Debunking the “asking for it” myth – Scottish anti-rape PSA tackles sexist attitudes toward women
I know I know, this is sooooooo 2010 – but there is a chance you didn’t catch this snappy little PSA by Rape Crisis Scotland as it was circulating way…
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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…
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…
Contemporary First Nations artists in conversation – 11 women reflect on their art, colonization and home
Eleven artists were invited by the School for Advanced Research to come together in a series of seminars to share their thoughts on their art work and on their lives…
Performance Tonight!
the regina mom is pumped for a performance at the Vertigo Reading Series tonight in Regina. She’s edited this poem and will slip it into the mix because she has…
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…
Rapping for Change in Senegal – Sister Fa takes the 2011 Freedom to Create Prize
Last November, Sister Fa took the Freedom to Create Main Prize in 2011 for her devoted work to raising awareness on the traumatic and harmful consequences of female genital mutilation.…
Guilty verdicts in Kingston — a turning point in the war against women?
The struggle for equal rights never ends and must never end. Recent events in two parts of the world, seemingly disconnected but linked by the common element of who the…
Female Politicians Inspire Young Women
A new study from MIT has concluded that female politicians boosts aspirations, educational achievement of young women. There have been a few international initiatives that look to improve the world…
Conservative MP seeks to open emotive abortion debate
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has made it clear his government will not reopen the abortion debate. But Stephen Woodworth, the Conservative MP for Kitchener Centre wants to reverse course. And…
The Cain identity
Yesterday’s decision by Herman Cain to drop out of the GOP Presidential stakes (technically, suspending, a legal loophole that allows him to reallocate donations made to him to another candidate…
On Global Day of Action, Occupy Ottawa flexes underrated muscle
By Obert Madondo Even as the threat of eviction from Confederation Park looms larger, the Occupy Ottawa movement is getting stronger, says Arun Smith. Yesterday, the movement held simultaneous marches…
How will DSK beat off this one? … pardon the expression
No sooner did Dominique Strauss Kahn manage to stave off sexual assault charges in Manhattan than he now faces allegations he has ties to … a call girl. In northern…
If you can’t track the guns, you can’t track the criminals
The Brady Law in the States, which is supposed to ensure felons don't have access to guns (they are supposed to be flagged by a background check), has proven to…
Dems kick back at Tea Party
The Tea Party in the States got a huge slap in the face in yesterday's off-year elections in the States. Among the biggest ones: Voters in Ohio rejected by a…
Families, Time and Well-Being
Inequality of well-being among families with children is increasing at an even faster rate than income inequality, according to a new study by Peter Burton and Shelley Phipps, “Families, Time,…
Art in Exile – Iranian born Shirin Nashat speaks to art as voice
I recently came across this beautiful and moving talk by Shirin Nashat, an Iranian born artist who has lived most of her life in exile from her native country. “Art…
Quick weekend thoughts (2010-10-02)
Quick whip of two items so let's go:Good on the Supreme Court of Canada for ruling the Insite clinic in Vancouver does not run afoul of drug control policies; more…
Saudi women will gain right to vote… sort of… later…
But, of course, they’ll have to be driven to the polling stations. Saudi King Abdullah announced on the weekend that Saudi women will be allowed to take part – vote…
Unfunded mandate galore, courtesy the Fed Cons
No surprise that the Cons reintroduced, yet again, their "omnibus" crime bill. And no surprise, again, that the Cons refused to say how much it will cost to implement --…