Xtra - Issue 501, Jan 08, 2004

ON STAGE
Possessed by beauty

story by John Wimbs / Internationally acclaimed Canadian bad-boy puppeteer Ronnie Burkett laughs when the discussion turns to Madam, the outrageously camp puppet creation of 1970s era ventriloquist Waylon Flowers.
EDITORIAL
Presumed dangerous

story by Paul Gallant / Just before Christmas the Supreme Court Of Canada ruled that this country’s marijuana laws are just fine, thank you very much.
STUDENT LIFE
Out in the cold

story by Julia Garro / Imagine you’re a student, away from home for the first time.
SERVICE SECTOR
The Cult of the Fabulous

story by Shaun Proulx / “No problem. It’s just a customer.”
BOOK REVIEW
Blame the perverts & druggies

story by Mickey Cirak / Many of us, especially in the queer communities, have at some point wondered about the role of criminal law in our everyday life.
SOCIAL LIFE
The newcomer take-over

story by Ian Mackenzie / There must be at least 203,296 foreign-born queers in Toronto.
VANCOUVER RAPE RELIEF
Man, I feel like a woman

story by Tanya Gulliver / The 19th-Century nursery rhyme says that little girls are made of sugar and spice and all things nice, but determining gender just isn’t so easy.
FILM REVIEW
Love is the line

story by Gordon Bowness / One of the founding principles of the United States is freedom of speech.
BOOK REVIEW
Resolve to dissolve under the sheets

story by Maureen Phillips / It’s a new year and as much as we’re warned about the folly of resolution making, it’s likely that many of us have made a few.
CD REVIEWS
Big booty wigglin’

story by John Webster / “Run for cover muthafucka!” So says Portsmouth, Virginia’s Missy Elliott on her fun but uneven fifth album, This Is Not A Test.