By Nyla Olynyk
After Sex examines the relationships of eight different couples, all in the aftermath of sex. The couples include two friends trying to make their way through the tricky and sometimes heartbreaking ordeals of “friends with benefits,” the confusing realizations of sexual orientation, the ever-present question of “butch versus bitch” and, of course, the swingers married… Continue reading Calgary International Film Fest: After Sex
The holidays are a prime time for the release of potentially high-quality movies. As studios are aware of the warm-and-fuzzies that are involved in being with various loved ones around this time of year, there are plenty of the usual weepers, family flicks and inspirational Oscar candidates to go see. Thankfully, there are also a… Continue reading Films to fill the Holidays
Mike Clattenburg’s come a long way from getting drunk in a trailer park and filming a mockumentary TV show based on outrageous characters with no real goals in life aside from getting drunk and smoking weed. Well, at least ostensibly. The Trailer Park Boys are heading to the big screen in Trailer Park Boys: The… Continue reading A golden trailer park
By Gauntlet
Vice-President Operations and Finance Joel Lockwood’s job is seldom glamorous. He’s the member of the SU who often deals with student complaints, and the tricky third-floor MacEwan Student Centre redevelopment, however, these are two areas of his portfolio he’s handled competently. Two student incidents this year, the sexist Den cabaret ‘CEO’s and Office Ho’s’ [sic]… Continue reading SU Midterm Review: Joel Lockwood
Alberta has a tricky little conflict-of-interest emerging. You don’t want to be alienated, which would imply, I would think, you must want to be assimilated. You wish for your provincial government to promote and achieve regional interests. Nationally, you wish your views on political, economic and social concerns could be incorporated into a governing federal… Continue reading The same-sex blues
Some great things are coming out of the University of Calgary’s engineering faculty, and not all of them are courtesy the graduates. Twenty-one-year-old third-year chemical engineering student Ravinder Minhas is spending his summer perfecting his craft and gulping down the mistakes. Along with his 22-year-old sister Manjit, Minhas owns and operates his own business: Mountain… Continue reading Engineer. Beer.
Helen is probably 35. She wears her hair in a tight bun at the back of her head. There are times where it’s partially unraveled like a ball of yarn. The frayed brown ends pulled out. It’s more than likely she’s married; there’s calm in her hands, she never fidgets with the orders and she… Continue reading Drive-thru
By David Kenney
Dripping wet and fresh out of the shower, Ruyter Suys (pronounced Rider Size) is eager to yak. Not surprisingly, Nashville Pussy’s guitarist is less concerned about getting dressed than she is discussing my first time. When informed of my single Nashville Pussy viewing, Suys reassures me in her sultry come-on voice: "We’ll just try to… Continue reading Sex, drugs and Nashville Pussy
Talent: A On the women’s side, the Dinos had no match. Breanne Graham and Erika Sharpe were amazing all season long, as was captain Melissa Kindratsky. There was no one even close to touching the Dinos’ talent, and the only challenge for the women was living up to high expectations. On the men’s side, the… Continue reading Earning the respect
It was the last day of my trip–the chal-lenge I’d taken would soon be enforced. I was to eat a fried insect before I left Harbin, China. “Chinese people eat anything,” a friend told me as I started to lose my nerve. Before I knew it, I was standing at a street vendor’s table, looking… Continue reading Bugged by cultural bias: