Step down, Twihards, it’s time for evolution via the Hunger Games revolution. Let The Games begin! I don’t want to upset any Twilight fans, but the series boils down to a drawn out love affair that is not consummated for many moons. Bella and Edward meet in the first book and don’t have sex until…wait for ...
A group of female senators is protesting the fact that all eight Republican judiciary committee members voted against an updated Violence Against Women Act last month. The members were also all men. The Violence Against Women Act provides money for women’s shelters, counselling, rape crisis shelters and legal services for victims of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking. It ...
Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury cartoon strip which compares the vaginal ultrasound Texas women are forced to have before an abortion (in addition to an imposed waiting period) to rape has been pulled from several newspapers. I’ve yet to hear a sensible explanation for this decision. Trudeau is one of many voices in the United States objecting ...
Small changes in legislation can positively affect women’s lives. Take India for example. In 1993, a law was implemented requiring that a third of all local government council seats be held by women. The hope behind the legislation was that “women’s status might improve” by putting them in positions of influence and power where they ...
Don’t buy Girl Scout cookies. If you do, your love of sweet baked goods will only support crazy liberal agendas, LGBT rights and abortion. At least, that is the view of a teenage girl who is calling for a boycott of Girl Scout cookies. In a video that has already made its way to various media ...
Considering the first episode of Pan Am involved a flight attendant (Laura, The Clever One) being recruited to work for the CIA, I hoped for lots of deconstruction of Cold War propaganda and such like. No luck. Kate (The Pretty One) runs away from her wedding in a less-than-compelling flashback sequence. This is meant to ...
When President Barack Obama took office, he promised to restore “scientific integrity” to policy making. He also made promises to women about supporting their health issues. He failed on both accounts this week when he did not fight the decision of US Health and Human Services Secretary that blocked Plan B from being available over ...
Oscar winner Hilary Swank was recently slated for attending an event celebrating the rebuilding of Grozny, which happened also to be the 35th birthday party of Chechnian president Ramzan Kadyrov. The actress was supposedly invited by a Turkish real estate company along with other celebrities including Jean-Claude Van Damme, Seal and violinist Vanessa Mae. Swank ...
The rise of the genre as a platform for the experiences of women is appropriate at a time in history when the individual experiences of women are gaining greater significance.
In 2011, Jack Layton made his mark on Canadian politics. His supporters rallied behind him and saw the New Democratic Party (NDP) become the Official Opposition to Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party, beating out the Liberals. Unfortunately, his victory and death came in the same year. Jack Layton passed away from cancer on August 22, 2011. ...
The latest film in the American Pie series, American Reunion, contains a shocking scene – male full-frontal nudity including...
Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...
Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...
My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...
Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...
Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...
