Celebrity Culture, Justice, Media

The Importance of Respecting Someone While Holding Them Accountable: Blake Lively Edition

I’ve been sitting on this post for a long time, struggling to express a nagging feeling that popped up early on during the legal back and forth between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively. Go through documents about the case here. I strongly believe that strong initial emotions need to be tempered with the wisdom that… Read More The Importance of Respecting Someone While Holding Them Accountable: Blake Lively Edition

Book Recommendation, Celebrity Culture, Non Fiction

Book Recommendation: ‘Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything? When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash’ by Timothy Caulfield

Happy Sunday!  I use Sundays to plan and prepare for the upcoming week.  I have been asked so many times about the resources that help me plan a full week that I decided to launch the “Planning the Week” feature with two concomitant components: a recommended book to make your commute easier and a planning/planner… Read More Book Recommendation: ‘Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything? When Celebrity Culture and Science Clash’ by Timothy Caulfield

Community, Community Building, Community Development, Governance

Eeny-meeny-mino-mo, catch a leader by the toe…

It’s election season in North America! Just like Thanksgiving, Canada went first, and soon the US will follow. These elections are being touted as being of particular importance; after watching the markets go up and down in the last couple of weeks, I have come to the brilliantly original conclusion that it’s because things aren’t… Read More Eeny-meeny-mino-mo, catch a leader by the toe…

Celebrity Culture, Community, Community Building

We can also Profit from their Wedding: Why We Should not Talk Negatively about Kim and Kanye’s Big Day

In recent weeks, there has been an increasing number of negative comments on my Tumblr dashboard, my Twitter and Facebook feeds, and in the various opinion blogs I follow about Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s wedding choices, especially when it came to light that they are standing to make a lot of money off their… Read More We can also Profit from their Wedding: Why We Should not Talk Negatively about Kim and Kanye’s Big Day