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| {{Short description|Canadian author and newspaper columnist}} | {{Short description|Canadian author and newspaper columnist}} | ||
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| '''Leah McLaren''' (born November 7, 1975) is a Canadian author |
'''Leah McLaren''' (born November 7, 1975) is a Canadian author, newspaper columnist and alleged sexual assaulter. | ||
| Her writing has been published in several newspapers including '']'', '']'', and '']'', {{citation needed|date=November 2015}} as well as in the weekly magazine '']'', for which she wrote a controversial and widely read cover story on the romantic failure of the modern English male.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/27th-july-2002/12/the-tragic-ineptitude-of-the-english-male |title=The tragic ineptitude of the English male |author=Leah McClaren |date=27 July 2002 |website=spectator.co.uk |publisher=] |access-date=7 May 2015}}</ref> | Her writing has been published in several newspapers including '']'', '']'', and '']'', {{citation needed|date=November 2015}} as well as in the weekly magazine '']'', for which she wrote a controversial and widely read cover story on the romantic failure of the modern English male.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/27th-july-2002/12/the-tragic-ineptitude-of-the-english-male |title=The tragic ineptitude of the English male |author=Leah McClaren |date=27 July 2002 |website=spectator.co.uk |publisher=] |access-date=7 May 2015}}</ref> | ||
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| In 2008, the CBC shot ''Abroad'', a television movie of the week, written and produced by McLaren and based on her experiences as a young Canadian newspaper reporter living and dating in London. It aired once, on March 14, 2010 and was being developed as a series; until CBC Television cancelled it before any other episodes were made.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cp24.com/leah-mclaren-turns-life-in-london-into-tv-show-1.484542 |title=Leah McLaren turns life in London into TV show |author=<!--The Canadian Press; no by-line.--> |date=17 February 2010 |website=www.cp24.com |publisher=] |access-date=7 May 2015}}</ref> | In 2008, the CBC shot ''Abroad'', a television movie of the week, written and produced by McLaren and based on her experiences as a young Canadian newspaper reporter living and dating in London. It aired once, on March 14, 2010 and was being developed as a series; until CBC Television cancelled it before any other episodes were made.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cp24.com/leah-mclaren-turns-life-in-london-into-tv-show-1.484542 |title=Leah McLaren turns life in London into TV show |author=<!--The Canadian Press; no by-line.--> |date=17 February 2010 |website=www.cp24.com |publisher=] |access-date=7 May 2015}}</ref> | ||
| She had a regular Saturday column in the Life section of '']'', in which she talked about living as a single woman in modern-day Toronto. She has written a column in the Arts section. She also writes "The Leah Files", a monthly column in '']'', a fashion magazine. She has written for other publications including '']'', '']'', '']'', and others. {{citation needed|date=November 2015}} | |||
| Leah McLaren is currently Maclean's Magazine's London correspondent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.macleans.ca/author/leahmclaren/|title=Posts by Leah McLaren}}</ref> | Leah McLaren is currently Maclean's Magazine's London correspondent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.macleans.ca/author/leahmclaren/|title=Posts by Leah McLaren}}</ref> | ||
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| Leah McLaren came under fire for a controversial column she wrote for '']'' on March 22, 2017 where she admits she once attempted to breastfeed the infant child of Conservative leadership candidate ] without his or his wife's consent, and while she was not lactating.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/news/globe-spikes-leah-mclarens-column-on-trying-to-breastfeed-mp-michael-chongs-baby-to-see-what-it-felt-like|title = Latest Breaking News, Headlines & Updates | National Post}}</ref> The paper later removed the piece from its website. Five days after its publication Chong confirmed via ] that the incident occurred over ten years previously, describing it as "no doubt odd, but of no real consequence".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39425321 |title=Leah McLaren column on breastfeeding stranger's baby goes viral |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=28 March 2017 |website=] |access-date=30 March 2017}}</ref> To make her story true, McLaren would have been at least 29. On March 30, 2017 the '']'' reported that McLaren was suspended for one week by ''The Globe and Mail''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Globe and Mail suspends columnist Leah McLaren after breastfeeding controversy|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/03/30/globe-and-mail-suspends-columnist-leah-mclaren-after-breastfeeding-controversy.html|accessdate=March 30, 2017|work=Toronto Star|date=March 30, 2017}}</ref> | Leah McLaren came under fire for a controversial column she wrote for '']'' on March 22, 2017 where she admits she once attempted to breastfeed the infant child of Conservative leadership candidate ] without his or his wife's consent, and while she was not lactating.