Opinion

Leah McLaren: I’ve had enough of doing all the shopping, wrapping, decorating, cooking and prepping. This year, the one thing I really want is to be a guest at my own Christmas.

As a girl living in rural Canada, the Wish Book let me imagine myself in a grown-up world. Now, as Sears closes its doors, I’m nostalgic for the days of catalogues and paper and bustling stores in small city malls.

You’ll want a fishbowl-sized cocktail to wash the ickiness away.

'Activism is not about embracing a famous person who makes an album about a situation. It's about facing hard truths that may make you feel uncomfortable.'

It has been an incredible year of fiery, female resistance, but women of colour are consistently left out of the conversation.