February 5, 2012
Usually getting fired is a bad thing. But, somehow, this woman is happy about it. Can you imagine if this was how your man propsed to you?! “Yes” certainly wouldn’t be my answer. Amazing what they used to get away with in Hollywood, eh?
February 3, 2012
I’ll get straight down to the point. Who is responsible for educating who when it comes to issues of oppression, sexism, racism and the like? As Lena Chen of the Chicktionary eloquently writes, I don’t expect gay people to prove to me, a straight person, that there’s actually homophobia. I don’t expect poor people to ...
Tags: Asian women,
education,
feminism,
First World,
First World feminism,
LGBT,
opression,
other,
privilege,
race and feminism,
racism,
sexism,
white feminism,
women of colour
February 1, 2012
The Superbowl is almost here, and I couldn’t be more excited. Looking forward to getting rowdy and yelling at the TV also makes it all the more disheartening that Saudi Arabian women still aren’t allowed in sports stadiums. This has been the law for a long time, but we were reminded of the restriction this week. ...
January 31, 2012
Dubai has employed its first female train driver. In fact, Mariam Al Safar is the first woman to be employed as a train driver in the whole of the Middle East. Ms. Al Safar is in charge of the whole train – she has the skills to drive the train but because the system is ...
January 30, 2012
Canada’s controversial honour killing trial has ended with a conviction of murder in the first degree for Montreal’s Shafia family. Mohammad Shafia, Tooba Shafia and their son Hamed were found guilty Sunday of murdering three sisters and the father’s first wife. They were sentenced to life with no chance of parole for 25 years. A recent ...
January 30, 2012
It would be misleading of me to start this entry with anything other than the following confession: I am a feminist and I have an engagement ring. I love my engagement ring. Sometimes, at work, I pretend to be deep in thought, appearing to stare at my keyboard, when actually I’m considering how the diamond ...
January 27, 2012
As feminists, we get it ingrained in us that choice is every person’s (read: woman’s) right. But what if things weren’t as simple as that? Choice is a common rhetoric used by many feminists and social justice activists. The topic ranges from jobs to abortion; sexuality and contraception to marriage; how we look to what ...
Tags: abortion,
arranged marriage,
choice,
fallacy of choice,
feminism,
First World feminism,
poverty,
premarital sex,
pro-choice,
race,
teenage pregnancy,
women's rights
January 24, 2012
This Wednesday is Burns Night, a celebration of Robert Burns’ work which will be observed in detail (from Toast to the Lassies to Address to a Haggis) by people all over the world, including many of the 4.7 million Scots in Canada. Burns’ work travels. Auld Lang Syne is sung globally every New Year. He ...
January 20, 2012
Vancouver sex-trade workers and their lawyers brought their case to Canada’s Supreme Court on Thursday. They were there to argue the validity of a constitutional change to prostitution laws. Outside the court, other sex-workers and their supporters rallied for the cause. The fight to decriminalize prostitution has been a struggle, but the idea is spreading. ...
January 20, 2012
You know the saying “It’s not the journey, it’s the destination?” Well, my hair story is a journey. A journey of self-discovery. I know what you might be thinking. What the hell kind of First World feminist, skewed self-awareness and failed attempt at philosophy is that? This piece is about much more than hair. It’s ...