How can we claim to oppose abuse, while simultaneously presenting it as “sexy”?
Tag: Jian Ghomeshi
Marie Henein, the now-famous lawyer who defended sexual predator, Jian Ghomeshi, in his recent sexual assault trial, would like us to believe she chose the most ethical route towards winning the case.…
This morning, Jian Ghomeshi was found not guilty on all charges — four counts of sexual assault and one count of overcoming resistance by choking. This verdict, unfortunately, is not particularly surprising.…
Predictably, the Jian Ghomeshi sexual assault trial has focused far more on what the victims did “wrong” than on the perpetrator’s behaviour. Story after story in the media paints a picture of…
MMA fighter, “War Machine” (born Jonathan Koppenhaver), is in court facing 34 charges, including sexual assault and attempted murder, in relation to his abuse of ex-girlfriend, Christy Mack. Last year, the self-described…
In Leah McLaren’s Toronto Life story on fallen star, Jian Ghomeshi, she writes, What’s startling about the allegations against Jian is not that a seemingly law-abiding person is accused of doing terrible…
After a five and a half month inquiry, employment lawyer and workplace harassment expert Janice Rubin delivered a damning report to the CBC, detailing evidence of misconduct by management in relation to…
In October 2014, independent journalist Jesse Brown with the assistance of the Toronto Star published anonymous allegations that CBC star radio host Jian Ghomeshi had physically and sexually assaulted three women. Within a…
The cases of Jian Ghomeshi and, most-recently, the Cindy Gladue murder case, have forced us to interrogate what “consent” really means, particularly with regard to sexual assault. We’ve had to take a…
‘Tis the season for annual roundups! In case you hadn’t noticed, some feminism happened in 2014 and also in some other years. Here are a list of some of the things that…
“Needs More Gay” offers another interesting queer reading of pop culture. This time with the new Peter Pan Live musical, which has “never been gayer.” [Blip TV] Oh, God: “Isis ‘executes 150…
On Tuesday, Kathryn Borel published an account of her experiences working as a producer for Q in The Guardian. Borel is the previously-anonymous woman who said that Ghomeshi told her he wanted…
Jian Ghomeshi surrendered to the police this morning and was later released on bail following a court appearance in Toronto. He is charged with four counts of sexual assault and one count of…
Though the directive that sought to ban soon-to-be-retired Fifth Estate host, Linden MacIntyre, from the airwaves was reversed, the point remains that executives at the CBC seem unwilling to connect the dots surrounding…
Last week I wrote a piece about the Jian Ghomeshi scandal and how it is, in my opinion, an inevitable and direct result of our societal “culture” of predatory misogyny. In doing…