“My body, my choice!” Many women have been protesting for many years. Now it has really come into shine, but why? The bill The Texas Heartbeat Act, Senate Bill 8 (SB 8), is a piece of legislation passed by the Texas Legislature that outlaws abortion whenever embryonic or foetal heart activity is discovered, which typically…
We’ve finally come to the final instalment of this series! It’s been something like three months in the works, but please enjoy these last three theories. If you haven’t already read them, click to read Part One and Part Two first. Then, without further ado, let’s jump into it! Constructivism, aka “The Self Help Book…
You may have undoubtedly heard of the Gender Gap in STEM before, but even though we’ve made considerable progress in bridging the gender gap in STEM in recent decades, there is still continues to be a vast gap in STEM that needs to be bridged. Women hold less than 25% of the total jobs in…
So, yes, I know it’s a little late (procrastination at its finest!), but to all those reading this blog post – Happy New Year! Last Saturday, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to be part of the organization of the Youth Caucus for the Calgary Womxn Taking Strides Event. I’ve been involved in…
On March 14, 1979, Judy Chicago’s art instillation, “The Dinner Party,” was opened at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. That instillation pushed feminist art to the limelight, changing the lives of women, and forever defining Chicago as a legend. Now, “The Dinner Party” is permanently installed in the Brooklyn Museum, but the life…
Often referred to as the “world’s oldest profession,” prostitution has existed in society for thousands of years. In recent years, many countries have decriminalized sex-work in an attempt to improve the health and safety of prostitutes. Since 2014, Canada has legalized the selling of sex, but criminalized the purchasing or “obtain[ing] for consideration… the sexual services…
While Canada may be a leader in the promotion of gender equality, one area in which we seriously lack is the severe under-representation of women in elected positions. In the most recent federal election, eighty-eight female MP’s (Members of Parliament) were elected, but that is only 26% of the total which ranks Canada 49th in…
I feel as though, as being an advocate for feminism and women’s rights, it can be pretty difficult to look past all of the adversity women everywhere face. My focus is always on the defensive, trying to educate and bring awareness to issues that have yet to be resolved, bring to light the stories of…
In 2014, 17 year old Reshma Qureshi and her sister were making their way to an exam center in Allahabad when they were attacked by her sister’s hostile husband and two other men. Reshma, being mistaken for her sister, was pinned down and doused in sulfuric acid, leaving her with severe burns to her face…
This last Wednesday, my fellow blogger Emily and I had the chance to attend Wordfest and hear author, writer, host, feminist, and geek extraordinaire, Sam Maggs in conversation with Shelley Youngblut, General Director of Wordfest. If you read my last post, you may know that in addition to writing for many publications across the internet…
The other day, I was lucky enough to come into contact and interview author, writer, host, feminist, and expert in all things geek, Sam Maggs. In addition to writing for a gaming company, having her work featured across the web in publications like the Mary Sue, and hosting the Cineplex preshow, Sam has recently taken the…
“I demand the independence of woman, her right to support herself, to live for herself, to love whomever she pleases, or as many as she pleases. I demand freedom for both sexes, freedom of action, freedom in love, and freedom in motherhood.” ~Emma Goldman 1897 The battle of gender inequality has been around for centuries…
We live in a society where females are still treated with less importance than men. In some areas of the world more than others, women experience discrimination, segregation, and of course gender in-equality. Some girls are still not allowed to get educated simply because they are women. Others are victims of sexual assault and are…
Beauty is something that heavily dominates our media, industry and daily lives. Yet, there’s such a huge divide between the way perceive and define beauty. For me, there’s only two kinds of beauty— artificial and natural beauty. Artificial beauty mainly feeds from women’s insecurities and the notion of perfection, making it a popular choice for…
Despite the huge feminist movement as of late, it seems that woman are still dealt a losing hand in today’s society. Look at magazines like Sports Illustrated, which sells to a demographic of heterosexual men by putting women in bikinis in their issues. Many woman would agree that this is degrading. Why is it that so…