A disturbing art installation featuring blood-red silhouettes of murdered women and a ballet about domestic violence bring attention to the shocking number of women who are victims of domestic violence every year.
Rosie Remembers a Burlesque Queen – Tura Santana
Who are your female heroes? For Rosie Bitts, it took a long time of searching for her to find the type of women to whom she could relate and felt like she wanted to emulate. Burlesque queen Tura Santana was one of those women.
Surviving Decompression: The Foreign Correspondent Comes Home
CBC’s foreign correspondent Stephen Puddicombe has reported from some of the world’s most tragic places: Indonesia after the tsunami, Haiti after the earthquake, and the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan. He hasn’t slept properly in years but he still thinks he’s the luckiest person in the world to do what he does.
Life as a Medical Examiner
By turns tragic, fascinating, humourous and horrifying, the life of a Medical Examiner is never dull as former Medical Examiner George Burden reveals.
Lost Dreams of Motherhood
Three weeks after experiencing a miscarriage I have found that there is a deep silence surrounding the issue of pregnancy loss. In an attempt to fill the void I am sharing my own story in the hope that it will help others in their own journeys through grief and loss. Miscarriage is surprisingly common and yet the experience remains shrouded in mystery and misconceptions. Speaking out and shattering the silence is my own first step towards recovery.
The Fallen Traveller, Part I – Gaudi and the Fall
This week we proudly feature a remarkable travel series from Darcy Rhyno, centred around a young man’s shocking fall from a famous work of art by Gaudi in Barcelona.
A Rosie Weekend
Rosie takes you on a backstage journey of her recent weekend in Seattle, where she was performing, posing and raising money for the U.S. troops overseas.
Why Naked?
Why is nudity such a touchy subject? Rosie Bitts answers the question “Why Naked?” and chats from her bathtub about why she feels having strip tease and nudity in her art is important.
The Sound of Falling Stars
In a world where rising stars are celebrated, Katy Henderson loves the grace of falling stars. And in a brash time when bigger is considered better, Katy is mindful of things that start small. No wonder her band is called Katy Henderson and the Falling Stars and her debut CD is called “all things start small”.
Because We are Women: National Day of Action on Violence Against Women
Twenty one years ago a man shot 27 women at Montreal’s l’École Polytechnique. Fourteen women died in the so-called Montreal Massacre. On this National Day of Action on Violence Against Women — December 6 — Christie Shaw Roome tells her story.
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