Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
Many people, when planning a trip, start by researching hotels and restaurants as well as cultural and entertainment possibilities. While I eventually get to those matters, the first thing I do is investigate farmers’ markets. Everything else can sort itself Continue reading Real food grown by real people
Perhaps more than ever before, feminists need to stand up, speak up and speak out. Whether we are concerned about issues at the community, provincial, national or international level, feminist voices must be part of the conversations that are taking Continue reading Speaking up, speaking out
When Dellarobia, the heroine of Barbara Kingsolver’s 2012 novel Flight Behavior, first spies a horde of monarch butterflies during an afternoon walk, she is overcome by their presence: “The flames now appeared to lift from individual treetops in showers of Continue reading “Like the inside of joy”
Stories about domestic violence in the media, particularly at the early stages of the case, often appear almost antiseptic in their lack of concrete information about what has happened. Often, the lack of information is because the police have not Continue reading The devil is in the details