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.

Sunday, January 27, 2019

Time wasted and energies spent on non-events gone viral

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Here's a  must-read from the New Yorker on the strange and unsettling ways that social media and mainstream media interact in the ...
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Saturday, January 26, 2019

Please share this sex work podcast of mine and end this ludicrous, unfair stigma

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Listening to the conversations of sex workers talking about their work is a privilege for me that lifts me up no matter how low the ways o...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Missive from a climate-change fear monger

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Graphic credit: Cakeburger.com I'm in a heated Facebook exchange at this very moment with one of those people who don't want to ...
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Tuesday, October 09, 2018

Proportional Representation: One British Columbian's heartfelt, well-considered and very linked-up case for voting YES to PR

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I am rooting like mad for British Columbians to vote in favour of switching our voting system to  proportional representation when the ref...
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Thursday, August 30, 2018

Opioid crisis: Those who manufactured it should pay their share

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I like a good analogy for figuring out complex problems with moral overtones. I got to thinking about which one might work for understandi...
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