Lateral Moves
Who decides your worth? Or if you are worthwhile? Culinary activist Stephanie Gorchynski http://www.pleasantvillecreamery.com/about/ offers powerful thoughts on making moves to restore worth in life and career. Read: “Life is now. Back is an illusion. So many these days are making ‘lateral’ moves, wanting different outcomes—to end dissatisfaction, suffering and pain with how things are. To have connection, be connected, ultimately be loved. Longing for more, while sitting on the sidelines instead of in the game. Regardless of how things seem, every move is a step forward....
Read MoreCentre for Media & Celebrity Studies – October News
Proud of Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) Board Member & Save Movement Founder Dr Anita Krajnc for testifying at her trial and contesting criminalization of giving water to slaughtered animals at Ontario Court of Justice yesterday. Special thanks to PETA President Ingrid NewKirk for joining us at court and speaking to the media. Watch CTV and Global News: http://globalnews.ca/news/2978511/trial-resumes-for-woman-who-gave-water-to-pigs-headed-for-slaughterhouse/ Also, thanks to Celebrity Chat Producer Dr Jackie Raphael for sharing my media interview on social justice and...
Read MoreThe Unknown
Ask where my home is? After my 29th flight in the last 14 months, I must say that the plane has become my third home. Moving out of comfort zones has become my way of living that can be practiced everywhere. And that’s what I continue to do in my two homes. February and March have been filled with deep living in unknown spaces again. I went back to Costa Rica where my beloved and I continued to explore and discover karmic, yogic, and vegan-friendly spaces that are ideal for holistic reading and writing retreats. San Jose, Samara, and Montezuma were particularly awe-inspiring and filled...
Read MoreThe Good & The Bad
In one of Facebook posts, I mentioned the idea of writing my memoir. Will that book talk about all the good ideas that were expected of me in the past? I am a bad Canadian. I neither support political images of the Great White North nor do I buy hockey tickets. My book Fame in Hollywood North will tell us why. I am also a bad Bengali. I neither buy fish nor do I have to marry. Sometimes we conflate our belonging to a geographical place, a linguistic community or professional setting with what we are expected to identify. Often these expectations are associated with a sense of collective...
Read MoreFrom Manhattan to Mumbai
It has been just over nine weeks since I came back from Manhattan, where I hosted the last Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) conference on journalists, personas, and celebrity culture. We received such a phenomenal response that I am now sponsoring the next conference Bridging Gaps: What are the media, publicists & celebrities selling? in Barcelona. A huge thanks to my co-chairs Dr Jackie Raphael and Dr Celia Lam for organizing this exciting conference series. I will be working on the conference as I travel – flying to Mumbai and Kolkata today. I am also excited to...
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