Tag Archives: sexual abuse

Lesson: Don’t Count on Your Chickens Coming Home

Posted on July 23, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Ballard (2025) I’m not a super fan of Maggie Q, but this new Prime Video series shows her at her most thoughtful and sensitive. She is more than a fighting machine, here. But her vulnerability is also her strength. I … Continue reading →

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This Cold Case Will Make Your Blood Run Cold

Posted on July 7, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Girl in the Picture (2022) On a whim, we watched this Netflix documentary last night. I’m not sure if we should have, because it figured in my dreams last night. How depraved can one man be? “If you could read … Continue reading →

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Is It #timesup for the #metoo Movement?

Posted on May 13, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Jacob Hoggard (July 9, 1984) I’m beginning to think that taking high profile men to court for sexual misbehaviour is becoming passé. Men have always been sexual predators, just ask the cavewoman who got knocked on the head with a … Continue reading →

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Can a Royal be Successfully Sued for Sex Crimes?

Posted on January 3, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Prince Andrew, Duke of York (February 19, 1960) It’s a given fact: royalty have always thought they were above the law, especially when one is the favourite son of a reigning monarch. And who would the jury of his peers … Continue reading →

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Wikileaks: The Truth Will Out

Posted on June 24, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Julian Assange (July 3, 1971) It doesn’t pay to be an international journalist, these days. Especially if you become the conduit of revealing secrets that the United States of America would prefer the world didn’t know. But he’s only the … Continue reading →

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“Pure”

Posted on August 14, 2019 by cdsmiller17

The Battle of Good and Evil I watched the first season of this CBC television program a while ago. I had not thought to comment on it, until now. It’s the usage of the term ‘pure’. This has come up … Continue reading →

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What’s the Best a Man Can Be?

Posted on January 17, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Gillette: The Best a Man Can Get It’s a subtle, and yet not-so-subtle, change. They alter one word, do an advertising campaign about ‘toxic masculinity’ and let the rest of the world (via social media) do their advertising for them. … Continue reading →

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Scandal at St. Mike’s

Posted on November 17, 2018 by cdsmiller17

St. Michael’s (Catholic) College, Toronto In some ways, it was a story waiting to happen: media outlets inform the police that an indecent video is being shared on the internet. The incident happened at a Catholic boy’s private high school. … Continue reading →

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How to Change History in Five Minutes

Posted on September 29, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Two women confronted Senator Jeff Flake on his way to the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday. They made a few provocative, and unproven, statements about Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s alleged behaviour in his teens. But the power of their personal stories, spoken … Continue reading →

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When is Sex not Sex?

Posted on September 25, 2018 by cdsmiller17

When there is no intercourse! The Brett Kavanaugh media blitz yesterday (on Fox) to ‘clear his name’ brought to light an interesting echo: he claimed, while choking back tears, that he was a virgin all through high school. At the … Continue reading →

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