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Please recyle. 2 SUMMER 2010 HERIZONS her-050 Summer 2010 v24n1.qxp 6/1/10 2:27 PM Page 3 letters HAIR PIECE FAKE here in Fredericton. And I happened to have a copy of the issue in I was both excited and my briefcase yesterday when, as it turned out, I was seated suspicious when I saw the beside Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff on a panel on Parliament title of Renée Bondy’s article Hill that focussed on where women are at 40 years after the Royal “Rhymes with Cubic Pear” Commission on the Status of Women. (Herizons Spring 2010). I At that meeting, Day’s piece was referred to by the moderator hoped I was about to enjoy a as well as by Ignatieff. I hope the article inspires others in the critique of the issue, but also Liberal party to put women’s equality needs front and centre. wondered, why the cutesy wordplay? Is seeing pubic hair in print WENDY ROBBINS supposedly as offensive as seeing it in real life? Fredericton, N.B. From the moment Bondy felt “bold and empowered” to be challenging women to reconsider social pressure to shave, all DON’T DUCK the while continuing the practice herself, the article was OXFAM HONOUR disappointing. Her experiment of not shaving while she was I was disappointed that there was no mention researching the article, only to recommence once it was of the Oxfam Canada Jack and Muriel finished, was clichéd and pointless. By then she had twice Duckworth Fund for Active Global Citizenship challenged the assumption that women must shave, and twice in the Herizons news item about Muriel discovered freedom of thought and personal empowerment. Duckworth’s passing (Herizons, Spring 2010). And yet she twice decided to succumb to the pressure for the I would have thought that her 100th same reasons that most women use (personal preference being birthday party that served as a launch for the my favourite). fund was newsworthy and of interest for people learning of her Where was the critique? What was the point of writing this death. The fund was a tangible contribution to something article, other than perpetuating the lies fed to us by industries Duckworth believed in. selling us consumable and disposable goods (razor blades, PATRICIA KIPPING magazines, Sex in the City)? There are so many interesting angles Halifax, N.S. to this issue, and so many opportunities to challenge it. Editor’s Note: The Jack and Muriel Duckworth Fund is intended LARA SMITH to stimulate new initiatives in Canada, Africa, the Americas and Vancouver, B.C. Asia. These initiatives, such as exchanges and scholarships, will be intended for young women and men to build leadership THE LIGHT OF DAY abilities and prepare them to become active citizens. Check out I can’t think of an article that the lasting legacy of Muriel Duckworth on Oxfam’s website at: I have photocopied or www.oxfam.ca/what-you-can-do/make-a-donation/jack-and- referred to more times in murial-duckworth-fund-for-active-global-citizenship . recent months than Shelagh Day’s “Will Michael Ignatieff Stand up for Women?” SHAMEFUL ERROR (Herizons, Winter 2010). In the Spring 2010 issue of Herizons, writer Hilary Barlow was I drew it to the attention of Liberal status of women critic Anita incorrectly identified as Hilary Brown in the book review of the Neville as soon as it appeared (she was aware that it was being book She’s Shameless that appeared on page 43.