Category Archives: Alcohol

The Mask You Live In – shown in Vancouver last Friday night

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Edgymama

It was gratifying to be part of an audience of more than a hundred committed and concerned people who showed up for last Friday’s screening of The Mask You Live In, a film about the stereotypes of masculinity in our … Continue reading →

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The Broken American Male : and how to fix him

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Edgymama

Pretty ambitious title huh?? I can’t claim credit for it. It’s the title of a book by an American Rabbi named Shmuel Boteach whose television series “Shalom at Home” prompted him to write it.  After several months of shooting the … Continue reading →

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