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Samantha Kemp-Jackson
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It’s Not a Grey Area — Age Discrimination is Real

Silver locks are often the death knell for women’s careers — It’s been all over the news in the past couple of weeks, the unexpected and shocking firing of one of Canada’s most loved and respected journalists. Lisa LaFlamme, the anchor on one of the country’s leading national news programs, was “blindsided” by the news that her 35-year career was going…

News

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It’s Not a Grey Area — Age Discrimination is Real
It’s Not a Grey Area — Age Discrimination is Real
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ILLUMINATION

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Leaving on a Jet Plane

I know we won’t go back again — There was a time when we used to dress up to travel. Heck, we dressed up to walk to the store. Sweat pants were not an option. When my childhood travel memories enter my mind, they are inevitably filled with images of being purposefully dressed up by my mother in…

Travel

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Leaving on a Jet Plane
Leaving on a Jet Plane
Travel

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Life, Unvarnished.

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7 Life Lessons I Realized in Middle Age

Simple advice that I wish I knew in my 20s — Dreams of time travel As a woman of a certain age, it’s easy to look back over my life and think about the mistakes that I’ve made. Decades of trial and error, achievements and disappointments have coloured my perspectives on a range of real-life experiences. …

Life Lessons

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7 Life Lessons I Realized in Middle Age
7 Life Lessons I Realized in Middle Age
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Fanfare

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The Flintstones and Other 60s Shows: I Have Questions

Why was the family holding a car frame while running? — The “Modern Stone-Age Family” elicits many questions On the heels of The Brady Bunch and Other ’70s Shows: I Have Questions, it became crystal clear that I wasn’t the only one who needed answers. …

Society

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The Flintstones and Other 60s Shows: I Have Questions
The Flintstones and Other 60s Shows: I Have Questions
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The Startup

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You Don’t Need A Side Hustle. Period.

Why following the popular trend may be more trouble than it’s worth — Suddenly, everyone has to have one It came out of nowhere. Then seemingly, this term — “side hustle” — was everywhere. It was the must have endeavour for any determined and ambitious worker. …

Business

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You Don’t Need A Side Hustle. Period.
You Don’t Need A Side Hustle. Period.
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Life, Unvarnished.

·Apr 5

A Losing Streak

Remember? Or, how could you forget? — Naked and Unafraid Oh, the horror! The audience was mortified every time it happened. A naked person — or persons — unexpectedly appeared out of nowhere, to the surprise of the unwitting participants of this event. “Streaking” as it was labeled, was perhaps the most ridiculous of fads that we Gen-Xers had to…

Generation X

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A Losing Streak
A Losing Streak
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Life, Unvarnished.

·Dec 14, 2022

Brand New Key(s)

And there were many… — Shiny and new So many of us had them. You know, the chain around our necks, holding the most-important item required to end a long day at school. Or perhaps your particular jam was “freestyle,” meaning you’d carelessly throw it in your pocket, your knapsack or any other place that it could immediately…

Generation X

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Brand New Key(s)
Brand New Key(s)
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Life, Unvarnished.

·Oct 24, 2022

Metal Slides and Sunshine Don’t Mix

They never did Burn, baby burn! And boy, did we ever. Burn. On the metal slides. Back in the day. Yes — if you grew up in the 60s, 70s and even some of the 80s, you know of which I speak. Playground fare back then included all manner of dangerous “play” things…

Generation X

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Metal Slides and Sunshine Don’t Mix
Metal Slides and Sunshine Don’t Mix
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Life, Unvarnished.

·Oct 4, 2022

Lifestyles You Will Never Achieve

In case you weren’t sure, this 80s hit TV show reminded you — weekly — “We’re rich and you’re not!” There was an odd phenomenon in the 1980s. Everything was big. Excess was everywhere. Big hair, big shoulders, big dreams. And as Gordon Gekko so eloquently said, “Greed is good!” This philosophy permeated popular culture in a manner that has, thankfully, not been seen since. The celebration of lavish, ostentatious…

Generation X

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Lifestyles You Will Never Achieve
Lifestyles You Will Never Achieve
Generation X

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Life, Unvarnished.

·Jul 27, 2022

The Return of Paneling?

Let’s hope not. Recognize this Family Room? Of course you do. Don’t we all? Those of us of a certain age spent many a childhood day here, even if it was only through the television screen. Regardless of whether or not you dig the decor, it was de rigueur back…

Home Decor

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The Return of Paneling?
The Return of Paneling?
Home Decor

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Samantha Kemp-Jackson

Samantha Kemp-Jackson

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Writer, Media Commentator, Podcaster and overall opinionated individual. I live in the past A. Lot. Follow me on Substack: LivingInThePast.Substack.Com

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