Louise Johnson: The (almost) Lost Canadian Woman Business Magnate

07/06/21 • 64 min

Louise Johnson is a former beauty marketing executive turned full-time journalist who recently wrote her first book, Behind the Red Door: How Elizabeth Arden's Legacy Inspired My Coming-of-Age Story in the Beauty Industry.

I have to say that this was an interesting episode for me. Louise and I dive into the history surrounding Florence Nightingale Graham (aka Elizabeth Arden), who was a Canadian business magnate that pioneered the modern beauty industry. I was puzzled that I did not know Elizabeth Arden was Canadian or that her name was Florence Nightingale Graham before I encountered Louise’s book. Not only was Elizabeth Arden one of the richest women in the world, and inducted into the American business hall-of-fame, but she and I were even born in the same town of Woodbridge Ontario. We chat about Louise’s time working at Elizabeth Arden and some of the parallels between her journey and that of Florence Nightingale Graham. We discuss risk taking, the importance of introspection, pursuing your personal version of success, the impact of social media on our psyche, the impact of beauty standards on young people, and so much more.

Louise is a real gem, a brilliant writer, and I encourage you to check out her book.
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Jonathan Kay: Canadian Progressives Imported American-Style Culture Wars

Jonathan Kay is a Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker. He is currently a senior editor at Quillette, a publication dedicated to freethought. He was previously a member of the editorial board at the National Post in Canada, and from 2014-2017 he served as editor-in-chief at The Walrus, another Canadian publication.

On this episode we chat about how Canadian progressives have imported U.S culture wars. We discuss critical race theory, intersectionality, and how otherwise good people manage their cognitive dissonance through virtue signaling. We also touch upon the attempts to cancel Canada Day, the self hating rhetoric of Canada’s elite, and more.

Jon is a very thoughtful guy and he is someone who very clearly has thought through many of his his political positions. I hope you enjoy the episode.
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National Post Article: How the left's obsession with American-style culture wars corroded Canadian identity

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The Ideological Capture Of Ontario's Ministry Of Education

Today I am going to do something a bit different. I will post my regular weekly conversation episode tomorrow. But there is something that I need to address relating to a particular political ideology that is unfortunately capturing more and more of our mainstream institutions and political parties. I think it is important that we understand what is going on here and recognize the philosophical war being waged on enlightenment liberalism in our culture.

In this episode I look at the section of the Ontario Governments new mathematics curriculum titled “An equitable mathematics curriculum recognizes that mathematics can be subjective” and attempt to highlight the ideological capture of both education policy and Ontario's Conservative Party that has taken place by postmodernism and critical race theory.
For me this was an exercise in trying to understand the implications of the language used in this document and what it represents in our culture.
Update: Late Tuesday night July 13th the government removed the section in question.