I look at it this way, the bulk of Canadian media, which, years after being taken over by Conrad Black (who just received his pardon for obstruction of justice from Donald Trump) is now owned by and owes billions to an American hedge fund, is there to front for Conservative politicians who want to undo legislative protection against discrimination achieved by decades of Feminist activism, and return us to more sexist and racist times.
It's basically white male Christian supremacy not even bothering to disguise itself lest its supporters feel their odious views are not being properly represented, and yet, the rest of our media is so obsessed with appearing balanced and non-partisan that they pretend to their readers and viewers that it's all just healthy democracy in action.
Uh no. It's not. Or we'd know who funded Stephen Harper's leadership campaign and we don't. We can guess it was the NRA or the Kochs or the Ku Klux Klan but we don't know.
Ever since I was a little girl I've been angry at the media for pretending it is or even can be balanced and non-partisan when it's a product of the same patriarchy that puts the religious beliefs of the dominant group in society before the human and civil rights of anybody and everybody else.
Ferfuckssake it's 2019 and our society is electing legislators who believe there's a word of God and it's in the Bible and it should trump (grr, no pun intended! that demented evil shithead is fucking everywhere thanks to social media!) the human and civil rights of citizens who know better.
Oh never mind me. I'm just tired of having the same old fight. I should probably just give it up and invest in one of those campy Handmaid outfits and park myself on Parliament Hill for the summer.
Tell me they're not made in China.
Scratch that - don't.
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