This is a Very Long Post. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about identity. About how it may change as we age, as we emerge into our society, as we redefine ourselves, as we learn more about who we are or about who we were meant to be. This will
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Dead Wild Roses: Kicking Women Out – The New Inclusion in the Olympics – Kuinini Manumua
“Inclusion” is the new best and brightest way to hide your fundamental hatred of women. Gender ideology is a toxic mess of male supremacy and misogyny wrapped up in friendly pink and blue colours. The erasure of females from society has always been the endgame and the Olympic Weightlifting debacle
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish!
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish! The only thing better than Jody Wilson-Raybould and Dr. Jane Philpott being turfed from Caucus this week? Jody Wilson-Raybould and Dr. Jane Philpott being turfed from Caucus when each resigned their Cabinet positions, February 12th, and March 4th, respectively. John and James
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The following article is mean. It’s also plaigiarised. Responding to Catholicism With Logic and Charity In this article I will address the growing issue of Catholicism, give three examples of this crisis, and then conclude by suggesting three approaches to take when addressing proponents of this view. Let me begin
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Macron and Trudeau shouldn’t be so proud of appointing women to their Cabinets
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron are obviously proud of the fact that they’ve both appointed gender-parity Cabinets. For Malliga Och, an Assistant Professor of Global Studies and Languages at Idaho State University, what’s more important for achieving meaningful gender equity is that women control key
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Gender Equality Forum in Brantford – Ruby Sahota lead panellist
On Thursday, April 20, a gender equality forum is being held in Brantford. Special Guest MP Ruby Sahota and other Brantford-Brant community leaders will discuss how they defied the odds to succeed in their careers and what challenges and barriers still exist for women today. This is a free event;
Continue readingcentre of the universe: The Inadvertent Feminist
I have the most bizarre memory. I mean, I can remember things that happened when I was 2. I remember locker combinations from high school. I remember school seating plans from elementary school. Yet I can’t remember my kids’ names on a regular basis, or whether I’ve seen a particular
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: I Keep Looking and Not Finding the Egalitarian Society We’re Supposed to Inhabit
On the list of items that anti-feminists and their allies think are done deals in society. Funny how often they are wrong. A majority of millennial men failed to see women as equals, according to the study, which looked at how college biology students viewed their classmates’ intelligence
Continue readingcentre of the universe: The Drama …Club
Did I ever tell you about my short-lived career as an actual “ad-man”? *wavy remembery lines* Way back in the once-upon-a-time, there was a drama club. And that drama club was trying to recruit new members. I went to a high school where there was a pretty clear divide between
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Victoria is the best place to be a woman in Canada
A recent study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives confirms Victoria as the best city to be a woman in Canada in 2016. The capital of British Columbia also grabbed top spot in the CCPA’s 2015 study. The post Victoria is the best place to be a woman in
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Dying MP and the Cruelty of the Cons
There couldn't have been a more moving scene in the House of Commons.Liberal MP Maurice Belanger, who is dying of ALS, trying to get MPs to approve his bill to make our anthem more gender neutral.But even though the bill has the support of most MPs…
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: In Canada and around the world, “women are unpaid, undervalued and unequal”: Report
A new report says women now play defining roles in the the global economy but still receive “unequal benefits.” The report was co-published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Oxfam Canada.
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Alberta Politics: Study highlighting large and growing gender income gap makes grim reading on International Women’s Day
PHOTOS: Status of Women Minister Stephanie McLean, at left, announced the NDP Government’s plan to improve gender equality yesterday. (Government of Alberta photo.) Below: Queen’s University Law Professor Kathleen Lahey, the cover design of the Par…
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Eyewear, pocketbook, wristwatch
Before we get too far into this, I want you to go here and listen to The Faint’s Dress Code. Especially you, Meatbum. I’ll wait. I think it’s my new favourite thing ever invented. And, while you’re doing that, I’m just going to say I miss Devo. Okay. You’re back.
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Okay, so following the breaking news yesterday that one of the fellows who thought it was a laugh riot to shout “Fuck her in the pussy” at a television camera pointed at a female reporter (a friend mentioned that this has happened to male reporters too; I am now aware
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Waitaminute, do what to whom? In the where?
TL:DR – (sexual) harassment isn’t funny. It’s illegal.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Canadians still demand female representation on banknotes
The call for more female representation in Canada remains loud and clear as an online petition demanding that the Bank of Canada include women on Canadian banknotes opens 2015 with more than 52,800 signatures. The post Canadians still demand female representation on banknotes appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Tory income-splitting tax policy: It’s about creating and preserving gender inequality and making rich guys richer
Whew! This income splitting is a killer. Actual perfect families as seen by the Harper Government may not appear exactly like Canadian reality. Below: Queen’s University tax law professor Kathleen Lahey. A fundamental purpose the Harper Government’s ideologically driven income-splitting tax scheme is to undermine women’s equality, Queen’s University tax
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: New Shoes and a Haircut: Budget 2013 not so pretty for women in Canada
By: Kate McInturff | Behind The Numbers: The Finance Minister got a new pair of shoes. Canadians got a new federal budget. And women in Canada got another haircut. Budget 2013 is all about Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! And who wouldn’t like a job. Maybe some training. Maybe even a full-time job.
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Business Boards: Move over Old Boys Networks, here come the Golden Skirts and Gold Sacks
Leah Eichler More and more we have to look to Europe for moral leadership, rather than to north America. And moral – as well as good business – guidance comes to us from Norway. Leah Eichler, the founder of Femme-o-Nomics, a networking and content portal for professional women, draws our
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