I have become very weary of being perpetually assaulted, all day long, and being utterly helpless to defend myself from the onslaught. If it isn’t advertisers shoving things I don’t want down my throat, it’s the bank ramming their hands in my pockets. The media fills my eyes and ears
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Dead Wild Roses: Progressive on Abortion?
There seems to be a lot of chatter in the blogosphere about abortion lately. I’m thinking it could possibly maybe be about CPC MP’s motion to discuss when life starts. This motion is, without a doubt, no matter what the detractors say, a backdoor attempt to try and take away
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Joe Fresh & Loblaws: Perpetuating the Early Marginalization of Women
Not so long ago, my friend Becca was shopping at her local Loblaws store (Real Canadian Superstore, for those of us who live in the West.) Like many people I know, Becca approves of their Joe Fresh clothing line, which offers Canadians the opportunity to buy stylish and seasonal clothing
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Politics, Re-Spun and The Rational Celebrate IWD Early, with Audience Participation
Politics, Re-Spun and The Rational will celebrate International Women’s Day early on Coop Radio on Monday, March 5, 2012 from 6pm to 7pm with an all-women show! Loren Spagnuolo will have a piece celebrating Sesemiya Tracy Williams. The rest of the show will be devoted to a panel of Politics,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Christian Patriarchy featuring Matt : Ball of Slime in Training
Even Jebus thinks you are bug-frak crazy. Christianity is the religion that keeps on giving. By “giving” I mean keeps on festering. Christianity exudes an oozing rancid pus that encrapulates and taints those exposed to its toxic effects. Dogmatic religious beliefs, like those espoused by Christian Patriarchy, are the putrefying
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Stupid in Numbers – One Million Moms vs. Ellen and JC Penny
Get your fill of Hate and Bigotry all under the guise of Traditional Family Values! The amount of bigoted american-conservative right wing fail is impressive. One Million Moms oozes hatred and discrimination as it attempts to protect children from the ‘filth’ of the society and the entertainment industry. Pro-Tip –
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Kady points out that the Cons are back to their old tricks in trying to push as much committee work as possible behind closed doors. – Susan Delacourt theorizes that the Cons are likely to use anger rather than fear as their
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 Roundup
A quick look at just a couple more days of developments in the NDP’s leadership race… – Niki Ashton proposed an increase in immigration, particularly when it comes to family reunification. – Paul Dewar challenged Thomas Mulcair to take a position on bulk water exports, provoking at least somewhat of
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Stompn’ Mudholes – Or how to beat transgendered people
The binary view of gender is a regressive patriarchal notion that needs to be abolished and the sooner the better. The gender binary hurts women and men as people are shoehorned into roles that they are not suited for and then judged as being deficient by society according to
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Update: Legal Services Society of BC and the Definition(s?) of Sexual Abuse
A while ago I wrote about the puzzling decision on the part of the Legal Services Society of BC to publish a handbook on sexual abuse against men that defined such things as being made to ”feel embarassed” by a woman, being “criticized on performance” by a woman, or the
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Day Three of Tragedy of the Market: From Crisis to Commons
Tragedy of the Market: From Crisis to Commons January 6-8, 2012 Vancouver/Burnaby All panelist biographies are here. Below are some lessons learned and observations from the sessions. Friday: The opening panel is recorded in the Twitter storify here. Saturday: My notes are here. Sunday: Opening Panel Radical Squares: Reflections on
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Day Two of Tragedy of the Market: From Crisis to Commons
Tragedy of the Market: From Crisis to Commons January 6-8, 2012 Vancouver/Burnaby All panelist biographies are here: Below are some lessons learned and observations from the sessions. Friday: The opening panel is recorded in the Twitter storify here. Saturday: Opening Panel A Global Tradition: History of the Commons Silvia Federici
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Hey Brazil, Women are not Incubators.
Behold, the fetus fetish. Unfortunately, the torrent of burning stupid never stops (the republican primary debates are ample evidence), not even for the new year. Brazil has just passed a piece of legislation making compulsory to register if you happen to be pregnant. How nice. Winnowing away of the rights
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Opening Panel from the Tragedy of the Market: From Crisis to Commons
This weekend I attended Tragedy of the Market: From Crisis to Commons community gathering in Vancouver and Burnaby, sponsored by these groups and people. The basic premise is not so much that capitalism is broken, and we just need to fix it, but that neoliberal market fundamentalism is inherently broken
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Heteronormativity – Yet another unseen standard in society.
This clip is about the acceptance of same sex couples making out in public spaces. Why is it okay for hetero couples to mash face, but not when of the same sex. Gauge your reactions and how you feel about the situations presented. Examine your feelings and ask where do
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Virginity Tests – WTH Egypt?
Breaking news on the misogyny front… “An Egyptian court has ordered a halt to forced virginity tests on female detainees in military prisons. The case, which was decided on Tuesday, was filed by Samira Ibrahim, a woman who said the army forced her to undergo a virginity test in March after she
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Is Withholding Sex Now Sex Abuse?
Or, Is Lysistrata A Sex Offender? I attended today, along with Alex, a discussion panel to remember the Montreal Massacre where Marc Lepine murdered fourteen women at the École Polytechnique simply because they were women and he thought that they had prevented him from attending the school. A lot of
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: October 19, 2011
Wednesday, October 19 saw plenty of discussion of the Cons’ legislation to undermine the Canadian Wheat Board – both in the second-reading debate on the bill, and assorted procedural moves surrounding the legislation.The Big IssueNot surprisingly, Pat …
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Chantal Hebert wonders whether the Libs have reached the point of no return, while Stephen Maher also points out that the NDP is in a historically strong position across Canada. – Donald Lenihan muses about wha…
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Girl Talk
Hey there, ladies. Women? Gals? Broads? Just… not girls, okay? We all stopped being girls a long time ago. Calling ourselves girls once we were old enough to menstruate was a slight stretch. Calling ourselves girls once we were old enough to vote was a bit ridiculous. But calling ourselves girls, perpetually? Grown women calling […]
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