I was 7, maybe 8. Our usual sitter was busy that night so my parents had a neighbourhood boy, one I barely knew, babysit for my brother and I. My brother and I were watching TV downstairs when the babysitter, who was probably about 14 at the time, called me upstairs. Obediently, I went. “Do you … [Read more...]
The Ghomeshi Saga: Stop Victimizing The Victims
“There’s no place for the state in the bedroom of the nation.” Pierre Elliot Trudeau is famously quoted as saying that it’s none of government’s BI business what kind of sex people enjoy and with whom they enjoy it. Somehow Jian Ghomeshi and his lawyers in their infinite wisdom decided to stray … [Read more...]
The Steubenville Rape: The Untouchable Teenage Boy
I started to write a post about something else but every time I put my fingers to the keyboard all I could think about was this post I read through a Facebook update: I am so fucking sick of teaching our daughters not to get raped. I clicked on the links. I watched the videos. I felt sick that … [Read more...]