Tag: Miscellaneous
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Summer Fun While Thinking Big in Toronto
Summer in the city is a great idea. It can yield heat waves, festivals, and lots of social moments. It can also be smelly with garbage and overrun raccoons, boring if you don’t have money, and full of drama. I love summer in the city. As a city kid, I have tons of ideas to keep the sweat off your brow and have a great time (with cash or none at all) and still figure out … READ MORE
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Kickaction’s Blogging Carnival is Back for a Fourth Edition
Starting Tuesday, March 8th, Kickaction.ca is inviting young women to connect, speak out and blog on issues they care about during a month-long blogging carnival! For four weeks during the month of March, starting on the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day - more than 6,000 young women share stories and opinions about weekly themes such as immigration, sexual identity, gender, art and cyberspace and much more! For its fourth edition, the Kickaction Blogging Carnival … READ MORE
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!! Rebel, REBEL !!
Prince George, BC-based derby girl, social justice activist, youth counsellor, and DIY’r Laura Burkholder is putting together her first zine as a challenge to herself (and to get it off her bucket list). Her zine will be called “Rebel, REBEL: A collective experience” and will focus on rebelling against the dominant paradigms of consumerism and patriarchy. She would like the zine to look at how there are a million different ways, large and small, that we … READ MORE
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rabble.ca Internships!
Interested in interning at Canada’s awesome, progressive news website, rabble.ca? They’re hiring! rabble.ca is one of the success stories of Canadian independent journalism, publishing news and columns by some of the best writers of the left, and providing exposure to new writers. rabble.ca hosts one of the most dynamic discussion boards in the country: babble (www.rabble.ca/babble). Five years ago, rabble.ca launched the ever-expanding rabble podcast network (www.rabble.ca/rpn) as well as the rabble book lounge complete with reviews, … READ MORE
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Women as Leaders in Education
Are you a leader in your school? Or have you taken your leadership skills back to your school or other community schools? Jennifer Martin works at a public alternative school in Michigan and is conducting research on feminism and leadership in public schools and needs your help! What’s even cooler is that she’s set up the research on her blog: http://womenasleadersineducation2010.blogspot.com/ To submit your feedback and contribute to her project and thus forwarding the field of feminist … READ MORE
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How we choose the words we use
Being a word/books person, I do a lot of thinking about the power of language. The more progressive blogs and new sources I read, and the more I talk and think about feminist and progressive issues on a daily basis, the more I notice the words people drop into casual conversation that make me pause. Language is more powerful than we realize. At its best, it can facilitate communication, bridge huge distances and build communities. But … READ MORE
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Who Do We Look Up To? (Is 3rd Wave Feminism Lost Without Leaders?)
Do you have role-models? Mentors? A woman you look up to for some reason or other? Every other week I profile “positive female role models for young women” in my Shameless Women column. They are amazing ladies that I hope inspire the women who read each interview. However, the women I interview tend to be “regular” people. Back in December, columnist Kate Carraway wrote in her article, “What’s next for sex? Feminism didn’t really work. Oopsie!” that … READ MORE
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A Holiday Gift List for girls who ROCK!
The holidays are approaching and if you celebrate by exchanging gifts, some of you might be wondering what to ask for. In my never-ending quest to see more women significantly recognized in the music world, I’ve put together a little gift guide for all you awesome girls who rock. 1. The Girls’ Guide to Rocking: How to Start a Band, Book Gigs, and Get Rolling to Rock Stardom The Girls’ Guide to Rocking is a book that … READ MORE
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Mariah in drag? Yes, please.
Mariah Carey’s newest single has been leaked! Not only that, but the video as well! The best part is that Mariah is in drag. While I am incredibly excited for my favourite mainstream diva to be performing in drag, it is a little concerning that she is pretty much dressed like Eminem. When will this epic battle of Mariah Carey/Nick Canon versus Eminem come to an end? This very public dual has reached a new level, … READ MORE
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The Amy Diary
Amy Barbara of Vancouver recently posted her junior high diaries on her new blog the amy diary. A testament to the power of a grade-school diaries, the amy diary is a sweet little snapshot into the language and life of a young woman. … READ MORE
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Sister Suffragette Sing Along!
I am procrastinating from the home stretch of my thesis and singing along to this karaoke version of Sister Suffragette from Mary Poppins! What a great way to send a thesis about feminism into the future! … READ MORE
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My New Favourite Blog
Students of the Women’s Studies Program at UCF have started a blog to foster discussion about girls and girls’ issues and share cultural products developed by and for girls. The postings cover a number of topics about girls: the Glam Council for America, poetry readings by girls, girls’ events (like rock camps), analysis of images found on the internet, and a healthy dose of Obama. I love the low-key DIY look because it … READ MORE
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Cornify!
I hate Valentine’s Day, but I LOVE unicorns, so any relation between this post and that ridiculous excuse for wearing pink underwear and eating chocolate-fondue from your sweetheart’s hand is entirely accidental. Anyways, in a spirit of cheesy love, totally un-related to V-Day, check out: Cornify: Unicorns & Rainbows On Demand. What does it do? Well my dear readers, take a look at Shameless post-cornification: I know, kinda brings a tear to your eye, doesn’t it? The only … READ MORE
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My big fat post modern wedding
The following is a condensed version of a post I wrote on my own blog about one of the most important and amazing nights of my life: my marriage. Please check out the original post for the full story, complete with the wonderful photos taken by my fabulous friends. Here is the happy jist of it: Last month, I got married. To my Wife Rebecca - or Bex, as she is better known. Truth be told, we’ve been … READ MORE
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puppy snack time
No Film Friday today, but here’s a video of my puppy eating an apple to help you start your weekend right! I’ll be back next week with a review of, breathe, Twilight. … READ MORE
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Squaw is still Square
What’s in a name? Well, in the case of BC’s Square Lake, a bunch of racism, sexism and half-assed attempts to change. Over at The Tyee James Ward has been exploring the use of the word Squaw as a place name in BC Parks. He first wrote about it in March, and then again last week. Unfortunately, eight months later, nothing much has changed. For those who don’t know, “squaw” is a bastardized pronunciation and spelling of … READ MORE
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Things Are Fine
Cool posters and banners at www.thingsarefine.org … READ MORE
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I don’t feel like talking to you
Challenge of the week: assert a boundary. It was a rough weekend and the new week isn’t any more smooth. I decide to just take care of myself and let the crises in my life sort themselves out. I order the medium instead of the default small. I let the dishes sit over night. I get a massage. So I’m sitting on the subway, dazed in the after-glow of my first ever registered-massage-therapy-somewhat-subsidized-by-my-benefits-package-type massage. I’m foggy and … READ MORE
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Pass the tortiere, please
Not tied to any particular event or anniversary, but because I’m feeling a bit nostalgic, and I’m a sucker for emotionally compelling Canadian history. And I find us Canadians so darn cheek-pinching, moose-hugging, maple candy cute when we tap into our nationalism. So start your week off right with a Canadian Heritage Minute (it’s like oatmeal for the mind): Emily Murphy: Women as persons under the law. And then (related?) the bonus round – on the … READ MORE
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Breast Milk Cheese
I’d wager my winnings from Hot Flash that we’ll all agree this video is creepy. Yes, it has the dreaded “breast-bared-but-nipple-censored” thing going on, but exactly how and why it’s so disturbing may be up for debate. From Treehugger: “This send-up of the new greenwashing trend in advertising will give you a good belly-laugh, if you don’t pause to consider the tragic fact that even human milk is not free from chemical contamination.” First I thought it was … READ MORE
