From the tumblr: But What Was She Wearing? Anon: “There is a difference between cat calling and complimenting someone. Some of these ladies have experienced true cat calling and some have merely been complimented and instead of saying thank you or flashing a brief smile, they chose to be
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Dead Wild Roses: Inside a Safe House for Costa Rica’s Abused and Trafficked Girls
Human traffic disproportionately effects females. People try and fight the growing tide of human trafficking, here is one story of someone making a difference. Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Costa Rica, Feminism, Human Trafficking
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Are Your White Male Entitlements Maiming Your Vote this Month?
I’m not going to argue that using an Intersectionality lens in the municipal election in 2 weeks will make your voting choices perfectly easy. But I will say that your white male entitlements have likely contributed to worse choices in the past. Including not voting. When you read this entire
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: 10 Hours of Walking in NYC – Street Harassement! Misogyny! Lewis’ Law!
Why hello there gentle readers (and a big thanks to John Zande for bringing this video to my attention). Today were going to look at one of the fundamental differences between the lived experiences of men and women in public. We’re also going to look at some of the horrible
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Do You Know What it Feels Like To Be A Target?
Sometimes while surfing the web you find passages that are so brutally eloquent that the only acceptable action is to replicate them. This from the Notes Against Humanity Blog. “I am targeted for rape and other types of sexual violence because I’m perceived as female. The only effective way
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The CBC Fires Jian Ghomeshi – Good Riddance Mr. Creeper.
***Let me preface this post with a handy disclaimer for clarification – When women say that have been abused – I believe them.*** Okay this story broke over the weekend and the major print media involved so far has been the Toronto Star. In the TS’s words here is
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: The Election-Eve Racist, Sexist Attack on Olivia Chow
If this cartoon were published, say, 2 weeks before the election, it would have been debated as a tool of racist, sexist propaganda and yet another blemish on corporate media. Her support would likely have grown after such a brutally immature attack. But because politics is a dirty, disgusting, sociopathic
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Laci Green On Sam Pepper and Rape
The wheels of justice are moving slow on this one, as is often the case with rape. It is ‘funny’ that our society won’t take the time to look at the reality of the situation when it comes to rape and the legal system. One could say that, tacitly, rape
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Rachel Moran’s Speech – FemiFest 2014
Wow, kick back and let Ms.Moran guide you though the problems of liberal feminism with regards to prostitution and the changes that are necessary to make in society. First of all I’d like to talk a little bit about what Radical Feminism means to me in the context of my
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: If You Read But One Thing About Universal Childcare This Week
Line them up here. In this one section of universal childcare analysis by one of the smartest people in the country, Michal Rozworski, we see a number of significant policy issues addressed: affordable childcare. universality. feminism. including mothers in the workforce more effectively. a better shot a living wage for
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Obligatory Sexy Halloween Costume Post – No Objectification Here!
I do love the heroic proclamations of anti-feminists and others boldly stating there is no need for feminism, or that we’re now in a post-feminists society, or worse they are an “egalitarian” *eye roll*. Yeah… soo… anyhow lets look at the evolution of costumes for women. See if you can
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Anita Sarkeesian Now In Rolling Stone! – Keep up the Good Work Internet Misogynists!
Ah, all the poor male gamers having their pet misogyny project blow up in their faces. Yep, you dudes are for sure are ruining Anita Sarkessian’s career. Keep the hate-train going maybe you can get her into the NYT again, or Le Monde or Time or… really the sky
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Beauty Pageants and the BC Liberals
There are no words. 2 former @HyackFestival Miss New West girls and 1 former Miss White Rock now working for Today's @bcliberals pic.twitter.com/dHUctYlBrE — Kirsten Hamilton (@kirstenmay13) September 21, 2014 December 16, 2013 The Secret Weapon: Self-Esteem (0) April 16, 2009 Some Early Justification for NDP’s Gender Policies (2) May
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Canadian-American feminist cancels talk after “Montreal Massacre style” threat
Anita Sarkeesian, a prominent Canadian-American feminist cultural critic, was forced to cancel an appearance at Utah State University after receiving threats of a Montreal Massacre-style attack. The post Canadian-American feminist cancels talk after “Montreal Massacre style” threat appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: The People Who Want to Shoot the Women
Do you stand with @femfreq? If not, you’re welcome to not come back to this website. You aren’t welcome. [View the story “The People Who Want to Shoot the Women” on Storify] August 27, 2010 Terrorism + Child Abuse Joke = National Post (1) August 12, 2010 A Basic Primer
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Socialist, AND Nobel Peace Prize Winner
…And after reading that, do you have an urge to say, “yeah, but” – she’s young – she’s a woman – she’s uneducated – whatever other condescending, dismissive thing you can imagine? As a post-partisan eco-socialist, I affirm her words. And if you follow the link below, you’ll see that
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: How @Dicks Sporting Goods Can Advance Feminism, So Easily
Dick’s Sporting Goods, in the all-too testosterone world of sports, released a catalogue with virtually no women in it. Except for cheerleaders and a girl watching men play sports. A 12-year-old calls them out on this because even 12-year-olds get equality. Dick’s sent a FOAD brush off letter back [see
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: How to Not Commit a Sex Crime
You participate in a sex crime if you search for or look at revenge porn. It is really that simple. A Richmond, B.C., woman hopes her story of having nude photos leaked online will foster laws to protect women against cyberbullying. Anisa Salmi was working at her desk when she
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Why It’s So Hard For Men To See Misogyny
Amanda Hess on Misogyny Spotting – “These are forms of male aggression that only women see. But even when men are afforded a front seat to harassment, they don’t always have the correct vantage point for recognizing the subtlety of its operation. Four years before the murders, I was
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Splayed Feet: The New Scourge(?) brought on by Birkenstocks
“The Problem with Birkenstocks” by Annie Kreighbaum illustrates so perfectly the fantastical through-the-looking-glass distortions of reality that we collectively we know as “Fashion“. Unpacking this article was kind of fun in the “Wow..really??” sort of way. What wasn’t so fun is that amount of shaming that is going on
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