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Articles and Editorials

Below are some of my favourite articles and editorials I have written over the years, both published and unpublished. For a complete list of my published works, click here.

“*The Names Have Been Changed to Protect the Writer’s Kneecaps”
Women in Film and Video Vancouver Newsletter, No. 28, Spring 1998. I went looking for Tarantino but found
the Dutch Antilles’ answer to Dallas.

 

“My Sister Sadira”
2005, unpublished. I meet a woman in Syria who challenges me to empathise with enslaved Arab women.

 

“Sikhs Must Address Community Violence”
2006, unpublished. Playing the race card to silence critics is a poor substitute for addressing problematic cultural issues.

 

“Homeless Have Few Incentives to Choose a Better Way”
The Vancouver Sun, November 14, 2002. I weigh in on the Woodward’s building debate.

 

“MPPIA Ignoring Voice of Domestic Industry”
zineCAT, December 6, 2004. A meeting of Vancouver’s struggling film industry yields troubling results.

 

“A Question of Values”
2002, unpublished. A values program for children has the support of the United Nations, but will British Columbian schools embrace it too?

 

“Keep the Oxygen Flowing”
Women in Film and Video Vancouver Newsletter, No. 36, Summer 2000. Are mothers not allowed to be happy?

 

“Images and Voices of Hope: A New Perspective”
2002, unpublished. A challenge to the media to rethink its doomsday role.

 

“Relying on Karma to Avenge the Wounded”
Women in Film and Video Vancouver Newsletter, No. 34, Autumn 1999. As with all hierarchies, the biz protects the prominent and punishes the weak.

 

“The Feedback Factor”
Image Magazine, London, No. 225, June 1994. A lecture by legendary advertising photographer Adrian Flowers raises questions about the place of digital photography.

 

“Portrayal of Women in Film Product of Male Domination”
Women in Film and Video Vancouver Newsletter, No. 37, Autumn 2000. But will putting women in positions of creative power bring truth to the screen?

 

“You're Getting Up My Nose, Not My Skirt”
Women in Film and Video Vancouver Newsletter, No. 24, Winter 1997. Finding a way to handle pervasive sexual harassment.