Monday May 26, 2014 – 1pm
Posted May 26, 2014 02:02:38 PM.
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1:00- Robyn Urback, Reporter for the National Post
Why Justin Trudeau’s abortion pledge is an insult to Canadian women – his announcement that all future Liberal MPs must be pro-choice (or vote pro-choice) seemed to come out of nowhere. There was no discussion of abortion in the House of Commons – in fact, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been clear that he doesn’t intend to re-open the debate. There have been no significant policy shifts within the Liberal party since 2012, when delegates at a national convention for the first time passed a resolution endorsing “a woman’s right to choose”. Why now? Why invent a crisis and pledge to solve it, especially when there was no reasonable expectation of any sort of abortion law to land in the House, regardless of the outcome of the 2015 election?
1:30- Selfie craze? Doctors link smartphone snaps with mental illness
The obsession with the ‘selfie’ spans far and wide. Smartphone self-portraits are now fair game in high-level diplomatic meetings as well as college dorms, with snaps being shared widely on social media. But the selfie phenomenon may be a craze in more ways than one. Experts have linked taking selfies with mental illness, claiming that some people who obsessively take pictures of themselves may have a form of Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD). Those with BDD typically have a preoccupation with one or more perceived flaws in their appearance, and tend to be excessively self-conscious.
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