Category National
The Emperor Has No Clothes
December 6 stands out as a significant date in history for many reasons, chief among them the Montréal Massacre in 1989. That day, an anti-feminist, female-hating man murdered 14 women at the École Polytechnique for daring to study engineering. Because, you know, females aren’t supposed to study engineering. Rigid adherence to sex stereotypes allowed that murderous man to think […]
Difference Exists
Written by E. Hungerford and Cathy Brennan Something has gotten lost on the way to liberation for the GLBT community – females. Females have been the backbone of the movement, with lesbians playing key roles in the 1980s fighting the “Gay Plague” of their gay male brothers, working to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, and fighting […]
Porn Occupies Everything
Almost every woman I know has been sexually abused. Let me repeat this. I am 41 years old, and I know lots of women – and almost every woman I know has been sexually exploited. Usually, more than once.
Solidarity of Interest
For as long as I can remember, I have been interested in the political world around me. I blame my mother for this, as I recall her making me write a letter about how I felt when the U.S. hostages in Iran were freed under Ronald Reagan in 1981. My mother taught me that we […]
The Economy is a Feminist Issue
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few years, you know that no other issue has dominated nightly news discussions like The Economy. We’ve heard endless iterations of the reasons why The Economy tanked and what needs to happen to fix it. Currently, the Tea Party Occupy Wall Street Movement both seem […]
SlutWalk: The Rape of Feminism (or, How I Learned to Love Porn!)
Most folk have heard of SlutWalk, the “movement” sweeping North America in response to a Toronto policeman’s misogynist comment at Osgoode Hall Law School that women could avoid sexual assault by not dressing like sluts. In response, Sonia Barnett, art school graduate and erotic arts purveyor, Heather Jarvis, Jeanette Janzen, Erika Jane Scholz and Alyssa […]
Made This Way
I have hairs growing on my chin that my girlfriend threatens to pluck when I am not paying attention. Apparently, these stray hairs bother her. They also bother my mother, because “women aren’t supposed to have beards.” And yet, I am a woman, and I have facial hair. My chin hairs offend the standard of […]
Sniffdown on Michigan
If it’s August, it’s the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival (MWMF), where women from across the globe congregate in the woods of Michigan to jam to women’s musicians. Full disclosure – I’ve never been to MWMF, and I am not a big fan of live concerts or crowds. I went to Twin Oaks ‘Women’s Gathering with […]
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