What is the Gender Pension Gap? What is the gender pension gap? On the surface, it’s exactly what you’re reading: a gap in pension funds between men and women, with men having more pension funds to retire with than women. Beneath the surface, though, the gender pension gap is what happens when lack of pay equity during a woman’s career… View Post
By Anne Brodie June Squibb, the Oscar-nominated (Nebraska) 95-year-old finally gets her first lead, after 70 years! And she’s solid gold. What a woman! Squibb plays Thelma; she’s fiercely independent and lives alone in the home she shared with her late husband. Her daughter (Parker Posey) tends to boss her but nephew Danny (the charismatic Fred Hechinger) loves her and… View Post
The wonderfully bawdy, purposely historically inaccurate, and utterly hilarious series My Lady Jane looks at a succession war in the Tudor English royal court of 1553. The magnificent Anna Chancellor is Lady Frances Grey, mother of Jane who, in this version is not executed at age 16 but goes on to have a fulfilling, femmetastic life. Chancellor is a hoot,… View Post
As a sweltering heat wave engulfs much of Eastern Canada, bringing temperatures that could feel as high as 45 degrees with the humidex, the pressing reality of climate change becomes even more palpable. Such extreme weather not only poses serious health risks but also underscores the urgency of addressing our environmental impact. As we face what could very well be… View Post
By Anne Brodie Lena Dunham’s 1980s meditation on the father-daughter relationship in Treasure is authentically emotional. She’s Ruth, a journalist who joins her Polish American father Edek, played by Stephen Fry, on a trip to Warsaw Poland to see the places of his past. He’s a Holocaust survivor but appears upbeat and funny. She underestimates the lasting effects his experiences… View Post
By Anne Brodie Meet the 2024 Governor General artistic laureates in their natural habitats in a new series of seven short films. The National Film Board of Canada commissioned filmed profiles averaging 3 – 5 minutes and one at 23 to honour Canadian performing artists of excellence, via “portraits of distinguished Canadians that stand on their own as innovative short… View Post