When I was raped, it was female-only spaces that helped me recover
When I was in the first year of my doctorate, I was living in London but regularly commuting to Oxford for supervisions and research. On the day of the Madrid […]
How I sanitized the feminist outrage over the Montreal massacre
I arrived in Montreal four hours after the killing was done. Yellow tape wrapped l’École Polytechnique like a macabre Christmas present; surviving students gripped each other in numb disbelief. I […]
Talking to Elly Danica About Don’t: A Woman’s Word
Women’s stories, the reality of our lives too often appears to have no value to the reading public, who it seems don’t want to read such boring, painful stuff. Really? […]
The case of Jian Ghomeshi: commentary from the anti-violence frontline
The Georgia Straight Starting with the obvious: Jian Ghomeshi is a man. Those he allegedly* assaulted and harassed are women. The crux of this matter is yet another example of […]
A letter to Vancouver Public Library from Ti-Grace Atkinson, Carol Giardina, Carol Hanisch, Kathie Sarachild and Kathy Scarbrough
Dear Sandra Singh*, We, as longtime activists for women’s liberation here in the United States, would like to commend you for standing firm for free speech and the right of […]
An open letter to UBC: Nine things you should do to stop rape on campus
1. Understand sexual assault as an expression and reinforcement of women’s inequality. Promote women’s equality on campus by ensuring women have power and leadership roles in all different academic, administrative, […]
Prof Evelyn Forget: The Promise that Guaranteed Livable Income holds for Women’s Freedom
Flesh Mapping: Prostitution in a Globalized World – video
Global Flesh Mapping/Les draps parlent/Resistancia de las mujeres
Day 1 – We are Living in the Belly of the Beast of Patriarchy Day 2 – Reform or Revolution? Day 3 – Our Means Will Condition Our Ends Day […]
Global Flesh Mapping: Day 4
July 7 was the last day of the 11th International Women’s Worlds Conference, held this week in Ottawa with the attendance of thousands of feminists from around the world. The conference […]