Thanks so much for your support of the change.org petition (here’s the link to my earlier blog http://boomerbroadcast.net/2014/10/31/here-we-go-again-ladies) criticizing Victoria’s Secret for their recent ad campaign glorifying skinny female bone bags with fake surgically enhanced breasts as being the perfect body. While we didn’t achieve one hundred percent success in getting them to pull the ads, they still acknowledged that they heard their customers and modified…
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Internships should not be a free ride
Like many people, I was appalled by the comments made recently by Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz. He suggested unemployed young people should seek out free internships or volunteer work while they’re looking for employment. Who else but an out-of-touch well-off middle-aged white guy could make such a stupid statement. Let me state right now that I am strongly opposed to unpaid internships and…
Never cry rape
Reva Seth and Lucy DeCoutere deserve a medal for their courage in coming forward with their accusations about Jian Ghomeshi. Recent evidence indicates Ghomeshi’s behaviour had been witnessed by many people over the years and for various reasons they chose to remain silent or no action was taken. The ensuing media attention has heightened awareness about the frequency of assaults on women and men and…
BOOMERBROADcast goes live on CBC Radio
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BOOMERBROADcast goes live on CBC Radio
We’re getting our fifteen minutes of fame this Wednesday, November 12th when I’m being interviewed on Sirius XM Satellite Radio from 10:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. by Christine Bentley (former newscaster at CTV Toronto) on the morning show called “What She Said“ about my newly-released book, BOOMERBROADcast. The program is on CBC Talk Radio Channel 167 for Sirius subscribers, but for those who do not…