I went to a history conference, and one of the PhDs at the front was talking about the common occurrence of silence during tragedy. And, while those around me discussed WWII, and the Iran-Iraq war, and internment of the Japanese in Canada, I started thinking more about how uncomfortable people are
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Politics, Re-Spun: A moment of fear
There’s a moment of fear that all women come to know. I know it well. I was once the only female member of a music band. One time at practice, a male band member joked that “We should get blowjobs for all the band members.” What did I do? Everyone
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Let’s do Some Gun Control!
If we are all over regulating women’s bodies, I’m thinking guns should not be a frakking problem. What if gun rights were regulated like abortion rights? Here’s a list of just some of the hoops you’d have to jump through before you could own a gun: Only one store
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Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Abortion
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Male Gaze – Meghan Murphy slams the Globe and Mail
Wow, ran across the Feminist Current and Meghan Murphy is knocking them out of the park with great articles such as this one tearing into one of Canada’s national newspapers, the Globe and Mail, for taking the well travelled low road of misogyny. I just have the highlights
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Quotes of the Day – Clues for Liberal White Dudes – On Experiences
On the experience of women in society: “Like most women, I currently live in a society where violence, harassment and scary shit can break out at any moment, just because I told some random asshole “no” without bothering to be nice about it. Doing that is so dangerous that most
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Canadian feminist activist receives death threats and other abuse after being targeted by Men’s Rights Activists
Reblogged from man boobz: And so the MRAs have found yet another woman to hate. Earlier this month, as many of you no doubt know, a Men’s Rights group sponsored a lecture at the University of Toronto. The event drew protesters, and the protesters drew MRAs with video cameras. One
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Feminist Quote of the Day – On Slutwalks
The Feminist Current is a great site for understanding and staying up to date with feminism in Canada. This quote is from the conclusion of an article about the Vancouver Slutwalk, but addresses what many feminists find problematic about what Slutwalks are about. The italics are mine. “Despite numerous
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: On Our Rape Culture: Rehtaeh Parsons’ Unfortunate Legacy
And another one gone – a victim of assault and revenge porn enacted and filmed by a bunch of teenaged boys who had more power than they might have ever imagined: they could kill from a distance. As Elizabeth Renzetti says of these double-barrel assaults, they are, “not just an
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Creepy Cull of Female Protagonists – Jimquisition
No objectification going on here Ms.Facetitsass. None at all. Embedding in wordpress sucks. Thus, I am only able to provide the link to the video I would like you to watch. Jimquisition, featured on the pop culture gaming site The Escapist, puts crass behaviour and bombast squarely in the centre
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: CD and Feminism: Chronicle of a Movement Defining Itself
Over its 50 years, Canadian Dimension featured some of Canada’s most well-known and thought provoking feminists, activists and scholars, the majority of whom straddled the line between academia and activism. This was fitting for a magazine that has made such a dedicated effort to mobilize knowledge in ways that activists
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Let’s Ban Lifejackets…
Now we get to play catch the subtext… 🙂 Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Contraception, Feminism, Hard RIght Logic in Action, Rape, Rape Culture
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Nina Kraviz: Why did Feminism go down the drain of a Bubble Bath?
This is one of those rare moments where my off-time interests mix with my academic work. I have seen some good commentary on the Nina: Bubble-gate but nothing from a point of view that considers systemic sexism, Feminism and male domination. Last month Resident Advisor (RA) released a feature on
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Rape Culture – We Live it – Part II
If you missed out of what Rape Culture is, I suggest you go back and look at yesterdays post. Today, lets enumerate a small sample of what is going on in our society. Specifically, lets look at some of posts from the tumblr “I Once Had A Guy Tell Me…”
Continue readingwmtc: today is equal pay day in ontario
Today, April 9, is Equal Pay Day in Ontario. Please watch this short video to learn why we are still fighting for pay equity. Then visit the Equal Pay Coalition to learn how you can raise your voice for pay equity in this province. “This is not something we should
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive | News & Analysis: Queerly Political: Activism, Feminism, Marxism and Queer Politics
View on YouTube website How can we build a united movement that respects difference and autonomy, and also advances common struggles against oppression and exploitation? What are the linkages, and tensions, between feminism and queer politics? And how can we understand women’s liberation in the context of other movements against oppression?
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Rape Culture – We live it.
Oh pish-posh! What is Arb going on about now? You see bro’s it kinda goes like this. You dudes, especially the liberal progressive privileged ones, often don’t have a fucking clue about what feminism is or why it has come about or some of the neat things that LWD never
Continue readingdrive-by planet: Muslimahs say "no thanks" on being ‘liberated’ by FEMEN
The Ukrainian-based all-women protest group FEMEN draws attention to its actions with naked in-your-face campaigning. While the approach definitely grabs media attention, in the case of attempts to “liberate” Muslim women it could end up being badly counterproductive. The targeting of Islam in FEMEN campaigns has led to accusations of
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Alpha MRA’s – Stupid as the Day is Long
The MRA ideological axis seems to twirl around the idea that because MRA’s act like anti-social butt-pustules with severe Neural Fecal Disability, they never get laid, and this sad state of affairs is women’s fault! If women were just less picky and more submissive things would be great(?). In cautiously
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