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HEATHER MALLICK

  • Articles published after June 9, 2008


    • Why did an unknown woman's chest become national news?
    June 2, 2008
    Ignoring the lessons of history
    May 26, 2008
    Avoiding the Sex and the City deluge
    May 19, 2008
    Dungeon case leads to gender rethink in Austria
    May 9, 2008
    Horrifying Fritzl case shouldn't trigger Austro-phobia
    May 2, 2008
    Cheap and convenient come at a cost
    April 28, 2008
    Dump the plastic, save the sea
    April 21, 2008
    Low bridge! Everybody down!
    April 14, 2008
    Political infighting and squabbles a liberal way of life
    April 7, 2008
    When advice is the worst vice
    March 31, 2008
    Nouveau deadly sins
    March 24, 2008
    Facebook group teaches students how to fail
    March 17, 2008
    The craze for notoriety
    March 10, 2008
    Stereotypes prevail, change still distant
    March 3, 2008
    The most depressing book since Bambi
    February 25, 2008
    Public religious talk opens many worm cans
    February 18, 2008
    A house is a home, not an investment
    February 11, 2008
    The decline and fall of public courage
    February 4, 2008
    Privacy and pregnancy
    January 28, 2008
    Identifying justice in a world of victims
    January 21, 2008
    Balancing cheap cars, pricey gas and the environment
    January 14, 2008
    No appetite for the food fetish
    January 7, 2008
    2007: Heather's list of moments, big and small
    December 31, 2007
    Taking better, smarter, care of children
    December 24, 2007
    Every family has a Brian Mulroney
    December 14, 2007
    Robert Latimer versus 'the undeveloped heart'
    December 10, 2007
    Hockey wives gift gets routed to anti-abortion group
    Nov. 30, 2007
    Crime bills vs bills for crime
    Nov. 26, 2007
    Show and Tell time for Canada
    Nov. 19, 2007
    Memoirs of Beijing
    Nov. 12, 2007
    Dollar daze
    Nov. 5, 2007
    Media trivia quests lose sight of real news
    October 26, 2007
    Nobel calling
    October 15, 2007
    Big, rich and popular
    October 8, 2007
    Tell it like it is
    October 1, 2007
    Don't Taser me, I'm a writer
    September 24, 2007
    Hats off: lifting the veil on voting legislation
    September 17, 2007
    Craig case exposes legalities of 'gayness'
    September 10, 2007
    'Mass fatality events present enormous challenges'
    September 3, 2007
    Pregnant, poor and raped in Africa: debate over options
    August 24, 2007
    Worshipping at the altar of Cheap
    August 20, 2007
    How Michael Ignatieff put the 'I' in Iraq
    August 13, 2007
    When name, identity and personality collide
    August 6, 2007
    Emerald City: not just in Oz any more
    July 30, 2007
    Bitterosity
    July 23, 2007
    Selling the news
    July 16, 2007
    Fashion crimes: Men in shorts
    July 9, 2007
    Tony Blair: Gone but not forgettable
    July 2, 2007
    It's always about skin
    June 22, 2007
    The inadequacy of some students will be revealed
    June 18, 2007
    Dion biography paints 'comfortable' man
    June 8, 2007
    Going Public
    June 1, 2007
    New book, new logic, familiar theme
    May 25, 2007
    Challenging authority
    May 21, 2007
    Principals of economics
    May 14, 2007
    Resigned to stay
    May 7, 2007
    Ottawa trip highlights artful bent
    April 30, 2007
    Abortion rights and abortion fights
    April 20, 2007
    Big Brother Britain
    April 16, 2007
    Confusing the virtual world with reality
    April 9, 2007
    Inadvisable remarks
    April 2, 2007
    I want my election now!
    March 26, 2007
    It's the future: stupid
    March 19, 2007
    Childhood jeopardies
    March 9, 2007
    To air is human; to fly, bovine
    March 5, 2007
    Magazines: where are the women writers?
    February 23, 2007
    24 teaches torture
    February 19, 2007
    We aim to … passably suffice
    February 12, 2007
    Let me explain myself
    February 2, 2007
    Warning: inappropriate addiction can be fatal
    January 26, 2007
    Unnecessary surgery
    January 22, 2007
    Action and overreaction in America
    January 15, 2007
    Climate change forecast limited to weather, not politics
    January 8, 2007
    No more high hopes
    January 1, 2007
    Saints & standouts 2006
    December 25, 2006
    Staying connected: not optional
    December 18, 2006
    Triumph of the eggheads
    December 8, 2006
    Personal tips on standing up to bigots
    December 4, 2006
    Simmering in shame for our environmental policies
    November 20, 2006
    The torture of waterboarding, then and now
    November 6, 2006
    Caught Red®-handed
    October 23, 2006
    Pay attention, feminists
    October 6, 2006
    Atheists don’t get it
    September 23, 2006
    The memo from hell
    September 08, 2006
    Dogville
    Aug 24, 2006
    Exile people who talk bollocks
    Aug 10, 2006
    How power turns good men into bad boys
    July 28, 2006
    Battered and bleeding - the joy of owning a home
    July 14, 2006
    Attack on feminism hurts women here and overseas
    June 30, 2006
    Are you Canadian or Canadian-born?
    June 16, 2006
    Protect all women while they're alive
    June 2, 2006
    Winning the war: No can mean no, if you want it to
    May 19, 2006
    Did you hear the one about the satirist and the president? Probably not
    May 5, 2006
    Qualified women are running for the Liberal leadership
    April 21, 2006
    Harper falls down on important issues
    April 7, 2006
    Just when did ethics get like this?
    March 24, 2006
    A heartless abortion law in the U.S. heartland
    March 10, 2006
    Public hearings for Supreme Court judges? This way madness lies
    February 23, 2006

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    ABOUT THIS AUTHOR

    Biography

    Heather Mallick

    Heather Mallick has a nice old-fashioned M.A. in English literature from the University of Toronto. She has worked as a reporter, copy editor and book review editor at various Toronto newspapers and most recently wrote a column called As If for the Globe and Mail. She has won National Newspaper Awards for critical writing and feature writing. Her first book, Pearls in Vinegar, based on an ancient Japanese form of diary, appeared in 2004. Her second, an essay collection called Cake or Death: The Excruciating Choices of Everyday Life, was published by Knopf in April 2007.
    She also writes for the Comment is Free section of the Guardian.co.uk. Her website is www.heathermallick.ca

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