This just in…choose to not rape anyone this weekend. August 6, 2013 Women As Meat, Volume 874,597 (1) February 19, 2015 Looking for Heroes? (0) November 27, 2012 No, Taylor Swift. No. (4) November 30, 2012 “Female Characters Are Still Sidelined, Stereotyped, and Sexualized in Popular Entertainment Content” (0)
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A Puff of Absurdity: The Smell of Your Moral Judgment
“If you’re going to tell people the truth, make it funny or people will kill you.” – Billy Wilder I just watched a series of videos (65 minutes if you watch them all in one go) by Innuendo
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: So I Went to the March
I went to the Jobs, Justice, Climate march on Sunday. It’s taken me a few days to think about what I think about it. Klein so close at the pre-pre-rally. I got to Queen’s Park way early and sat under a big tree to read and wait, and I happened
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Women in Science – Marie Tharp
Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Feminism, History, Science, Women
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: One Woman’s Examination of Trans-Racial versus Trans-Gendered
Hmmm. This is a delicate topic, but one worth investigating. For context, the people being referred to in the video are Bruce Jenner and Rachel Dolezal. Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Biology, Social Constructs, Transgender, Transracial
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Ladies Guide to Smiling More :(
More useful information for the double XX crowd. :/ *sigh*. Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Feminism, Helpful Hints
Continue readingArt Threat: Montreal Fringe: Three for the road
Cootie Catcher, written and performed by Lucas Brooks, focuses on Brooks’ close encounters of the transmissible kind. Using a cootie catcher, better known to some as a fortune teller, Brooks regales the audience with tales of all the times he thought he had been exposed to one STD or another,
Continue readingwmtc: my feminism includes trans people. all women need to listen to each other.
The continuing liberation of transgender people is a marvel to behold. We are witnessing history, as trans people and their issues become part of the mainstream. From Chelsea Manning to “Transparent” to Laverne Cox, and of course Caitlyn Jenner, transgender people and issues have never been so front and centre.
Continue readingArt Threat: Montreal Fringe: Laureen: Queen of the Tundra
As an American expat unfamiliar with the pop-cultural aspect of Canadian politics, a lot of the jokes in Laureen: Queen of the Tundra went over my head. However, it is to the performers’ credit that this did not distract from their commentary about the fluidity of gender and culture, against
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On Being an Ally
I’m not sure how to say this without being blasted, but I’ll try: I might understand a little piece affecting Rachal Dolezal decision to present as black rather than be a white ally. I just have one story. It was about ten years ago. I had just finished reading The
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: OITNB
I read some review somewhere of the first episode of Orange is the New Black on the weekend before I dove into a marathon session of the entire season. It suggested that the reason people like the show is because it actually shows real relationships between real women. The context
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: At the intersection of capitalism and patriarchy
It appears TLC is quite aware on which side its toast is buttered. Look what they were airing a couple weeks before the Duggar scandal broke: Feminists beware: the new TLC special “Submissive Wives’ Guide To Marriage” is sure to stir a hot debate by showing marriages in which the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Origins of Prostitution
Divide and conquer has always been an effective strategy. Applied against women, it has blossomed into one of tap roots of Foppression. “The feminist historian, Gerda Lerner, showed that prostitution has not always existed. It first arose at the beginning of patriarchy, which was relatively recently in the long history
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Dance Festivals as Transmitters of Patriarchal Values
Dancing season is rapidly coming to close. Not a moment too soon, I must heartily add, as I will miss nothing about the hot chaotic mess that is hosting a Dance Festival. Children running, crying, scurrying about, being chased by frazzled Moms – all to the backdrop of shitty canned
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Gardening while female
The front flowerbed at Arb’s and my place is starting to take off – perennials that I’ve planted over the couple years we’ve owned the house, are established enough now, that they can dedicate some energy to blooming! Of course, weather that’s good for flowers is also good for weeds,
Continue readingwmtc: action bronson, hate speech, and protest: rape culture vs. freedom of speech
As part of the NXNE concert series in Toronto, rapper Action Bronson was slated to perform a free concert in Dundas Square. Bronson is apparently known for lyrics and videos that degrade women and glorify rape. He has also bragged about assaulting a trans woman. Many people felt that this
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Gaming for Equality: Komma Lika Finds a Friendly Way to Raise Awareness at Home
Photo from kommalika.se. Everybody wants the revolution, but nobody wants to do the dishes … or the laundry … or the grocery shopping … or take out the trash. Specifically, women disproportionally perform the majority of domestic labour in contemporary households. That is why Swedish feminist Maria Loohufvud invented the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Female/Male Lived Experiences – SinFest
Another great strip from Tatsusya Ishida. Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Feminism, Patriarchy, Sinfest, Society
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: It’s Just a Joke
This week wasn’t the first time I talked to my class about the FHRITP phenomenon. But the fact that one guy lost his job and another was fined $400 has changed the conversation. A discussion about the sexual aggressive street harassment typically elicits a “but it’s just a joke” response
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