Culture Telling women’s stories, a litmus test By Lina Harper • July 22, 2010 1:04 pm EDT Bechdel is my most favrit person ever. Aside from my girlfriend. Keep Reading TV & Film‘Maddie’s Secret’ is the movie about eating disorders we needJohn Early’s pastiche of after-school specials mixes belly laughs with gut punches. It’s a rare masterwork The Xtra Long ReadVan Goth made ‘Canada’s Drag Race’ look easy. But victory has a priceThe drag phenom’s run complicated our idea of what a reality TV villain could be. She tells Xtra about clawing her way to the top—and her fight for what comes next Cruising the Shelves‘Charity and Sylvia’ beautifully illustrates a real-life 19th-century lesbian coupleTillie Walden’s new graphic novel tracks the true story of Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake’s decades-long New England romance SportsThe Toronto Tempo are a much-needed source of hope and connection for Canada’s queer communityWomen’s sports are booming in North America. Canada’s first WNBA team is meeting the moment Advertisement