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Teen activist shot in head in Pakistan

This takes the cake! The Taliban taking credit for shooting a 15 year old girl on her way to school. She was a BBC blogger since she was 9 years old – sharing her truth. She was opposed to the Taliban stance that girls should not go to school. I really hope she survives!

Must watch Killing us Softly video

The video “Killing us Softly” came out in a new edition earlier this year. It is my NUMBER ONE video in teaching women, girls (grade 6 is ideal) , boys, fathers and mothers about the harm caused to girls by the media. It is an absolute must watch. If you have cash burning a

Are longer school days really bad for kids or society?

Rhetoric abounds. I just read an opinion piece by a school principal who argued that school days should not be longer. It harms children. As a mother, I have written about how the 8-3 school day holds working parents (usually women) back …but also think of this: What if we had wonderful learning spaces where

Please join me in Writing a Collaborative Book or Two

Many of you know I write books for a living. I have been writing three (yes 3!) books at the same time over the last few years. Crazy, I know. So this is what I have decided to do. Over the next few months I will post my content (lots of it!) on this website.

Disney Princess Culture has Gone too Far

This is too much! “Disney has long transformed little girls into princesses by selling them costumes, wands and tiaras. But a new limited-time offer at Disneyland takes the idea even further. Starting August 26, for a $99.95 (plus shipping), kids will be able to take home a figurine with their own faces superimposed on a

Female rock band gets jail time for speaking up and being feminists

Here is an excerpt from a Globe and Mail article: “Anyone interested in just how much Russia has changed since the days when it was the Soviet Union should examine what’s called the “Pussy Riot” case. Three female members of Russia’s punk-rock band, Pussy Riot, are facing jail on charges of “hooliganism motivated by

Kids are not so selfish afterall

I love it when research overturns a fundamental belief. it makes us question so much or what we do. Recent UBC research shows not only that adults feel good when doing good but so do infants under age two. Small children smiled bigger when giving than receiving. So why do we still think that the main motivator in life

Martha Payne a nine-year old girls rocks

I love stories like Martha Payne’s. She is a nine year old Scottish girl who’s websitewent viral. Its called NeverSeconds and she posted pictures of her school lunches and ranked them on a scale of 0-10. She used her site to raise money for a local food charity. It was not until the local school council pulled

We need a positive culture not just for schools but also for the teachers’ strike

BC Premier Christy Clark just announced a $2 million strategy and anti-bullying program to keep school kids safe. As she rightly points out, laws and punishments do not work and we need to “create a positive school culture.” She stated correctly that, “educators need tools to be able to deal with conflicts in an appropriate

Must listen to Delusions of Gender podcast

You must listen to this great mini-doc on CBC. http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2012/06/05/delusions-of-gender/ Cordelia Fine is the author of the book Delusions of Gender. I will have to go buy it now.