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Toronto Star
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Toronto Star
Perimenopause, polyamory and ‘tampon sex': Inside the novel that has Toronto women talking about blowing up their lives
'I feel like I've actually been in that room. I can picture it.' It's a Sunday afternoon in Parkdale and Laura Dawe, a painter in her early 40s, is talking to her still life class about a fictional motel room in a cult novel. Dawe, who is in the process of repainting her studio, hasn't been able to get the image of a lavishly decorated rose-hued space out of her mind since reading 'All Fours,' Miranda July's sexually explicit roman à clef, last year. Dawe has her own distinctive aesthetic. But something about July's description — vivid and borderline surrealist — has stuck in her mind. Painting a room is no longer simply painting a room; for Dawe, it's become a minor act of All Fours-ing. I first encountered All Fours-ing — as a verb — in conversation with Laura Shaw, a software researcher and divorced mother of a 7-year-old, who lives in Corso Italia. Shaw read July's novel last summer and has been discussing its central themes — motherhood, perimenopause, open relationships, aging, art, and sex — with friends ever since. Like hundreds of other Toronto readers — and thousands more around the world — Shaw felt 'All Fours' captured something singular about the experience of contemporary womanhood. To 'all fours' is, as Shaw explains it, 'to blow up your life.' Opinion articles are based on the author's interpretations and judgments of facts, data and events. More details
Toronto Star
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Toronto Star
Parenting, perimenopause and ‘tampon sex': Why so many Toronto women are obsessed with a novel about blowing up their lives
'I feel like I've actually been in that room. I can picture it.' It's a Sunday afternoon in Parkdale and Laura Dawe, a painter in her early 40s, is talking to her still life class about a fictional motel room in a cult novel. Dawe, who is in the process of repainting her studio, hasn't been able to get the image of a lavishly decorated rose-hued space out of her mind since reading 'All Fours,' Miranda July's sexually explicit roman à clef, last year. Dawe has her own distinctive aesthetic. But something about July's description — vivid and borderline surrealist — has stuck in her mind. Painting a room is no longer simply painting a room; for Dawe, it's become a minor act of All Fours-ing. I first encountered All Fours-ing — as a verb — in conversation with Laura Shaw, a software researcher and divorced mother of a 7-year-old, who lives in Corso Italia. Shaw read July's novel last summer and has been discussing its central themes — motherhood, perimenopause, open relationships, aging, art, and sex — with friends ever since. Like hundreds of other Toronto readers — and thousands more around the world — Shaw felt 'All Fours' captured something singular about the experience of contemporary womanhood. To 'all fours' is, as Shaw explains it, 'to blow up your life.'
Scoop
5 days ago
- Business
- Scoop
Passenger Numbers Up, Revenue Down For ORC's Public Transport
Press Release – Otago Regional Council Fare revenue in Dunedin for the three quarters was down 8% to $3.11 million while in Queenstown revenue for the same period declined 6% to $2.42 million. The Public Transport patronage and revenue data is being presented to ORCs Public and Active Bus passenger numbers across ORC's Dunedin and Queenstown Public Transport services continue to increase, but to a backdrop of falling revenue as NZ Transport Authority subsidies decline. For the first three quarters of the current financial year – covering from July 2024 to March 2025 – Dunedin passenger numbers rose by 4% to 2,611,577 trips and in Queenstown rose by 3% to 1,489,729 trips, says ORC's General Manager Regional and Planning Transport, Anita Dawe. 'We are really pleased that we continue to see a steady increase in patronage, especially as the removal of subsidies can create challenges for our public transport community. We're also seeing more older and younger people using our buses, especially on the Dunedin network,' she says. Fare revenue in Dunedin for the three quarters was down 8% to $3.11 million while in Queenstown revenue for the same period declined 6% to $2.42 million, Ms Dawe says. Using Dunedin as an example, Ms Dawe says in the six months to December 2023, there were 1.67 million passengers and the NZTA subsidy for that period was $602,819. However, for the six months to December 2024, there were 1.73 million Dunedin passengers, but the NZTA subsidy reduced by more than $443,000, to $159,069. The subsidy reductions are across public transport services around the country. Ms Dawe noted numerous NZTA subsidies ended in April 2024, including for free child (5-12), youth (13-18) and Youth Plus (19-25). She predicted that for the full year overall Otago bus patronage numbers will exceed the previous year, while year-on-year percentage growth will be lower because 2023-24 had a 'very high rate of growth' to better, she says. The Public Transport patronage and revenue data is being presented to ORC's Public and Active Transport Committee next Thursday (5 June) for noting. The full Agenda and report is now online, under Meetings on The Queenstown ferry operation saw a 6% decline in patronage to 55,829 passengers for the three- quarter period,while revenue was down 3% to $618, 984. Mrs Dawe notes the impact on the ferry revenue after its return to full fares was more keenly felt in dollar terms than on the bus services. On Total Mobility patronage, there was a 17% increase in patronage for the three-quarter period, rising to a total 105,996 trips. The trip costs are shared between the passenger, ratepayer and taxpayer.
