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Author: Maren Savarese Knopf

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  • Sports & Health
    A photo of the Thriftlodge by Wyndham motel on 1009 Albert St., Regina.
    Social services pays this place almost 200 dollars a night to house someone in crisis? Kim Kaufman

    Who’s exploiting social services again? 

    “Provincial data shows that hotel-related costs for social services have doubled by more than half since 2018.” - Maren Savarese Knopf
    Maren Savarese Knopf
    February 29, 2024
  • Arts & Sports
    A photograph of the author’s knitting supplies. There are multiple sets and colours of yarn. The ones in-focus are blue, purple, pink, and a muted green. In the top left corner is a multi-coloured project with a knitting needle sticking out of it.
    Where we’re going we don’t need knitting patterns. Maren Savarese Knopf

    Creating conversations: anarchist knitting

    “What tends to end up happening once we start having these discussions about social norms within our circle of power is that ...
    Maren Savarese Knopf
    February 29, 2024
  • Arts & SportsFeatured
    A 14th century drawing of peasants breaking bread and drinking together, seemingly in a forest or some other natural scene.
    Look how happy they are, all that free time, outside with fresh air, in the sun… via Wikimedia Commons

    Work, labour, and debt: medieval to modern

    “If history shows anything, it is that there’s no better way to justify relations founded on violence, to make such relations seem ...
    Maren Savarese Knopf
    February 29, 2024
  • FeaturedOp-Ed
    A sketch of a cute pink and yellow bed.
    I think it is a shame how much money we spend on beds and then how little we use them. Maren Savarese Knopf

    When rest is a rebellion

    “Perhaps in some ways, bed rotting offers an avenue to ‘reclaim’ the rest cure previously prescribed for female hysteria, while at the ...
    Maren Savarese Knopf
    February 15, 2024
  • Arts & SportsFeatured
    A black and white photograph of a bookshelf with two full shelves. The top shelf includes Thrust by Lidia Yuknavitch; Vita Nostra by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko; A Little Life by Hanya Yanaghihara; The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper; Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell; The Secret History by Donna Tartt; My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh; White on White by Ayşegül Savaş; Big Swiss by Jen Beagin; Across a Hundred Mountains by Reyna Grande; Piranesi by Susanna Clarke; Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda; Intimacies by Katie Kitamura; This Vicious Grace by Emily Thiede; Woman, Eating by Claire Kohida; Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi; Stone Blend by Natalie Haynes; The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt; and Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. The second shelf holds Gate 7 by manga artist group Clamp; Cabin Porn by Little, Brown and Company; Chromophobia by David Batchelor; Summer 2020 Ecology Issue No. 41 of Qwerty; Spring 2023 Issue No. 295 of The Fiddlehead; Transforming Power by Judy Rebick; Determinants of Indigenous Peoples’ Health Second Edition by Greenwood, de Leeuw, and Lindsay; Me Tomorrow: Indigenous Views of the Future by Douglas & McIntyre; Clearing The Plains by James William Daschuk; The Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels; Saskatchewan Dirt: A Pandemic Quest for Connection by Bev Lundahl; Survival of the Friendliest by Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods; Women, Culture, & Politics by Angela Y. Davis; Weeds of Canada and the Northern United States by Royer & Dickinson; Pure Colour by Sheila Heti; Listening to the Beat of our Drum edited by Carrie Bourass, Elder Betty McKenna and Darlene Juschka; Noticed, Known and Missed by Cara Milne; The Power of Disability by Al Etmanski; and From Left to Right: Saskatchewan’s Political and Economic Transformation by Dale Eisler.
    Quite the collection already, but clearly more will be added soon! Maren Savarese Knopf

    Exploring the pages: six 2024 must-reads

    “Wandering Stars traces the legacy of Sand Creek Massacre in 1864 and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School by following the story of ...
    Maren Savarese Knopf
    February 15, 2024
  • Op-Ed
    A photo of a scrub, boxed. The product label says Scrub Mommy and has a smiling emoji face.
    Is it just me, or does that smile have the deadest eyes of all time? Maren Savarese Knopf

    Scrub Mommy, your scrubbing tool of subtle oppression

    “Invisible labour impacts a wide range of demographics sitting within the margins, and the fact that their labour is invisibilized required ...
    Maren Savarese Knopf
    February 8, 2024
  • News
    A person with short red hair and a bright green shirt carries a box on their back reading “Warning! will cause death”
    Is this you, Allegro Industries? Clker-Free-Vector-Images via Pixabay, manipulated by lee lim

    How Canada exports death

    “The use, for the first time in humans and on an experimental basis, of a method of execution that has been shown ...
    Maren Savarese Knopf
    February 8, 2024
  • Op-Ed
    A cougar hiding behind some tree branches.
    All I am saying is, I can see why a cougar or any other animal would rather not be around humans. Wayne Thornton via Wikimedia Commons

    Hair, bones, and tracks

    “Despite a lack of evidence, there is a large portion of New Brunswickers who adamantly believe the big cats are roaming about ...
    Maren Savarese Knopf
    January 25, 2024
  • FeaturedNews
    A sketch showing a pack of sausages, marked 50 per cent off and cancelled, then 30 per cent off and cancelled, and finally 1 per cent off.
    1 per cent off and it will likely turn into toxic waste before your return bus gets you home. OpenClipart-Vectors via Pixabay, manipulated by lee lim

    Loblaw rolls back discount slash

    “The fact that you watch what’s going on in the market and copy your competitors is not a criminal collaboration because there’s no ...
    Maren Savarese Knopf
    January 25, 2024
  • FeaturedSports & Health
    A positive COVID-19 test held in two blue-gloved hands.
    This thing has all the accuracy of a bad pregnancy test. Matthias_koll_leverkusen via Pixabay

    Faulty COVID-19 tests

    “A year-long investigation of the federal procurement process found that BTNX, the rapid test supplier from Toronto, deleted dozens of samples from ...
    Maren Savarese Knopf
    January 18, 2024
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