Rachel Sklar
Rachel Sklar
Rachel Sklaris a Canadian lawyer, CNN contributor, and media blogger...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth8 December 1972
CountryCanada
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I am pro-choice, but I don't consider that inconsistent at all with pro-life - there's no way that having an abortion, ever, is an easy decision, and it more often errs on the side of absolutely wrenching, not to mention physically debilitating.
everybody mouth
On the Internet, everybody has an opinion about everything, but if you're smart, you know when to keep your mouth shut.
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I'm Jewish, but not overly religious, and have certainly never formally observed the Fourth Commandment, other than via the tradition of wearing white on Friday nights at summer camp, which never seemed to dovetail with the fact that Fridays were also the night for grape juice.
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Flying over New Orleans on our approach, I got it. There was no view of land without water - water in the great looming form of Lake Pontchartrain, water cutting through in tributaries, water flowing beside a long stretch of highway, water just - everywhere.
blogging demands fair imaginable surprised totally
What's surprised me most about the demands of blogging - the relentlessness of it. 24-hour news cycle, every media imaginable right here in New York, totally fair game.
bothered chunk dismiss huge term
What bothered me most about chick lit, frankly, was how the term was used to dismiss a huge chunk of the bookstore as silly, girlish prattle.
inform school
Law school and summer camp are the two experiences that inform pretty much all I do.
amazed birthday bought people weeks
Less than two weeks before my 34th birthday, I bought pots. Most people were amazed that I did not previously own pots, but that was before I explained that I had never used my oven, and used my stovetop for my dishrack.
calling god grievances tagged twitter
We live in a world now where everything is tweeted and Instagrammed and tagged and now, God help us, Vined. Calling out grievances over Twitter has become an industry norm.
either far generally matter personal
As a matter of personal philosophy, I have generally said, 'Why not?' far more often than either 'Why?' or 'Not.'
amazed benefits currently maternity mom
As an expectant mom who is currently self-employed, I'm amazed at just how tied to the workplace maternity benefits are.
exposing kids women
For single women, admitting that you want kids when you're still unattached can feel like exposing a vulnerability. It did to me.
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For video clips, you can always assume that there is a creative component since you are literally dealing with production values.
good
Good Lord - if I couldn't multitask, I don't know what I'd do.