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Don't Blame Karl Rove and the Internet: You are Responsible for Society's Ills

Mary Donohue | Posted 03.10.2013 | Canada
Read More: Clint Eastwood, Karl Rove, Ronald Reagan, Tweens, Parenting, Anger, Helping Neighbors, Decline of Society, Selfishness, Community, Slidepollajax, Canada News
Mary Donohue

When I asked people why things are a mess, no one took responsibility for this crappy society we have created. No one said, "Well, I didn't vote so, X was elected." No one said, "Well, I didn't speak up, so X was bullied." Everyone blamed someone or something else.

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Walking my Kids Around the Edge of the Music Industry

Natalia Yanchak | Posted 12.09.2012 | Canada Music
Read More: Music Marketing, Maternity, Grunge, Pregnancy, Tweens, Parenting, Music, Veruca Salt, Canada Music News
Natalia Yanchak

I am now in the twilight of my second pregnancy. This being our second child, I feel more confident than I did the first time around. Parenting is an odd, amorphous journey you take with your children. We have to avoid cramming our own nostalgia down their throats and let them discover who they are and the culture that will inevitably inform their identity. So as I shepherd a seven-year-old carefully around the edges of the music industry, I will also welcome a new person, who will grow up hearing me talk crap about music marketing and false-representation in the arts.

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