The New York Times recently featured a meditation on “The New Spiritual Consumerism: On shows like ‘Queer Eye,’ makeovers, shopping and redecorating are presented as deeply meaningful.” Amanda Hess tartly comments on the remedies offered by the show’s makeover gurus: “Their salves … Continued
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Should Street Preachers Be Arrested?
Contextrecently reportedon Toronto street preacher David Lynn, who continues to await charges following his arrest last June for disturbing the peace. He had taken a megaphone to the Church-Wellesley area of his city, a centre of LGBTQ+ identity, and loudly proclaimed … Continued
It’s Such a Big, Needy World: What Can I Do?
Context features this week the appalling suffering of the Rohingya people at the hands of their fierce former neighbours in Myanmar/Burma. Meanwhile, our American cousins can’t believe that their governments are housing (if that’s the right word for it—and it isn’t) … Continued