In the 50s and 60s, most of the gendered role models for kids were caricatures, physical and psychological distortions of what a ‘real man’ or a ‘real woman’ should look like, and how they should behave.
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Roxanne Tellier – Just A Little Respect
Posted in COVID 19, life, Opinion, politics, Review with tags 000 citizens, 100, 9/11, America, Canada, COVID 19, Dan Levy, DBAWIS, Heroes, hydroxychloroquine, Just a little Respect, masks, Memorial Day, military, New York City, Russia, segarini, Tellier, ventilator mask, Vladimir Putin on May 24, 2020 by segariniThe last Monday of May is when America celebrates Memorial Day, a federal holiday which honours and mourns the military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Patriots observe both this holiday, and the other day of note, Remembrance Day, to signify their appreciation and respect for past and present members of the military. These are America’s heroes.
This year, however, that holiday coincides with something that only a tiny percent of a percent of Americans, if any, have ever seen before – the sudden death of nearly 100,000 citizens in just two months, by the novel coronavirus known as COVID 19.
North Americans have been spoiled for the last hundred years. Sure, there were two World Wars, and a Great Depression, but few under the age of 50 even remember those days, let alone recognize the impact these events had on people. As peacekeepers, Canada felt even less of the sting of loss.
JAIMIE VERNON – TRUE NORTH GLUTEN FREE
Posted in Opinion with tags Aboriginal Day, assassination, Beer, Bob Segarini, Bobby Gimby, Bruce Cockburn, Canada Day, Canadian Music, CBC, Celine Dion, DBAWIS, Dieppe, Doggie style, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fete du Canada, FLQ, Fox News, Geraldo Rivera, Gordon Lightfoot, Hockey, Jaimie Vernon, Justin Bieber, Lockerbie, military, Nickelback, Ottawa, Parliament Hill, Peter Mansbridge, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria, sex, Shania Twain, Sir John A. MacDonald, Snow, The Bells, The Five Bells, The Guess Who, The Trews, Tragically Hip, Vimy Ridge on October 25, 2014 by segariniIn the early morning aftermath of two tragic military assassinations in Quebec and Ottawa, Ontario this week America tuned in and saw a different kind of Canada.