Anne Theriault
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Anne Theriault lives in Toronto with her husband and young son. She spends her days teaching yoga, reading in cafés, and trying to figure out how to negotiate in toddler-ese. She regularly blogs about books, nostalgia and feminism at bellejarblog.wordpress.com

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13 Ways to Survive a Hangover

(3) Comments | Posted May 17, 2013 | 7:53 AM

1. Stay in bed. Hunker down under the covers. Read Sheila Heti's How Should A Person Be? and highlight the passages that you feel specifically apply to your life. Eat too many cookies. Let your cat lick your face clean, but stop her when she tries to groom...

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Your Ten Dollar T-Shirt Is Not The Problem

(40) Comments | Posted May 7, 2013 | 12:10 PM

In the wake of the April 24th Bangladesh factory collapse, which is now considered to be the most deadly accident in the history of the garment industry, I've been hearing a lot of people sharing some pretty uneducated and uninformed opinions.

I've heard stuff like: "Well, where did you think...

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Rape Culture Knows No Borders

(15) Comments | Posted April 27, 2013 | 7:50 AM

Trigger warning for rape, sexual assault, abduction, torture and murder.


A reader from India asked me to blog about this at the end of last week. At the time, I told her that I was feeling burned out, but promised to write about it on Monday or Tuesday....

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We Are All to Blame for Rehtaeh Parsons' Suicide

(76) Comments | Posted April 9, 2013 | 8:04 PM

The story is disturbingly familiar.

A teenage girl goes to some kind of get-together, maybe a party.

She is raped by multiple assailants.

The rape is photographed and distributed via social media.

The girl is subjected to horrifying acts of bullying and shaming. She is branded a slut. Her life...

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Stop Calling Rape Victims "Someone's Daughter"

(260) Comments | Posted March 19, 2013 | 5:19 PM

I don't have to tell you that Steubenville is all over the news.

I don't have to tell you that the fact that Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond, the two teenagers convicted of raping a sixteen year old girl, were only sentenced to a combined three...

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