Photo of Julie Doiron courtesy of Jagjaguwar. Feminism means different things to different people—and for many people it means something negative. From the angry feminist stereotypes to news outlets simply ignoring it, feminism is an important movement that's gotten a bad rap. Ladyfest Toronto is aiming to change that by throwing a festival that proves feminism can be both fun and political. The festival kicks off next Thursday (the 27th) with a party at......

Usually saying the words "short" and "sex" in the same sentence means that somebody had a bad night. Unless, that is, you're talking about Darryl's Hard Liquor And Porn Film Festival, a showcase for short movies about everyone's favourite late night activity. Wannabe porn directors, now's your time to shine, as the final call for submissions has been pushed up to August 15th. The rules are fairly loose, pardon the pun, with the only criteria......

Unlike our hetero male friends, a lot of women just don't get aroused by mainstream porn. You know, the kind where silicone-padded girls are used as receptacles for bodily fluids? Thankfully, there is a growing market for porn for women by women, which has been dubbed "feminist porn." For porn to be considered feminist, three criteria must be fulfilled. First is that the women are shown experiencing real pleasure and real orgasms. Secondly, women should......

Residents of Harbord Village may have lately found themselves tickled, scandalized, offended or bemused by a strange crop of recent graffiti notable on the south side of Harbord between Spadina and Bathurst. Some local wag has sharpied the word "glory" along with an arrow onto about every possible hole in lamp posts or elsewhere, turning the street into some sort of glory hole bonanza. By this point, several of the holes have been postered over,......

Oh Sheila Kelley, you b-list actress, you West Wing bald guy's wife, you...stripper! We got your stripping exercise book, The S factor, as a gag gift, and we watched, in genuine awe, as it got crazy press coverage everywhere. So it's no surprise that Good For Her is offering a striptease workshop tonight. And this one's for couples! Quick, somebody tell 2 magazine! Torontoist has nothing against stripping, but stripping classes? $100 to learn how......