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Haunted by the Past: The Legacy of Colonialism and Feminist Resistance in Mexican Gothic
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia This was the term paper I submitted for my The Art of Story: An Introduction to Literature course....
Raine McLeod
Apr 298 min read
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Attempts to Legislate Hate Speech Violate Free Expression
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms I submitted the following as my term paper for my Introduction to Government and Politics...
Raine McLeod
Apr 2710 min read
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I have...
I have my mother's hands. The skin is papery, but the hands are strong. The hands have the capacity for creativity. I often have the...
Raine McLeod
Apr 253 min read
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Maybe Not All Abrupt Change is Bad???
This is apparently what AI thinks I look like surrounded by books Well, we got through a bunch of The Firsts. The First birthdays, First...
Raine McLeod
Feb 15 min read
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The Weight of Grief
Suddenly, I'm an orphan. On September 25, 2022, my father fell and died of "complications from subarachnoid hemorrhage" and on March 15,...
Raine McLeod
May 30, 20235 min read
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A Eulogy for Half My Family
March 25, 2023 Hi, everyone. I’m Raine (or Laura, depending on who you’re talking to and when). I’m Ron and Brenda’s eldest daughter. The...
Raine McLeod
May 30, 20237 min read
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Let's Talk About (Protest) Voting - Do Canadian Women Really "Have" the Vote?
Sure we're ~allowed to~ but does it matter if the parties treat women and our rights like shit? Electoral reform is something that we...
Raine McLeod
Aug 18, 20216 min read
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Reading under pressure
I'm behind on my goal. Objectively, I've still read a lot so far this year, and my ~being behind schedule~ is still dozens more than...
Raine McLeod
Jul 26, 20212 min read
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Jessica Darling is Talking to Us.
I received a copy of the audiobook for free from NetGalley and Macmillan Audio in exchange for an honest, voluntary review. It's the 20th...
Raine McLeod
Jul 12, 20214 min read
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Burning Girls
This is probably one of the best short story collections I've ever read. It has a distinctly feminist bent and re-imaginings of folklore...
Raine McLeod
Jul 8, 20211 min read
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