Scoop
5 days ago
- Business
- Scoop
Passenger Numbers Up, Revenue Down For ORC's Public Transport
Bus passenger numbers across ORC's Dunedin and Queenstown Public Transport services continue to increase, but to a backdrop of falling revenue as NZ Transport Authority subsidies decline. For the first three quarters of the current financial year – covering from July 2024 to March 2025 – Dunedin passenger numbers rose by 4% to 2,611,577 trips and in Queenstown rose by 3% to 1,489,729 trips, says ORC's General Manager Regional and Planning Transport, Anita Dawe. 'We are really pleased that we continue to see a steady increase in patronage, especially as the removal of subsidies can create challenges for our public transport community. We're also seeing more older and younger people using our buses, especially on the Dunedin network,' she says. Fare revenue in Dunedin for the three quarters was down 8% to $3.11 million while in Queenstown revenue for the same period declined 6% to $2.42 million, Ms Dawe says. Using Dunedin as an example, Ms Dawe says in the six months to December 2023, there were 1.67 million passengers and the NZTA subsidy for that period was $602,819. However, for the six months to December 2024, there were 1.73 million Dunedin passengers, but the NZTA subsidy reduced by more than $443,000, to $159,069. The subsidy reductions are across public transport services around the country. Ms Dawe noted numerous NZTA subsidies ended in April 2024, including for free child (5-12), youth (13-18) and Youth Plus (19-25). She predicted that for the full year overall Otago bus patronage numbers will exceed the previous year, while year-on-year percentage growth will be lower because 2023-24 had a 'very high rate of growth' to better, she says. The Public Transport patronage and revenue data is being presented to ORC's Public and Active Transport Committee next Thursday (5 June) for noting. The full Agenda and report is now online, under Meetings on The Queenstown ferry operation saw a 6% decline in patronage to 55,829 passengers for the three- quarter period,while revenue was down 3% to $618, 984. Mrs Dawe notes the impact on the ferry revenue after its return to full fares was more keenly felt in dollar terms than on the bus services. On Total Mobility patronage, there was a 17% increase in patronage for the three-quarter period, rising to a total 105,996 trips. The trip costs are shared between the passenger, ratepayer and taxpayer.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Dawe saddened as Cornwall's Twickenham hopes end
Cornwall head coach Graham Dawe says he is disappointed his side have missed out on a Twickenham final. The Black and Gold were beaten 34-18 by Kent at Redruth in their opening pool game of the County Championship. The win means Kent are guaranteed to top their three-team pool in the Bill Beaumont Cup after beating Hampshire 42-5 in their opening game last week. Cornwall travel to Hampshire knowing a win will secure second place in the tournament, having lost out to Kent for third successive season. "We thought we had parity up front, we had a great scrum, a very organised lineout," Dawe told BBC Radio Cornwall "But maybe we were guilty of playing a bit too much sometimes and didn't really build any pressure, and they're very good." Two Ben Charnock tries and a penalty try helped Kent lead 21-5 before Tom Cowan-Dickie, who had got Cornwall's opening score, got a second unconverted try shortly before half-time. The two sides traded penalties early in the second period before Harry Larkins crossed for a 61st-minute penalty to close the gap to six points as Kent led 24-18. Cornwall thought they had taken the lead soon after when Ben Plummer went over, but he was adjudged to have stepped into touch, and soon after Mikel Davies got the winning try. "Losing two people to the bin doesn't help, stepping into touch doesn't help when we had momentum, and that would have been less than a one score game going into the last 15 minutes," added Dawe. "Maybe she should have settled it in the first hour, but it didn't happen, and we paid the price." Cornwall RFU
