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| '''Leah McLaren''' (born November 7, 1975) is a Canadian author and newspaper columnist. | '''Leah McLaren''' (born November 7, 1975) is a Canadian author and newspaper columnist. | ||
| ==Career== | ==Career== | ||
| In Britain, McLaren's writing has been published in 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> | |||
| In 2008, the CBC |
In 2008, the CBC produced ''Abroad'', a television movie of the week that was 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> | ||
| McLaren describes herself as a ].<ref>{{cite news|last1=McLaren|first1=Leah|title=The importance of being courteous: Why parents need to focus on their kids' manners|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/parenting/the-importance-of-being-courteous/article19661557/|accessdate=May 12, 2015|work=Globe and Mail|date=July 19, 2014}}</ref> She had a regular Saturday column in the Life section of '']'', in which she talked about living as a single woman in |
McLaren describes herself as a ].<ref>{{cite news|last1=McLaren|first1=Leah|title=The importance of being courteous: Why parents need to focus on their kids' manners|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/parenting/the-importance-of-being-courteous/article19661557/|accessdate=May 12, 2015|work=Globe and Mail|date=July 19, 2014}}</ref> She had a regular Saturday column in the Life section of '']'', in which she talked about living as a single woman in Toronto. She also had 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}} | ||
| As of 2022, McLaren is Maclean's magazine's London correspondent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.macleans.ca/author/leahmclaren/|title=Posts by Leah McLaren}}</ref> | |||
| ==Controversies== | ==Controversies== | ||
| In 2012, |
In 2012, McLaren 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.<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><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/03/27/leah-mclaren-column-breastfeed-michael-chong_n_15630742.html|title = Globe Columnist: I Tried to Breastfeed Michael Chong's Baby. Twitter Breaks|date = 27 March 2017}}</ref> | ||
| 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 |last1=McLaren |first1=Leah |title=The joy (and politics) of breastfeeding someone else's baby |url=https://www.mbnews.one/ca_news_158305.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326224152/https://www.mbnews.one/ca_news_158305.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 March 2017}}</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> At the time, 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> | |||
| McLaren faced further controversy when her memoir, "Where You End and I Begin", 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> | |||
| In 2022 writer Zoe Greenberg claimed she had been sexually assaulted by McLaren while they were in their teens. She took issue with the fact that McLaren had depicted the incident as consensual in her memoir.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Greenberg |first1=Zoe |title=I was sexually assaulted when I was 16. Penguin Random House Canada published a memoir by one of my assailants claiming it 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=7 December 2022}}</ref> | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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Leah McLaren (born November 7, 1975) is a Canadian author and newspaper columnist.
Career
In Britain, McLaren's writing has been published in 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 produced Abroad, a television movie of the week that was 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.
McLaren describes herself as a feminist. 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 Toronto. She also had 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.
As of 2022, McLaren is Maclean's magazine's London correspondent.
Controversies
In 2012, McLaren 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.
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". At the time, 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.
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.
- McLaren, Leah (July 19, 2014). "The importance of being courteous: Why parents need to focus on their kids' manners". Globe and Mail. Retrieved May 12, 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.
- McLaren, Leah. "The joy (and politics) of breastfeeding someone else's baby". Archived from the original on 26 March 2017.
- "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.