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Why I’m Idle No More 22 Jan 2013 | 07:33 am
First in a series of posts. What is THE most important issue of our times? For me, there is no doubt. The treaty obligations of settler Canadians just have to come first and they have to come first no...
Julia Gillard & Feminist Freedom Fighters 1 Nov 2012 | 04:05 am
From Green Left Weekly: Monday, October 29, 2012 Socialist Alliance activist and feminist Liah Lazarou gave the speech below to Adelaide’s Reclaim the Night rally on October 26. * * * I’d like to say ...
“Help Us Lay This Burden Down” 9 Mar 2011 | 02:06 pm
I just can’t think of a better way to celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day than with this: Filed under: music, Video, women Tagged: "Glory Hallelujah", 100years, International...
Feminism and “The F-Word” 8 Mar 2011 | 01:39 pm
My response to CBC’s documentary “The F-Word: Who Wants to Be a Feminist?” is up at rabble.ca. Here’s a bit: One of the framing questions asked by the film is “where did feminism go wrong?” In gett...
Give Yourself a Slap Upside the Head Canada 6 Feb 2011 | 06:34 pm
UPDATED Below In these days of action for democracy in Egypt, Canada once again finds itself on the wrong side of humanity’s hope for freedom, thanks to His Harperness’ failure to condemn the brutal ...
Grieve Christina with Care 10 Jan 2011 | 01:54 pm
Christina Taylor Greene, born at 12:50 p.m. on September 11, 2001; died at 10:10 a.m. on January 8, 2011. Dear Christina, I wanted to talk to you before you become a face on plastic amulets in our c...
What of our Stolen Sisters? A Post Mortem 24 Oct 2010 | 06:37 pm
I know everybody’s tired of it and of him. But questions linger and the post mortems are just as, or more important than, the explosion of media reporting that accompanies the events. We all know ho...
Coverage of the “Colonel” Case Puts Us In a Coma 22 Oct 2010 | 03:10 pm
Read this and substitute the words “Paul Bernardo” for “Russell Williams”: The [Paul] Bernardo case, like every similar investigation, had its share of human error. But this is not a story of human ...
Col. Williams Can’t Be Explained? 22 Oct 2010 | 11:53 am
So. How’s this for a military culture that’s respectul to women? How can we even say that in the same sentence? I thought this would be a huge story. It wasn’t. We like Russ Williams better because we...
WTH is Up With Mallick? 21 Oct 2010 | 05:01 pm
If there’s one thing I really don’t want right now from a feminist, it’s a paean to the great, “MALE”, police work of a balding OPP officer. Was she feeling guilty for feeling negatively toward “men...
