Perhaps this sounds a little whimsical. But I have come to learn to trust myself. It’s how I left unhealthy relationships, it’s how we caught my cancer early, and if I was meant to be on town council, then by golly that’s how I’ll get there too.
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She Speaks: Injustice marches on. Where are you?
It is not a broken system, it is working as designed, and therefore cannot be fixed, only destroyed so we can start again.
She Speaks: Yes, we really call you cidiots, but in an endearing way
I think I wish tourists understood that they are not seeing all the layers we live in, and I wish they wanted to. I wish they believed they had more to offer than money, or that more than money is needed.
She Speaks: Yes, we really call you cidiots, but as a term of endearment
There are people who have lived in this town their whole lives and haven’t been to one of the more upscale restaurants. There are homeless folks here who live in tents hidden from sight who’ve never stayed in Algonquin Park. There are people who haven’t taken the Portage Flyer, or one of the cruises, or seen a concert at the Algonquin Theatre.
She Speaks: Justice begins with a word
Genocide.
She Speaks Collection
She Speaks: Let’s expect – and demand – more from our leaders She Speaks: At last women are done being silent She Speaks: don’t believe everything you think She Speaks: Walk in my shoes; March in yours She Speaks: Show Up, Don’t Give Up She Speaks: Lorena Bobbitt, Tonya Harding, and Monica Lewinsky walk intoContinue reading “She Speaks Collection”
She Speaks: Sugarcoating won’t save the bees
No, this weather isn’t odd or unusual. It’s predictably unpredictable; it’s climate change. And don’t be fooled by the luxury of believing this is the ‘new normal’. There may never be a normal again.
She Speaks: Muskoka has an addiction problem and it’s not what you think
Addiction is the employment of a coping skill in the absence of others. It is the natural end result of a society that does not value people, does not foster emotional intelligence, and does not teach resiliency at a young age or indeed at any age. People become addicts because they have intolerable pain.
She Speaks: Walk in my shoes; March in yours
All the failures along the way, all the injustices, all the people who wanted to help but didn’t have the money, energy, capacity, or resources. Red tape, duplication of services, budget cuts, hands tied. So many cracks to slip through.
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