Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
In my work, I encounter hundreds, if not thousands, of women who have been subjected to male violence. Some of these women engage with me: I get emails from women thanking me for something I wrote or something I said Continue reading Saying no
Justin Trudeau’s remarks to the media following the swearing in of his new Cabinet earlier this week were stripped of the optimism and hope he brought to the same occasion in 2015. And so they should have been; while the Continue reading The bloom is off the rose
Ten years ago, I swore I would never send a text message. Five years ago, I said I would not become a Twitter user. Three years ago, I could not have imagined writing blogs. From the first time I heard Continue reading Who’s in control?
It may be that no man is an island but, on the Baltic Sea island of Kihnu, it appears that women are. Since the 19th century, when men began to disappear from everyday life on the island because of their Continue reading Women are beautiful, working together
One of the newest offerings on NETFLIX, Unbelievable, is anything but. Based on the true story of a serial rapist who operated in Washington State and Colorado between 2008 and 2011, first told by ProPublica and The Marshall Project, the Continue reading Unbelievable