48 pictures of the wall between Israel and Palestine
I visited Ramallah in Occupied Palestine’s West Bank in spring 2011 to attend a TEDx conference. Getting there overland was onerous and I spent six hours at the border crossing where…
Let’s talk about Israel and Palestine. Or not. Again.
Wow. We can’t even talk about the Middle East amongst friends. A Facebook acquaintance commented to me that supporting Occupied Palestine and criticizing Israel’s actions was “Jew bashing.” I responded thus: I…
O Canada In Birthday Poetry
O Canada! A bright red cardinal sings Happy Birthday In morning mist.
10 Things I Loved About @TEDGlobal Day 1 via TED Live
I love TED. I have since I watched my first TED talk about eight years ago. And I’ve watched many, many, many others since. I’ve even spoken myself, at TEDxAjman,…
29 Amazing Women @TEDGlobal 2013 Stage
Amazing and brilliant women are everywhere, including on TED and TEDx stages worldwide. There just aren’t enough of them on those stages. This year at TEDGlobal 2013, in Edinburgh, 29…
More Truth. Less Tits & Ass Please.
“Ridiculous hey?” Saskatchewan University students quip about two-thirds of the way through their going-viral video on sexist advertising (see below). Well, yes. The fact that women continue to be objectified,…
Remembering Tank Man
Twenty-four years ago today, journalists and other observers watched from hotel balconies and the streets below as one unknown man stood, defiant, in front of a column of tanks as…
Yes, @Facebook, it IS graphic violence (Trigger warning)
One of the issues central to the campaign to have violently misogynist and completely inappropriate content removed from Facebook is the question of what constitutes: hate speech or symbol graphic…
I’m confused Facebook… (Trigger warning)
May 2013: I was temporarily blocked from Facebook on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, for posting this image on my AmazingWomenRock Facebook page in support of the open letter campaign jointly…
Blocked for being a “bad girl?” (Trigger warning)
I was temporarily blocked from Facebook (i.e. access to my personal account and my four pages) on Wednesday, May 22. It happened after I posted content in support of an…