Heather Mallick

1 week ago | thespec.com | Heather Mallick

Now is not the time to be cancelling subscriptions, especially in a fit of annoyance. Journalism is flailing right now, as we all are. Everyone’s in turmoil, and that includes nations, political leaders, voters, writers, retail, distribution, medical care, travel, restaurants, entertainment, and most people personally as they sit inside their homes fuming. For work reasons, I personally subscribe to a lot of good and useful publications. They became less good.

3 weeks ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Heather Mallick

The world has always been full of prophets telling women How to Be. Social media created a logjam. But decades ago you had to write a book to be heard and Erica Jong’s 1973 feminist novel “Fear of Flying,” which advised young women to seize power by having more sex with men, was a massive bestseller. It was the “All Fours” of its time, Miranda July’s 2024 novel about a woman who dismantles her life out of panic that mid-life will soon render her sexually undesirable.

3 weeks ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Heather Mallick

Could AI steal my writing job? A month ago, skeptical of almost everything American AI tech bros promise, and watching AI produce enough word slop to raise sea levels even further, I asked ChatGPT to imitate my work. Be me, I said. “Please write a 650-word column on modern feminism in the style of Heather Mallick.”It responded personally, which will never not be creepy.

Mar 2, 2025 | thespec.com | Heather Mallick

As U.S. President Donald Trump pushes forward, his sanity dubious and his urge to punish almost Stalinesque, Canadians reject him in ever greater numbers. Canada is our nation. It will remain so. Which brings us to a new phase in Canadian life: who has let us down. We don’t like Trump. And we don’t like Trump-adjacency. When we see it, we speak up. Wayne Gretzky was always Trump-adjacent.

Mar 2, 2025 | wellandtribune.ca | Heather Mallick

As U.S. President Donald Trump pushes forward, his sanity dubious and his urge to punish almost Stalinesque, Canadians reject him in ever greater numbers. Canada is our nation. It will remain so. Which brings us to a new phase in Canadian life: who has let us down. We don’t like Trump. And we don’t like Trump-adjacency. When we see it, we speak up. Wayne Gretzky was always Trump-adjacent.