Weekly Quiz: Birth Care Barriers, Languid Literature, and the Problem with Protein

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const title = "Weekly Quiz: Birth Care Barriers, Languid Literature, and the Problem with Protein"; const date = "December 06, 2025"; const data = [ { image: "https://walrus-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/img/Cyca_Midwives1_1800.jpg", title: "Many Indigenous Mothers Must Travel Hundreds of Kilometres to Give Birth. Meet the Midwives Changing That", url: "https://thewalrus.ca/indigenous-midwives/", question: "Prior to its regulation in Canada at the end of the twentieth century, midwifery was a legal grey area, with restrictions that contributed to a lack of accessible care for birthing parents outside of urban centres. Progress in each province and territory has not been linear. In what year did Lesley Paulette, one of Alberta’s first registered midwives, receive her designation?", options: [ "1980", "1988", "1992", "1998", ], answer: "1998", correct: "Paulette, a member of Tthebatthie Denesųłiné Nation (formerly known as Smith’s Landing First Nation) became one of the Alberta’s first registered midwives in 1998. For years, she worked across the border, in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, advocating for midwifery legislation in the territory. Paulette established the territory’s first midwifery practice, in Fort Smith, in 2005, shortly after legislation went into effect. Nine years later, she advised on the establishment of a second program, in Hay River. Both communities, Paulette says, lacked physician birth services and had grassroots support for midwifery. “Since then, no new community-based midwifery practices have been established in the territory,” she says. “In twenty years, we got midwifery practices into two communities.”", incorrect: "Paulette, a member of Tthebatthie Denesųłiné Nation (formerly known as Smith’s Landing First Nation) became one of the province’s first registered midwives in 1998. For years, she worked across the border, in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, advocating for midwifery legislation in the territory. Paulette established the territory’s first midwifery practice, in Fort Smith, in 2005, shortly after legislation went into effect. Nine years later, she advised on the establishment of a second program, in Hay River. Both communities, Paulette says, lacked physician birth services and had grassroots support for midwifery. “Since then, no new community-based midwifery practices have been established in the territory,” she says. “In twenty years, we got midwifery practices into two communities.”", }, { title: "How “Cozy Lit” Became the Latest and Most Shameless Form of Digital Escapism", url: "https://thewalrus.ca/cozy-lit/", question: "The comfort-focused genre of cozy lit has exploded in popularity in the West, and it didn’t take long for authors to start adding sexual content to their books—an element missing from the original Japanese works they borrow from. What book does writer Greta Rainbow call the “biggest cozy native to the Anglo world”?", options: [ "Done and Dusted", "The Strawberry Patch Pancake House", "The Pumpkin Spice Café", "Bookshops & Bonedust", ], answer: "The Pumpkin Spice Café", correct: "While Japanese cozy titles are rooted in ambiguity, sentimentality, lingering, and longing, the Western ones get straight to the point—which is how you end up with a cafe owner having an orgasm in a leaf-strewn alleyway. There is no catharsis without consummation for us. The alleyway sex scene is from the biggest cozy native to the Anglo world, The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore, a pen name that nods to the TV show Gilmore Girls, which the book is essentially a fanfiction of. Making it a smutty romance allows the author to ride another genre’s tidal wave—according to the New York Times, print sales of romance books more than doubled in the past few years.", incorrect: "While Japanese cozy titles are rooted in ambiguity, sentimentality, lingering, and longing, the Western ones get straight to the point—which is how you end up with a cafe owner having an orgasm in a leaf-strewn alleyway. There is no catharsis without consummation for us. The alleyway sex scene is from the biggest cozy native to the Anglo world, The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore, a pen name that nods to the TV show Gilmore Girls, which the book is essentially a fanfiction of. Making it a smutty romance allows the author to ride another genre’s tidal wave—according to the New York Times, print sales of romance books more than doubled in the past few years.", }, { image: "https://walrus-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/img/Savage-NDP-1800.jpg", title: "The NDP Can’t Call Itself a National Party If Its Leaders Can’t Speak French", url: "https://thewalrus.ca/the-ndp-cant-call-itself-a-national-party-if-its-leaders-cant-speak-french/", question: "After the NDP’s worst federal election result since the 1930s, the party sought to use its upcoming leadership race as a fresh start. The candidates’ first debate was explicitly billed as a French-language event, but how much of the debate was actually conducted in French?", options: [ "About 10 percent", "About 15 percent", "About 19 percent", "About 23 percent", ], answer: "About 19 percent", correct: "In a November 17 release, NDP officials announced that the debate would “be held majority in French, underscoring the Party’s commitment to engaging Quebec and francophone communities.” Then, ahead of the debate, it was announced some candidates would be permitted use of in-ear translators and that only 60 percent of the proceedings would actually take place in French. In the end, things fell well short of even this more conservative goal. According to an estimate from journalist Isaac Peltz—who convincingly suggests that the party may well have violated its own stated rules for the race—only about 19 percent was actually carried out in French.", incorrect: "In a November 17 release, NDP officials announced that the debate would “be held majority in French, underscoring the Party’s commitment to engaging Quebec and francophone communities.” Then, ahead of the debate, it was announced some candidates would be permitted use of in-ear translators and that only 60 percent of the proceedings would actually take place in French. In the end, things fell well short of even this more conservative goal. According to an estimate from journalist Isaac Peltz—who convincingly suggests that the party may well have violated its own stated rules for the race—only about 19 percent was actually carried out in French.", }, { title: "Bro, Enough with the Protein. You’re Just Making Expensive Pee", url: "https://thewalrus.ca/enough-with-the-protein/", question: "From protein popcorn to protein-infused lattes, protein-enhanced products are everywhere, even though most adults are already consuming more than what they need. Which group does writer Timothy Caulfield identify as being a key driver of the protein craze?", options: [ "Vegan influencers promoting plant-based protein alternatives", "Influencers in the “manosphere” connecting protein to masculinity", "Celebrity chefs selling cookbooks with protein-heavy recipes", "Fitness-tracking app companies pushing higher daily protein targets", ], answer: "Influencers in the “manosphere” connecting protein to masculinity", correct: "Manosphere influencers (think Joe Rogan, et al.) are one of the proteinification epicentres. Protein, especially if it comes from an animal, scans as manly. Fruits and veggies? Not so much. Studies consistently show a connection between traditional masculine norms and meat consumption. One recent study found that “men who support the use of physical violence and place high importance on sex” ate more meat. That example is a bit extreme, but you get the idea. Protein is manly, macho, MAGA.", incorrect: "Manosphere influencers (think Joe Rogan, et al.) are one of the proteinification epicentres. Protein, especially if it comes from an animal, scans as manly. Fruits and veggies? Not so much. Studies consistently show a connection between traditional masculine norms and meat consumption. One recent study found that “men who support the use of physical violence and place high importance on sex” ate more meat. That example is a bit extreme, but you get the idea. Protein is manly, macho, MAGA.", }, ];