Deconstructing the Wildrose Effect
So what happened in Alberta’s election yesterday, other than people telling pollsters that they want change, then chickening out when it came time to mark an X. The Politics, Re-spun…
Feminism
QOTD: Rethinking Sex-Positivity & Sex Work
Audacia Ray: If we put aside our attachment to the sex positive construction of sex work, we will certainly hear things that will be hard to sit with. But for…
Provocation, Appropriation, and That Blackface Clitoridectomy Cake
Here’s an idea for truly provocative art. No more male artists, black or white, speaking for African women. No more ever-more-graphic ever-more-voyeuristic art on the suffering of African women. Stop…
Jacked from the 140 (Because sometimes that’s all you need)
Fox News North’s @kinsellawarren puts down his 30 pieces of silver to spank @fernhilldammit for consorting w/ teh enemy is.gd/zoW25t — Matthew Elliot (@matttbastard) April 9, 2012 Seriously, dub tee…
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…
Step Right Up to See the GOP’s Amazing War on Women
Mother Jones’ illustrator Zina Saunders takes on the GOP’s oppressive and backwards stance on women in her illustrated political cartoon this week, in which you are invited to step right…
adrienne rich, 1929-2012
How did I fail to acknowledge the passing of Adrienne Rich? She gave the world so much – in politics and in art, and by example. Recognizing my own mind…
NDP Leadership Race from a Gendered Lense
One womyn is too young, the other is too old: Is age really the factor in the NDP leadership race? In the past NDP leadership race there were only two…
shit men say to men who say shit to women on the street
A long time ago, when I was in my early 20s, I was once venting to my mom about some ongoing street harassment. There was a construction site near my…
Doonesbury “Shaming Room” too much for sensitive newspapers
Last week several newspapers censored the first of a series of Doonesbury comics addressing the current climate and discussion about women’s reproductive rights (specifically, in this case, abortion). The Center…
Happy International Women’s Day to all the women in my life
Friends, family, comrades, co-workers, store clerks, waiters, all. So much progress made, so much more to do. Personally and politically.
It’s International Women’s Day – And we’re digging through the Art Threat archives
Sarah Maple — Signs, C-Type Print, 2007 As today is International Women’s Day, I thought it would be worthwhile to dig though our archives and offer up a selection of…
Rick Santorum: Sarah Palin is the Clarence Thomas of Feminists
Posted without comment. H/T: Buzzfeed
celebrate international women’s day 2012
Today is International Women’s Day. We’ve come a long way. And we’ve still got a long way to go. Globally, the picture looks much worse. See the current issue of…
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…
Taking time to celebrate IWD
Celebrating the Arts on International Women’s Day 7:30 pm Thursday March 8 @ The Artesian Intercultural Grandmothers Uniting ~ Sacred Web Sask ~ Brenda Niskala ~ Susana Deranger ~ Mirtha…
Portraits of a young girl influenced by the mainstream – Photographs by Jessica Manley
Currently a senior at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, Jessica Manleybegan the project “Melissa” six years ago while still a high school student. She began working…
A political poetry break
the regina mom participated in the Saskatchewan Council for International Co-operation (SCIC) Global Justice Poetry Slam last week. This poem got her into the second round where a false start…
Molly’sBlog 2012-02-10 17:15:00
LOCAL EVENTS WINNIPEG: ANNUAL WOMEN’S MEMORIAL MARCH: Coming up this February 14 (next Tuesday Valentine’s Day) Winnipeg’s annual March for Murdered and Missing Women. Here’s the invite.♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥Annual Women’s Memorial March…