Arts

Dolly Parton chats about her gay fans & boobs

By Xtra.ca staff

Arts

Gossip roundup: America’s Next Top Model, Tyra Banks, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry & more

By Aubrey Laufer

Canada

Rubbing elbows at writers festivals

Fests are a brief time-out from a writer’s life of scribbling in solitude

By Mariko Tamaki

Culture

Peaches is like a diamond in the muff

By Emily Lam

Arts

Evergon looks to porn for inspiration

Montreal photographer titillates with his latest exhibit

By Matthew Hays

Censorship

Nova Scotia porn distributor fights archaic film regulations

By Lina Harper

Toronto Diary

Theatre Thursday: Mirvish takes the spotlight

By Rob Salerno

Arts

Brooklyn’s Ana Egge brings her ethereal songs to Toronto

Musician plays at Rivoli on Sat, Nov 14

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Arts

The gay thing, is it an issue anymore?

Clapham Junction gets gritty about the effects of homophobia

By Erik Faure

Arts

Setting things straight

DV8 brings angry gay dance to NAC

By Stephen Slessor

Arts

Love in hard times

By FC Estrella

Arts

Dismantling the canon

The fluid, sinuous, reflexive Nathalie Stephens

By RM Vaughan

Ottawa

Bottomless people

By Daniel Allen Cox

Arts

Punk pioneers The Action reunite

Ottawa?s first punk band messed with gender

By Lauryn Kronick

Arts

Strong cast fleshes out a tidy and tender film

Patrik, Age 1.5 finds success in the rendering of its characters

By Nigel Smith

Music

Lady Gaga heads to the baths in her “Bad Romance” video

By Brent Creelman

Canada

Selling your Body or Selling a Service: A Sex Worker’s Perspective

By Lina Harper

Arts

Musician Emma McKenna is the ultimate rebel girl

Toronto-based artist recording solo album

By Shannon Webb-Campbell