Alaska
In the midst of a human-powered trek (using bicycle, canoe, rowboat and skis) from Vancouver, Canada, to Moscow, Russia, an adventurer discovers new tastes and old cultures.
Monday Magazine |
Tim Harvey |
10-20-2004 |
Travel
Tags: travel
Everyone's Clucking About Backyard Chickens
They help the garden, devour kitchen scraps, and give you free-range eggs at home. No wonder urban-dwellers are loving backyard poultry.
Monday Magazine |
Heather Mah |
10-01-2004 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Information Restricted by Government Changes
It's no longer possible to access the names of company shareholders—all in the name of privacy, says the government
Monday Magazine |
Russ Francis |
09-14-2004 |
Politics
Sexy Horoscopes Tell All
You should know what you're getting into if you dare ask, "What's your sign?"
Monday Magazine |
Ringo Wilde |
09-14-2004 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
BC Public Loses Access to Corporate Records
Thanks to the Liberal government, public access to business information has become even more limited in British Columbia.
Monday Magazine |
Russ Francis |
09-14-2004 |
Politics
Learn to Love the Curse
Why get all uptight about sex when Aunt Flo's visiting?
Monday Magazine |
Ringo Wilde |
08-24-2004 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
This Really is Burning Man
Given that Burning Man is a festival that can hardly be documented, this book does a great job of documenting it.
Monday Magazine |
John Threlfall |
08-12-2004 |
Nonfiction
Naked Women Change How We See the World
Seattle photographer Amanda Koster wants to prove women are beautiful -- without plastic surgery.
Monday Magazine |
Alisa Gordaneer |
08-12-2004 |
The War on Women
Tags: organization, Canada, California, plastic surgery, Washington, fat, Seattle, body image, Victoria, nudity, women's issues, About-Face, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Brooke Finnigan, Community Eating Disorders and Related Issues Counselling (CEDRIC) Centre, San Francisco-based non-profit
Body Image Affects Gay Men in a Queer Way
What does it mean to look gay when all you see in the media images are buff boys without shirts?
Monday Magazine |
Bill Stuart |
08-12-2004 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Transgendered Community Struggles to Overcome Stereotypes
Gender reassignment surgery used to be covered under the provincial health plan. But the government cut funding just as Michelle Anderson was halfway through. Now, she and other transgendered activists are working to promote trans acceptance in the community at large
Monday Magazine |
Sarah Petrescu |
08-07-2004 |
LGBT
Picture Book Reveals How the Hairbrush Turns
One flip-through of this cheesy coffee-table book will leave you speechless, because the smiling people in these photographs actually allowed these hairstyles to happen to them.
Monday Magazine |
Adrienne Mercer |
08-07-2004 |
Nonfiction
Workplace Stress Is on Rise, Leading to Illness and Absenteeism
Uncertainty, lack of information and a lack of control -- situations that are now common in workplaces -- all contribute to stress-related illness.
Monday Magazine |
Alisa Gordaneer |
08-07-2004 |
Science
Victoria's Secrets: Noisy Sex Annoys Condo Owners
Strata councils might seem powerful, but they can't legislate what goes on in the bedrooms of their building.
Monday Magazine |
Ringo Wilde |
08-07-2004 |
Advice
Canada Immigration to Recognize Same-Sex Marriage
Activists are thrilled that Canada's immigration policy now allows citizens and permanent residents to sponsor their same-sex spouses.
Monday Magazine |
Adrienne Mercer |
08-07-2004 |
LGBT
