Torontoist: Eye Will Survive

Joshua E

Thu, 22 May 2008 20:44:13 -0500

AH! I created a monster.

Kevin Bracken

Thu, 22 May 2008 19:21:25 -0500

I think prostitution and feminism can live together in harmony

detritus

Thu, 22 May 2008 18:16:19 -0500

It's alive. Kind of. It doesn't appear to have an RSS feed yet, so it's dead to me.

Jonathan Goldsbie

Thu, 22 May 2008 18:09:11 -0500

Paul Isaacs's post is mindblowing.

David Topping

Thu, 22 May 2008 16:34:59 -0500

It's alive.

lunarworks

Thu, 22 May 2008 16:30:40 -0500

NOW has become a bit more looney and knee-jerk in its writing. I became disenchanted with NOW last year (or the year before, I forget) while reading an article about the Toronto Police Service graduation ceremony being held outdoors in Nathan Philips Square for the first time. The writer started out the article by complaining about the use of "Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls" by the Master of Ceremony, bitching about how "girls always come last". WTF? At the point, I put the paper down.

tyrannosaurus_rek

Thu, 22 May 2008 10:39:04 -0500

I wonder if the Eye site will also be advertising cigarettes, as they do in the print mag. I also stopped reading it shortly after the redesign, and was shocked to find 4 full page tobacco ads in a copy I flipped through on the subway a few weeks ago.

Carly Beath

Thu, 22 May 2008 09:56:00 -0500

Ugh, that quote is ridiculous Marc. People like that give feminists a bad name - my cramps are caused by patriarchy? At least it's good to know that putting rocks in my pocket will help!

davedave

Thu, 22 May 2008 09:34:28 -0500

Now has always been a bit hypocritical with all the shrieking about women's rights over the years and then gladly having 15 pages of hooker ads in every single issue.

Marc Lostracco

Thu, 22 May 2008 08:22:26 -0500

I stopped reading Eye shortly after the last redesign/editorial revamp. I found it hard on the eyes and missing a lot of the types or articles and sidebars I liked. I tried to like it; I really did, but it lost all the personality and quirky attitude I looked forward to every Thursday. I bailed completely when the online movie listings changed to the idiotic current design. I agree that there is little to the articles in NOW these days and that they're increasingly wacky and bizarre. I was irritated enough to write a letter to the editor once when they were bitching about the skin of fruit being harmlessly branded by lasers. Nothing, however, beats this collossal stupidity they published in an alt.health article on menstrual cramps: WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY: Bad periods are the denial of one's feminine side and distend from dysfunctional, patriarchal upbringings. For cramps, I prefer a crystal called garnet. I hold one in each hand and put them right over the ovaries. If they are small enough, I tape them four finger-widths down from the belly button. You can put garnets in your pocket. This is very grounding, helps regulate blood flow, calms disruptive energies and opens the root chakra. Another crystal is red coral , the blood of the earth. Tibetan women use it. Often, women have menstrual problems because of guilt and fear of sexuality; rose quartz can be used to promote self-love. Biotite when placed over the lower abdomen relaxes the pelvic floor. Moonstone helps a woman be in touch with her inner goddess and with her cycles. – Karen Ryan, Crystal Energy Therapist

iantri

Thu, 22 May 2008 07:17:33 -0500

Suppose it might have something to do with the increasingly stupid articles in NOW? Two that stick out in my mind are the Ecoholic issue of NOW, where Adria Vasil encouraged consumers to march back to retail stores with their unwanted packaging and make it my problem (yeah right, there's nothing I can do about it, once you leave my store I'm putting it in the garbage), or the recent Earth Day issue with the wacky astrology article about planetary alignment and world events. Or the article in that same issue about the nuts and roots and etc that you can pick off the ground in Toronto and eat. Or publishing angry letters from vegetarians when they write an article about compassionate carnivores... These days I just skip to the event listings.