Sylvie Hill

Ottawa XPress – Shotgun – January 6, 2005 Growing up in the 1980s, the extent of my sexual education involved a book my mom had lying around called Our Bodies, Ourselves, and serious investigation into why dudes got retarded over Daisy Duke. The book didn’t help. Its content-depicting mammas with full, hanging breasts the size […]

Ottawa XPress – Shotgun – December 23, 2005 To gauge a stranger’s appeal and what will in turn make you attractive to others at home, in the workplace and out in the city in the New Year, you have to look beyond the usual indicators-money, repute and power. To figure out if someone digs you, […]

Ottawa XPress – Shotgun – December 16, 2005 Looking back in the news of the year past usually involves considering all the wars and bad shit that happened. Different things stick out for different people. For me, it’s a mix of the monumental and the common and especially of things that maybe the entire world […]

Ottawa XPress – Shotgun – December 9, 2005 “yes because theres a wonderful feeling there so tender all the time how did we finish it off yes O yes I pulled him off into my handkerchief pretending not to be excited but I opened my legs I wouldnt let him touch me inside my petticoat […]

Ottawa XPress / December 2, 2005 “Will you still love me in December? I could sleep many days, but it wouldn’t make a difference without you.” ~Julie Doiron “Will You Still Love Me” EP (1999) December is here, the air is colder, the landscape barren. The Christmas Store on Elgin Street is gearing up, and […]

Ottawa XPress – Shotgun – November 25, 2004 I’m bustin’ out – both outta my shirt and outta this rigid, patriarchal system where a chick can’t go braless or talk about topics left-of-center without being hit on or accused of “tramping” about. Next to the ladies in line at posh nightclubs in Ottawa, I believed […]

Ottawa XPress, Shotgun, November 18, 2004 Bored and unsatisfied with your current partner? Spark fading but you still love ’em? Well, why leave when you can just cheat? Thanks to the Internet, restless couples and singles have a glut of opportunities to connect with strangers via chat rooms, online dating sources like Lavalife, or liaison […]

Ottawa XPress – Shotgun; November 11, 2004 “The Canadian Pub is destined to become a highly prized addition to anyone’s collection.” – McIntosh & Watts, Christmas catalogue McIntosh & Watts, Canada’s self-proclaimed Number 1 retailer of quality gifts and tableware are selling a special Victorian Dickens village-inspired foot-tall model they call “The Canadian Pub.” It’s […]

Ottawa XPress – Shotgun – November 4, 2004 “If a man wishes to rid himself of a feeling of unbearable oppression, he may have to take to hashish.” ~Friedrich Nietzsche Everywhere I turn I hear people telling me they’re living the good life. But when I look beneath the surface, something isn’t quite right. While […]

Ottawa XPress – Shotgun – October 28, 2004 “A flotilla of apples bobbing in a steel tub evokes memories of childhood and headlong plunges into icy water.” ~Apple Votives Halloween decorating idea by www.marthastewart.com. A quick search on the Internet for “What is Halloween?” will lead you to some weird things, like Martha Stewart’s decorating […]