Not as sexual harassment-proof as I thought I was

Last year it was the Bearded Lady Pub Crawl – I discovered that a plausible-looking mustache made me immune to catcalls and unwanted advances. Also that a mustache is not a hot look for me, but that’s OK. This year it’s pregnancy. For whatever reason I haven’t had a strange man yell at me from [...]

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The invention of gender

I was in Old Navy the other day in the extremely tiny Maternity and Baby section (because who doesn’t have enough maternity pants? I didn’t buy anything though) when I noticed the what was possibly the cutest and the saddest thing ever. The cutest: A tiny Superman onesie. The saddest: An identical pink version of [...]

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Complaining With Kay, Episode 58: A confusion of terms.

*Warning: NSFW* My take on Julian Assange et al. If you’re looking for that email, kaythecomplainer@gmail.com. Link.

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One thing to be grateful for

Ladies, do you ever look around at the crazy world we live in and think, “My god, I wish I were a man!”? I know, we all enjoy having the freedom to express ourselves through fashion (within the bounds of femininity, of course), and we love the bonds we create with our families from doing [...]

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New things happening

- Nuit Blanche. Me in it. Under the overhang of the Omni building in Dundas Square. I’m on from 7-11. – Hey, look! Our ridiculous prostitution laws* have been struck down. I’m not really in favour of prostitution or anything – I think in an ideal society it would either not exist or look very, [...]

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Dear weird middle-aged men of Toronto,

No, I will not give you a lift on the back of my bike. For one thing, you probably weigh more than me and the bike combined. For another, the fact that I am cute and wear bright colours doesn’t mean I’m a nice person. I realize that women generally laugh at your dumb jokes [...]

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Complaining with Kay, Episode 51: Attention, douchebags!

Special guest Celeste Gillis and I discuss random douchebags we have known. – Did I ever tell you about the time the guy tried to lick my face on the subway? – Was he really short? – No, do you know him?- No, but for someone’s mouth to accidentally hit your shoulder… – Speak of [...]

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Complaining with Kay, Episode 45: The problem of happiness.

In this episode: – I was chatting with this nice older lady who was there with an extremely ancient German Short-Haired Pointer and a middle-aged Labradoodle. – I was thinking, are there people like that? And am I one of them? – Happy Valentine’s Day! If you’re single, I hope you’re sticking it to the [...]

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Random memories

1. I was four years old. I was being picked up from junior kindergarten by Mrs Schuler, whose son Matthew was one of my little friends. Even though my house was about a four minute drive from the school, I was convinced i was going to get thirsty on the way home. So I filled [...]

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The Blag Hag goes to an anti-porn rally…

…so the rest of us don’t have to.  Go read her take on it.  It’s hilarious.  An excerpt: God created sex so you could be one with your partner. Every time you have sex, you’re creating oneness with that new person, so you’re fracturing your soul into pieces. OMG SEX CREATES HORCRUXES. That’s really how [...]

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