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Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair
I have a lot of hair. Not just length, but thickness – the number of hair follicles on my head must be on the very high end of normal. Now I know that this is a good thing, especially as I age, but sometimes it comes with challenges. Once upon a time, my hair was pretty straight. Through much of my youth, I wore a typical young girl long hairstyle and it had just a gentle wave in the back. There were a couple of disasterous short hair cuts, but even through young adulthood and motherhood, I have preferred it… Read more…
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Standing up for Silver Sisters
Like most of the nation, I couldn’t help but be shocked and saddened when the now former CTV News Anchor Lisa LaFlamme showed up on Twitter this week to talk about how she’d been unceremoniously sacked from her job and then asked to keep quiet about it for several months. As the days wore on, and opinions were spouted and columns were penned, it started to become clear that sexism and ageism were likely at play here, and when it was admitted that her natural hair colour might have been part o the decision making process, women (and men) around the country… Read more…
