Over the last year there have been a number of blog posts and blog reviews of One Hour in Paris.

Kerry Clare, writer and editor at the 49thShelf, reviewed the book on her blog, Pickle Me This.

Maria Meindl, writer and Feldenkrais Practitioner, reviewed the book on her blog, Body Language.

Carin Makuz, writer, reader, and gardener, posted a review of the book on her blog, Matilda Magtree.

Laura K. Kerr, PhD, writer and trained sensorimotor psychotherapist, posted an article about the book on her blog, Trauma’s Labyrinth.

And most recently, Allegra Lab, which is an online collective of academics founded in 2013 to explore creative ways to bridge traditional modes of academic publication with scholarly and societal debates, featured the book in one of their book symposiums. The first review is by Tamar McKee and the second one is by Maureen Pritchard.

I am grateful to each one of these writers for her time, insight, and engaging commentary about One Hour in Paris. Thanks!

On March 6, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne took an important step forward in the fight against misogyny, rape culture, and sexual violence with the introduction of her government’s new $41 million, three-year Action Plan to combat sexual violence and harassment, entitled It’s Never Okay.

There is no denying that the Action Plan (available in 27 languages) is bold and hopeful. It is a multi-pronged initiative that has 13 points of commitment, including public awareness campaigns, funding for sexual assault centres, legislative change to eliminate harassment in the workplace, and a new law forcing colleges and universities to address the problem of rape on campuses. It also contains helpful statistics and definitions, as well as concrete measures for calculating outcomes. And it got off to a great start with a public awareness video about bystander intervention – #WhoWillYouHelp – that quickly went viral. While it is true that meaningful change on these issues will demand cultural shifts of tectonic proportions, shifts in public policy are an important and necessary piece of the puzzle. Finally, action!