Master Media Engagement
September 20th, 2014I first learned this lesson from the Miss Canada beauty pageant, but on Thursday three Informed Opinions’ “grads” reminded me of it… If a reporter calls or emails to solicit your informed […]
read more...What’s the easiest news hook for your next op ed?Master Media Engagement
April 4th, 2013It’s one of the most commonly-cited deterrents to doing media interviews: not having control over how the words you speak will be used in the resulting story, whether it’s in […]
read more...When they get it wrongOur Advocacy Work
June 14th, 2011“Feminazi”, “President, Bitch of the Year Club” and “you dog-faced slut” – these are among the monikers I collected during my three-year stint as an out-feminist columnist with the Vancouver […]
read more...Sexual assault – defining consent, round 2Our Advocacy Work
June 1st, 2011Last week’s controversial decision by the Supreme Court of Canada in favour of protecting unconscious women from sexual assault begged for additional context and analysis. The salacious facts of the […]
read more...Controversial “unconscious consent” case given context