With a renewed surge of activism and outrage from women, the media meant to serve them has found yet another consumer good to sell: feminism
Tag: Chatelaine
Is Journalism Failing Women?
RRJ Event addresses how women’s media represents some and not others—and how we can fix that
Women’s Fashion Mags Shift Direction: Now, It’s Runways and Rallies
Politics and feminism no longer need to be discreet
Chatelaine Rejoins the Fray
Heather McIntosh was cleaning out her grandmother’s house when she found some pages from an old issue of Chatelaine that had been used to seal a painting into its frame. The University of Ottawa master’s student was captivated. McIntosh says while it’s easy to label the magazine as exclusively recipes and cosmetics, these pages from… Continue reading Chatelaine Rejoins the Fray
Nightmare on Mt. Pleasant
The castle on Mount Pleasant Road is formidable. After extensive negotiations to secure an audience with Chatelaine’s queen, editor-in-chief Sara Angel — including one cancellation, attributed to an unexpected out-of-town trip — I’ve been given 30 minutes of her time. But it isn’t quite that simple. After checking in with security, I head up to the… Continue reading Nightmare on Mt. Pleasant