I must have travelled to another universe because when I awoke, the world had gone mad. Radio stations were pulling a popular, rather over-played, 74-year-old, playful holiday song because some folks thought it was about rape. Sexual assault. Or at least non-consensual sex. The media was full of Chicken Littles screaming
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Scripturient: The Mummy, the remake and the re-imagining
Nineteen thirty-two. The year Aldous Huxley’s novel, Brave New World, was published. The Great Depression was at its worst. Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican Pres. Herbert Hoover to become the American president in a landslide win. Gandhi went on a hunger strike. Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Saturday High Heels PSA
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Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Why Carpay’s Comment About the Rainbow Flag Matters
“History can familiarize, and it can warn.” – Timothy Snyder On Thursday Mr and Ms Soapbox attended Rachel Notley’s Octoberfest in November event. In her speech, Premier Notley mentioned that Jason Kenney, the leader of the UCP, is still supporting John Carpay, who in a speech at a conference organized
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Struggle to Wear Pants – The Enforcement of Gender Roles.
It is important to recognize the struggles women have in our society. An easy example of the bullshit that went on was the mandatory skirt rule for women. Just amazing bullshit flying in the face of practicality – as in hey, it is minus 20 outside, NO PANTS FOR YOU!
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Wrong Universe – NaBloPoMo Day 8
My mum was a brilliant woman. So was my grandmother. So is my aunt. So is my other aunt. It’s pretty cool the amount of brain power all the wymmyns be bringin’ all up in this family. I used to sit on the corner of mum’s bed and watch her
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Hello Ottawa!
Ms Soapbox is on her way to Ottawa. There’s a good chance she’s in the air right now squashed into a tiny little seat trying to figure out why her WestJet onboard entertainment app isn’t working (luckily, she’s brought along her youngest daughter “Mini” who will fix the glitch in
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Blinders – NaBloPoMo
Sometimes I’m positive the dog has the right idea. Probably this is why people started keeping their domesticated animals in their houses with them; they saw reflected in their animal buddies aspects of their own natures that they couldn’t quite talk about for whatever reason. Maybe they couldn’t name it
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Political Discourse in Alberta: Seen through Orwell’s Lens
“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.”—George Orwell It was fascinating to consider Jason Kenney’s comments on two issues that arose this week in the context of George Orwell’s commentary on political discourse. George Orwell
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: If You Have Abusive Parents – Pro Tips
A small glimpse into the chilling reality of children who are forced to exist with abusive situations. These are strategies they use to make sure they get enough to eat. This is largely incomprehensible to me as, during my childhood, I was loved and cared for pretty much unconditionally. Seeing
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Responsibility Where it is Due…
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Continue readingDead Wild Roses: How Many Women Need to Come Forward to Match the Believably of One Man?
Due process? Hello..hello? Is this thing on? I need to hear again how our present system of justice is serving the needs of all people in society… https://artemiswasamerf.tumblr.com/post/178505909488/well-lets-see-danny-masterson-had-3-women-as Things are not okay. The status quo is currently unacceptable and must be changed.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Neurobiology of Sexual Assault – Why Do We Have ‘Unnaturally’ High Attrition Rate for Sexual Assault?
Watch the presentation or read the full transcript here. Now watch what happens when we bring an empirical fact based approach to understanding why our justice system is broken when it comes to sexual assault. So, now we have some evidence of what is happening to people who have experienced
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Support Survivors – #WhyIDidntReport
How does one seek justice through the ‘justice system’ when it has been formatted in certain situations not to not produce just results? Case in point: Sexual Assault in our society. Our system of laws surrounding this area are broken and need to be fixed because justice is not being
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: When Equal Treatment Under the Law is a F*cking Joke – A Rape Survivors Experience
This is the problem, heroic male defenders of rule of law. Your system doesn’t serve and protect half of the damn population. So before the words equality and justice pass in from your lips, take a goddamn reflective moment and see the systemic problems affecting the entire process and realize
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Justifying Human Rights
A good piece, by John Tasioulas but I’m left wanting more. “But is it enough to rely on the supposed fact that human rights are embedded in a liberal democratic culture? Or do we need to be able to step back from that culture and offer an objective justification for
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Combating Urban Alienation – Communal Bathing and Public Bath Houses
At first blush, it seems a bit quaint and slightly repulsive to think that a communal bathing facility would be a good thing for our society. I do however, recognize that my initial distaste for the idea is centred on what here in the West we like to call our
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Clueless Dudes on Display – Traditional Gender roles hurt Men and Women Equally…
The bone jarring stupid is so prevalent in the dude class. Like I can understand that you benefit from the current unjust system and really, because you are not particularly downtrodden, haven’t given any thought to the topic at hand. But, seriously, have the common decency to listen when others
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On Culture Wars
I just finally got around to Angela Nagle’s Kill All Normies. It’s a comprehensive book outlining the history and categorization of various groups online that have seeped into real life, but, although she mentions numerous scholars in her analysis, with zero endnotes and nary a reference section, it didn’t surprise
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: How Men and Women Write About Injustice
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