Photo by David Spigolon. Just over a decade ago in the basement of a SoHo café, playwright Eve Ensler began performing a series of moving and celebratory monologues dealing with the shame many women have over their physiology and sexuality. Since then, The Vagina Monologues has evolved to legendary fame, so far staged in 120 countries and translated into 45 languages. Ensler's success also inspired her to create V-Day, a non-profit, worldwide movement opposing......

Since April is Earth Month, it seems like a good time to take a look at the world of second-hand shopping. After all, buying used consumer goods does help reduce, reuse, and recycle. We visited almost every Value Village, Goodwill, and Salvation Army in the GTA to find out which locations had the best merchandise. Here's what we discovered: Is thrift store shopping really green? While it's great that gently used clothing and housewares aren't......

Madonna's new promo push, as discussed in today's Star and by Paved.ca's star blogger, has spun out of the groove locally. The mass-marketing of the underwear-wearing 40-something has garnered lots of talk, and lots of dissmissals, from just about everywhere. It's not that the promotional flavour is overly sour (40 is the new 60, and Ms Ritchie looks good in leotard), but it might be too strong a taste even for her. This stretch-limo idea......