“While writing Know My Name, I was constantly drawing as a way of letting my mind breathe, reminding myself that life is playful and imaginative. We all deserve a chance to define ourselves, shape our identities, and tell our stories. The film crew that worked on this piece was almost all women. Feeling their support
It would be nice to imagine the new Netflix series Unbelievable was some kind of an anomaly. A story that's so outrageous it would have to be a one off tale of gross negligence, indifference, and police incompetence. No one wants to believe stories like this could possibly happen on a larger scale. Unbelievable is
By Leah Parsons via Facebook World Suicide Awareness Day is a reminder that Suicide can happen in any family! This is the face of suicide! Rehtaeh Parsons is her name! I look at this photo and I can hear her snort laughing as if she was standing beside me. I would never in a million
Tonight I'll be sharing Rehtaeh’s story with Western University students as part of 'One Love.' One Love is an event during Western University’s Orientation Week that focuses on intersectional experiences of community members in order to emphasize the importance of one’s words and actions. The four main focuses of this event will be sexual violence prevention & consent, queer