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/news/globe-spikes-leah-mclarens-column-on-trying-to-breastfeed-mp-michael-chongs-baby-to-see-what-it-felt-like|title = Latest Breaking News, Headlines & Updates | National Post}}</ref> The paper later removed the piece from its website. Five days after its publication Chong confirmed via ] that the incident occurred over ten years previously, describing it as "no doubt odd, but of no real consequence".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39425321 |title=Leah McLaren column on breastfeeding stranger's baby goes viral |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=28 March 2017 |website=] |access-date=30 March 2017}}</ref> To make her story true, McLaren would have been at least 29. On March 30, 2017 the '']'' reported that McLaren was suspended for one week by ''The Globe and Mail''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Globe and Mail suspends columnist Leah McLaren after breastfeeding controversy|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/03/30/globe-and-mail-suspends-columnist-leah-mclaren-after-breastfeeding-controversy.html|accessdate=March 30, 2017|work=Toronto Star|date=March 30, 2017}}</ref> | ||
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When McLaren her memoir, "Where You End and I Begin", she faced criticism from her mother, author Cecily Ross, who accused McLaren of appropriating her own personal story of sexual assault. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2020/10/this-story-is-mine/ | title=This Story is Mine }}</ref> Additionally, writer Zoe Charlotte Greenberg revealed that a story McLaren included in the memoir was actually a sexual assault McLaren committed on Greenberg, and was not at all consensual. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenberg |first=Zoe Charlotte |date=2022-12-06 |title=Penguin Random House published a memoir by one of my assailants claiming my rape was consensual |url=https://zcgreenberg.medium.com/penguin-random-house-published-a-memoir-by-one-of-my-assailants-claiming-my-rape-was-consensual-3dd99c79633b |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Medium |language=en}}</ref> | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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Leah McLaren (born November 7, 1975) is a Canadian author, newspaper columnist and alleged sexual assaulter.
Her writing has been published in several newspapers including The Times, The Evening Standard, and The Sunday Telegraph, as well as in the weekly magazine The Spectator, for which she wrote a controversial and widely read cover story on the romantic failure of the modern English male.
In 2008, the CBC shot Abroad, a television movie of the week, written and produced by McLaren and based on her experiences as a young Canadian newspaper reporter living and dating in London. It aired once, on March 14, 2010 and was being developed as a series; until CBC Television cancelled it before any other episodes were made.
She had a regular Saturday column in the Life section of The Globe and Mail, in which she talked about living as a single woman in modern-day Toronto. She has written a column in the Arts section. She also writes "The Leah Files", a monthly column in Flare, a fashion magazine. She has written for other publications including Toronto Life, McGill Daily, enRoute, and others.
Leah McLaren is currently Maclean's Magazine's London correspondent.
In 2012, Leah McLearn tried to sell her own house in a real estate column Home of the Week feature. The piece was ruled a conflict of interest by the Globe's Public Editor Sylvia Stead, although that was too late to stop the $600,000 home from selling above its listing price.
Leah McLaren came under fire for a controversial column she wrote for The Globe and Mail on March 22, 2017 where she admits she once attempted to breastfeed the infant child of Conservative leadership candidate Michael Chong without his or his wife's consent, and while she was not lactating. The paper later removed the piece from its website. Five days after its publication Chong confirmed via Twitter that the incident occurred over ten years previously, describing it as "no doubt odd, but of no real consequence". To make her story true, McLaren would have been at least 29. On March 30, 2017 the Toronto Star reported that McLaren was suspended for one week by The Globe and Mail.
When McLaren her memoir, "Where You End and I Begin", she faced criticism from her mother, author Cecily Ross, who accused McLaren of appropriating her own personal story of sexual assault. Additionally, writer Zoe Charlotte Greenberg revealed that a story McLaren included in the memoir was actually a sexual assault McLaren committed on Greenberg, and was not at all consensual.
References
- Leah McClaren (27 July 2002). "The tragic ineptitude of the English male". spectator.co.uk. The Spectator. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- "Leah McLaren turns life in London into TV show". www.cp24.com. CP24. 17 February 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- "Posts by Leah McLaren".
- "Latest Breaking News, Headlines & Updates | National Post".
- "Globe Columnist: I Tried to Breastfeed Michael Chong's Baby. Twitter Breaks". 27 March 2017.
- "Latest Breaking News, Headlines & Updates | National Post".
- "Leah McLaren column on breastfeeding stranger's baby goes viral". bbc.co.uk. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- "Globe and Mail suspends columnist Leah McLaren after breastfeeding controversy". Toronto Star. March 30, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
- "This Story is Mine".
- Greenberg, Zoe Charlotte (2022-12-06). "Penguin Random House published a memoir by one of my assailants claiming my rape was consensual". Medium. Retrieved 2022-12-07.