Spike Lee’s new film Chi-Raq addresses the scourge of gun violence in contemporary society. He adapted Aristophanes’ Lysistrata to the present day streets of Chicago where more people die from guns in a day than US military in Iraq. Teyonah Parris leads his all-star cast as Lysistrata. She is at her wits’ end over the non-stop violent deaths of men… View Post
∼ Written by Kate Gardiner, Genetic Counsellor at LifeLabs Prenatal testing is becoming an increasingly popular tool that more and more expectant parents are using to determine the health of their unborn baby. Kate Gardiner, a genetic counsellor at LifeLabs, debunks the myths of prenatal testing and provides valuable advice for soon-to-be parents on different options that are available. Myth… View Post
How She Travels ∼ by Kathy Buckworth One of the great pleasures of travel is of course the different food options that are available in different destinations. But for those traveling with food restrictions –such as allergies, gluten-free, vegetarian, vegan or religious boundaries – it requires some definite pre-planning to ensure a healthy diet can be maintained and medical safety is… View Post
Horror Rating 4/5 Starring John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Gallagher Jr. Written and directed by Dan Trachtenberg A single mailbox torn off its post towards the end of 10 Cloverfield Lane is the only obvious nod to Cloverfield the game changing 2008 horror apocalypse film about evading monsters in NYC. Thematically they are strongly united by the theme… View Post
March is Woman’s month (US, Australia,UK) International Women’s day is March 8th. Here are Dr. Wilen’s insights on Generation Z women and the impact they will have on the workforce and as leaders. Who is Gen Z? Gen Z is loosely defined as the generation beginning in the mid to late 1990s. Sparks and Honey report that Gen Z… View Post
David Sanderson, a survivor of the Hudson River plane crash in January 2009, recently joined us on What She Said for a great interview! Today on International Women’s Day, Dave writes about this day, its meaning and he tells of how the hosts of What She Said “opened my eyes to some issues that women face and reinforced why I… View Post