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Features

Get smart about student loans

Paying for school: the good, the bad, and the ugly  By Kate Taylor

Hot & bothered

Society tends to ignore and desexualized the disabled. But there are ways that we can resist  By Loree Erickson

Shaping up

Size activism takes on fashion. Can it make a difference?  By Kelly Anderson

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Quick Reads

Editor's letter  
Letters  
Newsflash  Venezuelan high note; abortion boat on the rocks
Activist Report  Putting the spotlight on writers in jail
Five Shameless things to do  
On the job  Computer science
I'm Shameless  Introducing a cool Shameless reader

Columns and Departments

Advice  How to get published
Body politics  Help! I've got nipple hair
For the record  Dealing with your conservative family
Media savvy  The onslaught of ambivalence
And in this corner  Learning from my mistakes
Sporting goods  Ryerson students go to bat for cricket

Arts and Culture

Arts profile  Liz Worth writes the book on punk
Playlist  Maddy Wilde
Show & Tell  "Blackout," by Maria Cichosz
Get up  What's underneath some winter coats
Geek chic  Why I love my toolbox
Best of the blog  Sick days; weight-loss lipgloss
D.I.Y.  Bind your own book
Stir it up  Untangling the controversy of the seal hunt
Reviews  
Counterculture classics  Julie Doucet
The last word  Douchebag