Tag Archives: Jian Ghomeshi

The War on Women and Girls

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Michelle LaRiviere

Today my heart aches. I saw in my Twitter feed that on the weekend two women had been brutally assaulted, raped, and left for dead. One victim is a sixteen-year-old girl in Winnipeg, the other is a thirty-year-old woman in … Continue reading →

Posted in Article, Essays, Personal, Politics, Writing | Tagged Abuse, Anxiety, Article, Assault, beenrapedneverreported, Betrayal, Bullying, Canadian Government, CBC, CBC Radio, Consent, Education, Fear, Genocide, Ghomeshi-gate, Indecent Exposure, Investigative Journalism, Jian Ghomeshi, JulienBlanc, Misogyny, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Children, Non-consensual, Pervert, Predator, Public Inquiry, Q, Rape, Rape Culture, Scandal, Sex Crimes, Sex Scandal, Sexual Assault, Shame, Slut Shaming, Social Media, Sociopaths, Steven Harper, TakeDownJulienBlanc, Victim, Victim Blaming, Violence Against Women | 3 Comments

Seduction, Intimacy, Betrayal

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Michelle LaRiviere

Experiencing betrayal, on any level, is never easy. This past week, the country was rocked by a particularly troubling sex scandal that triggered a re-examination of the staggering number of unreported incidents of rape and violence against women. Our collective shock … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays, Personal, Writing | Tagged Abuse, Anxiety, Article, Assault, beenrapedneverreported, Betrayal, Bullying, Canadian Government, CBC, CBC Radio, Consent, Education, Fear, Flasher, Ghomeshi-gate, Indecent Exposure, Investigative Journalism, Jian Ghomeshi, Misogyny, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Children, Non-consensual, Pervert, Predator, Public Inquiry, Q, Rape, Rape Culture, Scandal, Sex Crimes, Sex Scandal, Sexual Assault, Shame, Slut Shaming, Social Media, Sociopaths, Steven Harper, University of Guelph, Victim, Victim Blaming, Violence Against Women | 1 Comment

Post-election Hangover

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Michelle LaRiviere

It’s been a week since municipal elections were held across Ontario, and many voters were not happy with the results. However, the elections were completely overshadowed by a shocking sex scandal involving CBC’s media darling, Jian Ghomeshi – a scandal that has rocked the country hard from … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays, Politics, Writing | Tagged Authoritarian, CBC, Community, Democracy, Don Tapscott, Elections, Government, Guelph, Internet, Jian Ghomeshi, Municipal, Municipalities, Ontario, Patriarchal, Patriarchy, Politics, Scandal, Sex, The Star, Toronto, Voter Apathy, Voter Turnout, Voters, Voting, Windsor | Leave a comment

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