Lisa WhittingtonHill
@nerdygirly
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Publisher @thismagazine. Words in @longreads, @thewalrus, @hazlitt. @333books on The Go-Go's (2023). Essay collection: Girls, Interrupted (@vehiculepress, 2023)
Toronto
Joined January 2009
Very, very excited that this will be out in the world in October! Pre-orders are available now (which I am very grateful for). Many, many thanks to @cstarnino and @VehiculePress!.
Cover Reveal | October 2023. GIRLS, INTERRUPTED: HOW POP CULTURE IS FAILING WOMEN .Lisa WhittingtonHill @nerdygirly. A scathingly witty collection of essays that explores how pop culture’s treatment of women continues to be marked by misogyny and misunderstanding.
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RT @thismagazine: "Simply put, real estate in Canada is treated as an asset to make money, and not for housing actual people." In this piec….
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“This is not a scam,” I read the email aloud to my partner. “We are seniors looking to move to Nova Scotia and have a 2-bedroom plus den.” The sender had reached out after reading an opinion piece I...
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RT @rosielongdecter: Summer Issue cover story now online! I have been telling my friends little facts from this story all summer!.
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It's Courtney Love's birthday! Happy birthday, Courtney! Sharing this @longreads piece I wrote for her 55th. It was so much fun to write and research.
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Lisa Whittington-Hill on why Courtney Love deserves to be the girl with the most cake.
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RT @rosielongdecter: Apply to intern at Maisy! We provide fact checking training and opportunities to write for the print mag and blog, and….
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RT @thismagazine: 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Pride Month is coming to an end, but we publish 2SLGBTQ+ stories all year round! Featuring politics, policies,….
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Progressive politics, ideas & culture
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RT @maisonneuvemag: Our very seasonal summer issue has a cover feature by @evecable on the history and present of Montreal's pool system; a….
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RT @thismagazine: Happy Friday! This afternoon, our monthly newsletter will bring you some of the best stories covering progressive politic….
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Each week, our newsletter delivers fresh content from This Magazine straight to your inbox. Read web exclusives and your favourite stories from the mag, and get the inside scoop from our humble...
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RT @thismagazine: We're headquartered in Toronto and it's a hot one today! ☀️ We hope all our Ontario readers are finding ways to stay cool….
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Arctic Canada is filling with puddles. Springtime in the Yukon looks astonishingly similar to June in Ontario. The days are long. Deer bite the heads off flowers deep in the forest. Icy mountains...
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RT @thismagazine: The #NationalMagazineAwards are still on our mind and we love celebrating our contributors' past recognition—like @mminel….
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“Give your daughters difficult names. Names that command the full use of the tongue. My name makes you want to tell me the truth. My name does not allow me to trust anyone who cannot pronounce it...
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RT @thismagazine: As we wind down from the #NationalMagazineAwards, we want to celebrate our contributors who received recognition in the p….
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“The trust is, of course, that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time." —David Bowie The Parisian night sky is charcoal grey. Fog rises from the Seine like a lonely...
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RT @thismagazine: This week we're celebrating our past recognition at the #NationalMagazineAwards—and today we get a little Pride Month cro….
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RT @thismagazine: We're still buzzing with excitement from the #NationalMagazineAwards, so this week, we want to spotlight some of our wond….
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"I still remember everything about it," Zakaria Amara says, sketching the library inside Millhaven Institution, a maximum-security prison located in Bath, Ontario. He maps the librarian’s glass...
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RT @thismagazine: We're so happy to congratulate Jasmine Lesperance on receiving an honourable mention at the #NationalMagazineAwards for h….
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RT @MagAwards: The winner of the #NMA25 Editor Grand Prix is @taimhuynh! For their work with @thelocal.to! The jury said: "Tai Huynh is a s….
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RT @MagAwards: Congratulations to the @thewalrus tean on winning Gold for Issue Grand Prix for "If He Wins: How Poilievre Will Change Canad….
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So honoured to receive this award. Thank you @MagAwards! Congratulations to all the winners and nominees at last night’s awards. It was a great night celebrating a great industry!.
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RT @thenewquarterly: Attention nonfiction writers! Submissions are now open for regular nonfiction until June 30, 2025. Note: Although t….
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RT @thewalrus: It’s hard to avoid comparisons between Amy Winehouse and Kurt Cobain. They both shared trauma and struggled with addiction.….
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Dead for over a decade, the iconic singer-songwriter has never gotten the same due as her male counterparts
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