| Winter 07/08 - Laughter |
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 Cover by Lori Nixon Editor's Note Features She Makes Me Laugh! by Sarah Stefanson Studies show women and men use humour in different ways. So what makes women funny? Check out these bios of notable females using comedy in their work, art, and life. Careers in Laughter by Sarah Stefanson Women are also using humour in fields other than entertainment comedy. Humour can be productively applied to stress management, corporate productivity, healing, fitness, and art. Articles and Essays Bratz Begets Brats by Tanya L. Steele Instead of having a career or a life as Barbies did, Bratz dolls are party girls. They party, shop, party, then shop some more. Their theme? Passion for fashion. Columns Chronicles of a Wannabe Bush-Woman - The Beginning by Carla Atherton Carla and her family are leaving the hustle of the big metropolis of Saskatoon behind (OK, not so big, but busy all the same) and are moving to the country! Femme Vitale - So, A Duck Walks into My Column... by Charmian Christie Charmian shares the scientific facts behind humour and some amusing anecdotes we can all relate to. Inspired at Work - A Career in Comedy by Christine Hart Christine Hart interviews a young comic named Sara Bynoe to find out how she came to choose comedy as a career and how she broke into the business. Lesley's Letters - Menopause by Lesley Crewe Lesley shares how a nice girl like her became a hormoaner. Sandwich Generation - Stolen Memories by Gisele Gagnon Left with too much time to ponder, Gisele realizes that all of her family's major milestones were preceded by, if not predicated on, robberies. Sense and Sensuality - Do Polyamorous Women Have More Fun? by Sarah Stefanson The polyamorous lifestyle may provide women with a chance to recreate sexual roles and completely own their sensuality. Non-Fiction Art or Motherhood? by Clare Potter A woman turns her back on the social constraints of being a wife and mother and realizes her self as artist. My Mother's Laugh by Annette Yourk When she was younger she was embarrassed by her mother's belly-shaking laugh, but in later years she learns why she should appreciate it. Fiction Men I Accidentally Married by Wendi Stewart "I should preface this tale of marriage woes with my credentials. I have been married to almost every man I encountered in life and for the few that I have not-simply, there is no explanation." A Mother Pucker Meets the Ankle-Biters by Jane Campana A 49-year-old woman discovers that her power skating class is full of "ankle-biters" and has to deal with competing with the kids. The Waiting Place by Sharron Arksey A farmer's wife checks on the progress of their pregnant cows and contemplates aging and menopause. Poetry That Morning The Moon and Journey by Donna Burks Frankfurt Night and Solar by N. Lovastis Hemmed In by Trisia Eddy Eden and I Are Playing Go Fish and So Many Words For Laughter by Susie Berg So This Is Love by Nadia Brown For Yo-Yo Mah by Winona Baker Annie Wakes by Catherine Davies Comments (0)
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