Tag: News Flash
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Honoured Femme, Femmes Honoured
This year, World Pride honoured a group of activist organizers in the city of Toronto’s downtown core called Fierce Femme Organizers. deb singh writes about the importance of this complex identity. READ MORE
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Mid-week round-up: JULY 30
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Mid-week round-up: JULY 23
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Q&A with Edge of East’s Jackie Torrens
Anne Thériault interviews documentary filmmaker Jackie Torrens about her latest work, Edge of East, which airs this Saturday on CBC Maritimes. The film, at its core, is about people who love what they love, whether it’s yodelling, Steampunks, or UFO enthusiasts. READ MORE
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Mid-Week Round-up: July 16
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Mid-week ROUND UP: JULY 9
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Queering Sex Ed
Jackie Mlotek provides some excellent references for queering sex ed, because when it comes to our ongoing sexual education, we can learn from each other! She writes: “Who knows what teens need to know better than other teens, especially when they’re taught accurate information from other sources?” READ MORE
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MID-WEEK ROUND UP: JUNE 18
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Mid-Week Round Up: June 11
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Mid-Week Round Up: June 4
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Mid-Week Round-Up: May 28
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Making our headlines: Mid-week round up
Welcome to the first edition of our news, arts and culture mid-week round up. Check out what’s been making our headlines this week. READ MORE
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A Long Fight Ahead: 160 Girls Demand Justice in Kenya
by Melissa Reiter It’s called the virgin cure - the pervasive myth that sex with a virgin will cure HIV/AIDS. The younger the virgin, the more potent the cure. In eastern Kenya, 160 Girls, all victims of rape, are determined to seek justice. The girls range in age from 3 to 17. Many of the girls were raped by family members and men in their own communities. Many were raped by HIV positive men because of … READ MORE
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Proposed Russian Law Will Ban “Gay Propaganda”
On January 25th, Russia’s parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of drafting a law that would ban “gay propaganda.” In fact, of the 389 members of the State Duma (Russia’s lower parliament chamber), 388 supported the law. The proposed ban would have far-reaching consequences that range from removing queer characters from movies and television shows to making gay pride parades, and any other demonstrations supporting or celebrating gay rights, illegal. The law would also make it illegal … READ MORE
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How we react to people who say rape jokes aren’t funny
Trigger warning: this post contains mentions of rape. Trigger warning on comments in the link at Buzzfeed. It all started with a post called “So a Girl Walks into a Comedy Club….” shared on Tumblr July 10th. A person who normally uses her tumblr to share baking recipes instead decided to use that platform as a way to call attention to a more serious issue. An unnamed friend of hers was at a comedy club, and … READ MORE
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Hold Ya Head: What will grab our attention after Jun Lin’s head is recovered?
I remembered Yoshihiro Hattori when I first read about the murder of Trayvon Martin this past March. Yoshihiro was a 16-year old Japanese exchange student who was fatally shot by a man in 1992 when he had knocked on his door in search of directions to a Halloween party. Upon his arrest, the killer Rodney Peairs claimed that he was only ‘defending’ his home from the ‘intruder’ who was ‘was acting in a menacing, … READ MORE
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2011: A Shameless Retrospective
What a year! People say that every year as they bid the previous one adieu but 2011 has been full of world events that have shocked and touched us. Worry is one of the words that comes to mind when we think about 2011. From worry over the economy to fretting about our political climate, it’s clear the past year was fraught with events that, despite the fast pace of our lives, has caused us … READ MORE
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On the Abolition of the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women: Government Spin
As promised, I’m going to discuss how the NB government is spinning its decision to abolish the N.B. Advisory Council on the Status of Women. Warning: The content of this post may make you want to pull your hair out. Dizzying Spin #1: We’re not abolishing the Advisory Council! From the start, the government has said many times that it isn’t abolishing the Advisory Council, just defunding it. The government is actually actively taking issue … READ MORE
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In defence of the Bic “legs that beckon” razor ad
I received a blog tip last week from Jenni Sager, who encouraged Shameless to shed some light on the Bic razor ad that was running in many Canadian cities. In the ad, a leggy 50s-pinup-style woman is bending over and shooting us a confident smile with the overarching slogan: “For legs that beckon.” Sager, upset by what she viewed as the objectification of women, launched a petition called “Women Aren’t Objects,” writing: When I saw these advertisements … READ MORE
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Gang-rape photos being shared on Facebook
As I was writing an introductory post about how thrilled I am to be blogging for Shameless, I was overwhelmed with terrible news of gang-rape photos “going viral” on Facebook. According to the Globe and Mail, onlookers took photos of a drugged 16-year-old girl being raped by several men and boys at an outdoor rave east of Vancouver. The girl, who was conscious at the time, didn’t remember what happened until days later when she saw … READ MORE
