It looks like my Op Ed “Motherhood is Madness” will be published in this Saturday’s Vancouver Sun. So Buy a copy and tell me what you think!
I love the story of Susan Mey who has a business degree, a law degree and was the president of Kodak. She now (as her father says) sells soap. I think that her work creating environmentally friendly and health-friendly products is brilliant and hopefully gives her the balance she was seeking. If nothing else, her
I just read that suicides are increasing amoung young Canadain girls. Suicide rates for girls aged 10-14 increased 50 (yes 50!) percent from 1980 to 2008. There were no reasons provided, but if my reseasrch is right, girls are facing more pressures and expectations than ever before and there are fewer buffers like solid
I am going out to buy the new book: The Conflict. I have read two book reveiws and Elizabeth Badinter clearly knows what she is talking about. Her message, echoes mine loud and clear. She says that women who become mothers are told in multiple ways that they must be full-time mothers and dedicate themslves entirely to
I just read a great article in the Globe and Mail about all the great peolpe and programs that teach boys how to be real men without being violent and misogynist. Like WiseGuys and Walk a Mile in her Shoes. Similar to my work with girls, boys are taught that pornography is not healthy (and dangerous
If you have not read “Half the Sky- do! It is a book about the unfairness women face in the world, even though they hold up half the sky. An event called “Women Turning Oppression into Opportunity” is on May 12 at Park Royal South mall (West Vancouver) from 10-5. Please drop by and learn about
I see that Christie Blatchford and the National Post have published a book on the trial of the Shafia family. If you recall the father, mother and brother were all found guilty of murdering their two daughters and step mother. They pushed their car into a lake. I like the title of the book because its so true.
I was embarrassed to call myself a lawyer when I read about lawyer Dirk Derstine’s cross examination of Tara McDonald – the mother of the 8 year old girl who was brutally murdered in Woodstock Ontario in 2009. In trying to defend his client (who is accused of help the woman who is already in jail
My husband recently asked me what I expect of him as a man. I said what I always say: “You are either for equality or against it. If you do nothing you are supporting the status quo.” Pretty vague I know. So was was pleased to read an article by David Moscrop where he described what he
David Moscrop wrote a fantastic article in the Vancouver Sun (March 29) with this title. He suggests that men have to wake up to the fact that they are priviledged and have many advantages that women still do not. He says that these comforts come at too high a cost to both men and