Progressive Bloggers and the Abortion Battle
I must admit that when I first saw the battle over abortion raging at Progressive Bloggers, my first instinct was to duck and cover. Because I’ve seen it all before,…
women’s rights
The Alberta Advantage—for men only?
It seems the famous Alberta Advantage doesn’t apply to women. Alberta lags all other provinces except Newfoundland and Labrador in women’s wage parity with men. According to a report issued…
‘Doonesbury’ abortion strip sparks controversy
Part of an earlier Doonesbury strip in abortion-related series A Doonesbury strip due to run next week that addresses the harsh realities of the Texas abortion law may be rejected…
On International Women’s Day, A Focus on Canada’s Gender Deficit
As the world celebrates women’s achievements, Naomi Klein (pictured) stands out among the many gifts Canada has given to the world. Her work and passion around globalization, capitalism, human rights…
On International Women’s Day, A Focus on Canada’s Gender Deficit
As the world celebrates women’s achievements, Naomi Klein stands out among the many gifts Canada has given to the world. Her work and passion around globalization, capitalism, human rights and,…
In Honour of International Women’s Day, Let’s Stop Harming and Start Helping
It’s International Women’s Day, a good time to reflect on the fact that women around the globe are, and will be in the future, disproportionately affected by the effects of…
Women win one, lose one … and so it goes
The good news is that the European Union is considering mandatory quotas to get more women on corporate boards. They have tried the voluntary approach and, as is so often…
GOP Practising Vagina Politics
GOP “government so small it fits in your uterus”. Remember when these people said they were all about jobs, jobs, jobs? What they failed to mention was that the jobs…
It is a war on women
#gop #rushlimbaugh #mittromney #ricksantorum Republican contenders for the nomination of their party claim that the spat over contraception has nothing to do with a ‘war on women’, but a battle…
Vaginia, I mean Virginia, backs off on State-Enforced Vaginal Probe Law
Apparently a law mandating non-consensual (ie. forced) vaginal probing isn’t something a Vice Presidential hopeful wants on his resume. Accordingly, Virginia Governor and Vice Presidential wet-dreamer Bob McDonnell has backed…
US cable and the contraception debate. Male guests dominate the airwaves 2 to 1 over females.
Last week, at the height of the kerfuffle over Obama’s regulation to include free birth control in health insurance plans, cable news networks featured an overwhelming number of males. Out…
Give it up, Woodworth
When you’ve lost the National Post, it’s Game Over: Anyone paying attention over the past few weeks would have spotted the most unlikely of Canadian events: a debate over abortion.…
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…
Why Ethical Oil’s Deceptive ‘Women’s Rights’ Defense of Tar Sands is Insulting and Wrong
ethicaloil.org_.jpg EthicalOil.org’s new spokesperson, Kathryn Marshall, authored an insulting piece this week on the Huffington Post titled "Care About Women's Rights? Support Eth...
Congrats to Tawakul Karman and friends
I was a little surprised at the Nobel Peace Prize awards for 2011. I had felt sure the winners would include a leader from Egypt's Arab Spring revolt, the Arab…
Stephen Harper’s War on Women (Continued)
Well so much for Mother Harper, the friend of women and children. He will fund Planned Parenthood. But only in countries where abortion is illegal.International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda has…
Guest Post: Beth Elliott’s Rebuttal of the Brennan-Hungerford Submission
Beth Elliott is a San Francisco Bay Area writer, musician and lesbian activist. The first transsexual woman to transition to be an out lesbian, she served a year’s term as…
Obama and the Small Victories
The Republican Teabaggers hijacked his 50th birthday party. The bad news keeps on coming.We're watching him getting greyer by the day.He's under attack from the savage right, and the racial…