A Closer Look: Jody Paterson

I'm a communications strategist and writer with a journalism background, a drifter's spirit, and a growing sense of alarm at where this world is going. I am happiest when writing pieces that identify, contextualize and background societal problems big and small in hopes of helping us at least slow our deepening crises.

Friday, December 20, 2013

An historic day for sex workers, but a storm's building

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        And so it comes to this: Girding my loins for a battle to stop sex work from being declared illegal in Canada. Good grief, my i...
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

When Facebook friends fall out

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    I just did my first "unfriend" on Facebook. I never would have thought that anybody could get my back up enough to want to...
Thursday, December 12, 2013

Don't blame poverty for thoughtless animal cruelty

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  Coquetta    In the wake of the truly awful death of a little dog in our neighbourhood on Sunday, I've had a lot of conversation...
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Saturday, December 07, 2013

The gap that just keeps growing

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       Something about being in the capital of Honduras in the runup to Christmas has really brought the income disparity issue home to ...
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Thursday, November 28, 2013

Shades of grey

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    It’s complicated. I find myself using that phrase a lot these days, pretty much every time a friend from back home asks me my opini...
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