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Susan on the Soapbox: Tactical Politics … What?
Not a week goes by without Jason Kenney saying something stupid, being called on it, and then saying something even more stupid in a failed attempt to silence his critics. This week’s clunker came in response to a question about Mr Kenney’s progress in attracting female candidates to run for
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: The UCP Runs Away from the Bubble Zone
Last week the NDP government introduced Bill 9 which will create a 50-metre bubble zone of safety and privacy for women accessing healthcare, including abortions and other reproductive health services,* in Calgary and Edmonton. Jason Kenney and the UCP caucus bailed on the debate, sending their colleague MLA Angela Pitt
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Mansplaining – Watching Others Have My Problems.
I knew as soon as I saw this on my facebook feed, that a great tide was coming. The tide of ignorant entitled men who would disparage the very notion of mansplaining and try to make the conversation about them and their very important needs and problems. The great tide
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Like Inception only way less interesting.
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Dead 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: RPOJ – Neil Macdonald Fails at Understanding what Rape Culture is.
Today’s Red Pen of Justice edition is brought to you by the clueless parvanimity of Neil Macdonald. Mr. Macdonald has many important opinions on Rape Culture and, shockingly enough, they are completely out-to-fucking-lunch-brain-gone-fishing, wrong. “For people my age, the freedom to get drunk or high and then have sex with
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: Mansplaining, who knew there was a tumblr?
Thank goodness those of us with fluffy pink ladybrainz have access to the cogent Manly-Man opinions of men. Go to the tumblr: Laugh, grimace, get angry, and repeat. Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Feminism, Mansplaining
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Mansplaining – The Guide.
Every once and awhile I feel the need to put information that is important into a blog post for easy reference. Today’s post is an amalgamation of the concept of Mansplaining, what it involves and how and why it happens. Let’s start of with a definition: Mansplaining isn’t just
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