Meghan Trainor Still Working On Self-Acceptance

Meghan Trainor

Meghan Trainor

One of the biggest pop songs of the past couple months has been the posi-anthem “All About That Bass” by Meghan Trainor.

Sarah spoke to Trainor about the hit song and the long and winding road the singer has taken towards the body acceptance that’s the subject of the song.

To read the story head over to Huffington Post Music Canada by going here.

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Tagaq Wants Us All To Eat A Seal Steak

Tanya Tagaq

Tanya Tagaq

Tanya Tagaq just capped off a Toronto-Montreal whirlwind of sellout shows further proving she’s one of the most dynamic musicians in Canada right now.

This seemed like a good enough reason for Sarah to further explore her recent conversation with the Polaris Music Prize champ.

For this piece Sarah and Tagaq went deeper into politics of eating seal meat.

You can read the whole story at Huffington Post Music Canada by clicking here.

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How Bruce Springsteen Helped Me Face My Childhood Bullies

Darkness On The Edge Of Town

Darkness On The Edge Of Town

Sarah recently wrote a story for Consequence Of Sound’s Aux.Out section about how she learned to love a post-irony music world via Bruce Springsteen’s Darkness At The Edge Of Town.

There is, to be fair, a lot more to it than just shunting off old Beck songs. In the story, and in real life, she confronted some school bullies from her past.

The end result: singing “Badlands” at the top of her lungs.

To read the full story go here.

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Barb Honchak And Her Marvellous Unicorn Shirt

Barb Honchak

Barb Honchak

Invicta FC’s flyweight champion Barb Honchak successfully defended her title against Japan’s Takayo Hashi on the weekend.

And though Honchak won by decision, not chokehold, it’s still a worthwhile enough reason to revisit the pre-fight interview Sarah did with her for Fightland.

They talked about all sorts of things, but most important was probably Honchak’s official t-shirt: “Every time Barb Honchak chokes a bitch out a unicorn farts a rainbow.”

Read about it by clicking here.

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Kaitlin Young’s Comeback Attempt

Kaitlin Young

Kaitlin Young

In the history of female MMA fighters Kaitlin Young’s name will forever be linked to those of the sport’s first generation pioneers.

Unfortunately, her fight record hasn’t quite matched her place in history.

Young attempted a comeback fight at last weekend’s Invicta card.

Sarah interviewed her before the event for Fightland. Read the story by clicking here.

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