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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 2 May 2012, p. 9

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Firefighter WW neither native nor imaginative, but rather perpetuates nega- workers, artists or artisans. small mkeonaverage881523 Waterloo rive stereotypes ofwomen that have become so prevalent in bmtness owners or studentaetc. Municipal nt employ- advertisingand trashy media. meseeverydaypeopleknowthe . 30mm" ihaewitwaaitntamusicvideoâ€"andthete'sanendless ~ h ees are paid accordingly because c allenge to balance a budget m have . . Skill!» are weli~ supply oftraahy music videos â€" but 3831"“ increasing costs for utilities. educated and!” cm'alwmfonwl or enforce . .~ ‘ this one really bothered me. That's housing. food. and transportation. legislation that most private sector ' " ' why i tracked down cultural critic Dr. ‘\ 3 ; ?\ i i a . i Council couki ask them for practical em do not my: j ‘ . lean Kilbourne. creator of the film ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ . tips on how to reduce ctty expenses Pwluiinlmlss assaults hard-working » .. 'r > ‘ ~ series Killing Us Softly: Advertising: “ 1 . WIthoul reduClng the wages of con- . s . _. Image of Women. to gain her insight . “nous empbym city employees who earn average .- ; » - « the SmackYo 'video. sue , wages for their efforts (source: > , . on_ u. ‘ He suggests Waterloo council fol- . . . _ I ) . I watched the video and have to V low the adversarial tactics of Toronto " HIRIUehdhuucmlingl the wages of govern- . say. it's one of the worst ones I've ever . .2 .t Mayor Rob ford to force concegions . ' seen.’ she told me. “it plays on just ”on. merit employees does not inc ‘ about every stereotype there is. it > " Q , . glamorizes violence and seriously “" undermines women’s relationships ome 1 s cos 0 .W..- In a blurb about the video. Kimber- ‘ . . Wat .1 ill he h - t t‘ if l- ly Cole states: “(Smack You!) was writ‘ m “WWW” mmwmmm.“fi.h“:..m..m samm MAW take me, as chair of the Workplace safe“: and moment. And former councillor Ian Mciean. who :flglsiglgflcfglilyl’orgflellfiel 333:0'22‘ . th G t KW he f ' Lnrsgance Board. must“ everyone by sur gmmmcnée' 52,533?“ Chain r 0 times you (an fantasize! This is more about an and attitude.“ While there has been some criticism of i ‘ i ‘ w ‘ ‘ a . The NDP will have a candidate 0f [disagree Ayah-empowered WWW would confront Wilmer for icavin ‘ust six months after an t ‘ I l L course. and i've heard of several who her boyfriend about h“ ”all” rather than assaulting anoth- election. there gr)? few among us who l“ l l l l\' l\ l Mtbeconsideringtheidea. 9' female. DE lean Kilboume agreed."“ln “'19“ch Cole is not would handle it much differently. But here's the deal, 3‘ last the way only offering an extremely stereotypical example M m And an” .,., wan as an MP? and some > that [see it. While this riding has been as empowering â€" she's adding Violence to the m1; Even 30 an in ithlic service she's earned the ' held by a ’1th for 22 m and before Widen” against women. I! would be mm hem" rifillytcto ductile her own future ‘ ‘ ‘ that by ‘1 Grit for another 20. neither 0‘ ifshe [up her own boyfriend!” Fair disdmum hem I my; known Wrt- “‘ those m means a whole lot. I told Dr. Kilboume that. as a father of two young daughters. met more than 25 years, Her daughter E .. There "in be plenty 0' provincial l'm concerned how girls at a young age learn that sexualized danced with some of my daughters. and “len‘if’nfld plenty oggovmcgl abehavrour and W" “PM are rewarded by sociâ€" mining: than 7' l3tit '0 Te Wt . _ . V isters an? “mm will t'rnyto "And perhaps the saddest thing is how many girls and “W '" ma es oraninter " make difference youngwomen havebeenconvinoedthatdreasingandacting - ' - _ a . glinfnflfiYxl)l:§:)i?i§tfgmlldddccnt:ier:tffmue k ”5.. ‘i in the end. i hope the voters of like if"; stars and mg men without any ”1’09 beta-l ‘ , ‘ ‘ ' - ' Kitdiener-Waterioo will take bones int latio ° mutuality be" “le ‘ liltinoriglhlilsllln: a maymty. or ”mam m a BRIAN account and not mule dazzle. Uh: ”HWY are 9W ‘0 see "“3 5 their W“ choice. 3 a WIPE“) (1mm t the may? by McGuin BOURKE mately "-5 their decision on who can declaration of empowerment â€" to reframe presenting oneself , - _ .. ,., - 9’ best tth inte ‘5 f pi inthemostdidiedandstereotypialwayasakindoflibeta- ‘ is aimed cxattly at gaining that majority ”PM" e res 0 P90 e don.Th definetheirsexuali inarifld shallow limiti and status. Yes. it’s qmcal. and even a bit sneaky. but its mmm Cy W ' ' "8 also politics. so none of us should be surprised. “'31 should W bed“? first mrwem ofthe MFR d‘d‘ed “yam! when the “mamnggifi “meat: only The hyclcclmn is already getting a significant [OW bythe interests ofthe lesion and then “the gigzm it can hardly co an au antic amount of attention because ofthc my) stakes. P'on'u- ‘ ' . . tht.si d lhtow(blewilloontinuetogetplentyofexposureâ€"she Andanumixruikxalliberaisaremullingovermr Migeifyousheedflalrxmutfm a tdo-wlt'iecatreid hal.5million1wmerfoilwenandpientyofraveteviewsâ€" already dl'( lanng their intentions to run. That cons in“ Y 3" W” I" e but I hope other! will look doaely at the tlve W includes lurlt‘ Davis. who lost to thet in the fall time and '91"- 9'9 put her community and the M and W“ in mm "I“ vote. and Waterloo regional Coun. Sean Strickland. pie first. “d the” d.” those kinda of people are lhopethat m "kennel MI» “doom uickly who also ran against Winner in the past its any: his mm pop q ' decision will he made in about lodays. ”of” 10.53 ”M .. There are also at least two members of Waterloo Brian Romanian-Ma KOO Monkelllthrd Mnmlfll'dfl ' d" “mm" “"m’dmnfi mm "'9 W mnm a” k W ”mm mu a mascara when M As for the ( unschaIlV/Bs. Winner‘s son Scott. aho a WWW" ' , , ,,_ a h _i , ‘â€"____â€"-â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"_‘

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