Critically Curious Musings
The drive from Vancouver to Whistler is always a thrill, especially on warm spring days— each corner revealing yet another beautiful vista as the road unfolds in a gentle incline into the mountains of British Columbia. It was on such a spring drive that I was listening to On Being with Krista Tippet, one of…
It’s Sunday morning, and I am scrolling through my Flipchart news feed when I land upon The Guardian’s “Dear Mariella” relationship series with the following letter: My father’s terrible behaviour means I can’t be intimate with men[1] “The dilemma: I’m in my late 30s, single, no children and I’ve never been in a long-term relationship….
My guilty pleasure is watching the reality TV show Married At First Sight. Each season a team of “experts” pair 6 strangers into 3 couples who marry, honeymoon, and move-in together. At the end of 8 weeks, the couples decide if they would like to stay married, or get a divorce. This show captivates…