Old spice, new approach
By Jodi A. Shaw
Either the media gods have been listening to my pleas or there’s a refreshing new trend in advertising these days.
Over the last few months, TV commercials have not only been advertising products and services, but have been encouraging something a little more surprising: gender equality. Amazing!
I first noticed [...]
Telling me I’m more vulnerable makes me so
By Jodi A. Shaw
Today, for the first time in my life, I was concerned for my safety based on my gender.
Working in a northwest Calgary neighbourhood, I was informed by a resident that a “perv” had reached inside a woman’s bedroom window (in a house just down the street) and fondled her [...]
Alone on Valentine’s day? Boo-frigging-hoo.
By Jodi A. Shaw
Most romantic holiday of the year, hey? Valentine’s Day is more like the Paris Hilton of holidays: It’s there, we all observe it, and aside from the potential for an anti-climactic sex tape, it’s pretty much useless.
I’m not anti-love, romance or grand gesture. I’m a [...]
Loonacy
Bev Schellenberg
A few weeks ago, I helped an elderly woman at a public lavatory. Her distinguished male companion helped her through the main door but then stood awkwardly, carefully remaining on the outside of the women’s bathroom. I asked him quietly if I might be of assistance, and he agreed. His female [...]
