His and Hers Archive

Russia’s Black Widows

by Gabrielle Giroday Have female suicide bombers become terrorism’s political pin-ups? [full text]

The Write Marriage

by Elizabeth Ellen When it comes to literary couples, is two a crowd? [full text]

Another Bildungsroman

by Suzanne Buffam A poem [full text]

Virginia Woolf’s Lost Rejection Letter

by David Balzer Dear Mrs Woolf [full text]

The Bitchy Rapunzel

by Becca Young Few women would admit to being kept [full text]

Met For Drinks And Talked

by David O'Meara A poem [full text]

The Gonzo Show

by Matt Kavanagh Goodbye, Hunter S. Thompson, king of acid-wit journalism [full text]

One Hundred Years of Male Humiliation

by Jeet Heer The perpetual crisis of masculinity [full text]

Queering the Canon

by Matthew Fox The success of gay literature and the virtue of labels [full text]

If Not Wine, Then Mona

by Jessica Block Maisonneuve’s sexy beast tells all about sampling summer wines [full text]

Ernest Hemingway’s Lost Rejection Letter

by Moberley Luger Dear Mr. Hemingway [full text]

Real Men Wear Kilts

by Iain Higgins An amateur plumber’s work is never done [full text]

She is a Girl

by Susannah Breslin Fiction [full text]

The Better Mother

by Susan Glickman Does today’s woman have what it takes? [full text]

Once Were Warriors

by Taiaiake Alfred My grandmother made me a better man [full text]

Model Citizens

by Jennifer Varkonyi How the beauty industry makes victims of us all [full text]

Flirting or Friendly?

by Elizabeth Ellen How to tell the difference [full text]

It’s Not You, It’s Me

by Pasha Malla Confessions of a perennial ex-boyfriend [full text]

A Boy Story

by Nathan Whitlock Fiction [full text]

Outside Looking In

by Jarret McNeill One man’s story of abortion [full text]

Are You A Girl Or A Boy?

by Lino DiNallo Winner of Maisonneuve’s Boys & Girls literary contest [full text]

Russia’s Black Widows

by Gabrielle Giroday Have female suicide bombers become terrorism’s political pin-ups? [full text]

Go Away

by Martin Patriquin An open letter to fad-seekers everywhere [full text]
Tenth Anniversary: Spring

ISSUE 43 Tenth Anniversary: Spring 2012

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also in this issue:

  • Face the Music

    by Tim Falconer How can someone who passionately loves music also be a terrible singer? Tim Falconer takes up voice lessons—and discovers the surprising science of tone deafness.
  • The Big Job

    by Deni Y. Béchard As a teenager, Deni Y. Béchard went to Vancouver to live with his father, an ex-con with a penchant for telling tall tales. He met a man desperate to forget the past.
  • The Homesickness of Astronauts

    by Johanna Skibsrud "She felt a great sadness. She would remember next to nothing of this, even soon."
  • [see full issue contents]