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History that Matters

Yazan: Candace | 13 February 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Academia, Activism, Birth, Canadiana, Feminism, History, School, Women's Studies

No need to ask, I’m still not all that engaged in my school work. At least I’m crying less this term. I had to present a statement of my research project this week. (For those who forget or are tuning in mid-journey, I’m looking at something about childbirth on Pelee Island in Southern Ontario in […]

Nominate a Hero for the Order of Canada

Yazan: Candace | 12 February 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Activism, Bodies, Canadiana, Culture, Feminism, History, Life, Relationships, Sexism, Sexuality, Third Wave, Women's Studies

Please cast your vote to support the nomination of Henry Morgentaler for the Order of Canada. Henry Morgentaler is a Holocaust survivor.* He survived Auschwitz, and after the war he accepted a United Nations scholarship that was being offered to Jewish survivors. With this, he went to medical school in Germany. He came to Canada […]

My Sons Learned to Dive

Yazan: Candace | 11 February 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Bodies, Culture, Family, Happy, Life, Relationships

We went to the pool last weekend. My daughter has always been a fish. She’s been swimming since she was an infant and has always loved it. I don’t think I ever taught her to go underwater, she just always could. She wowed the lifeguards with her butterfly stroke and I just wondered where she […]

Lessons Learned from a Screaming 12-Year-old

Yazan: Candace | 11 February 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Feminism, Life, Relationships, School, Women's Studies

I know a little girl who yells a lot. She fights with passion (and volume). The last really big one I overheard got me to feeling jealous. I was startled by my reaction — usually I just try and block out the noise and hold tight until it’s over (and then take something for the […]

Not Really Helping

Yazan: Candace | 11 February 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Family, Life, Relationships, Women's Studies

Many years ago I shared a house with 4-6 other adults (people came, people went). We shared a fridge, dishes, and kitchen appliances and the deal was that we’d each contribute to the common expenses (like toilet paper) and took turns on the chores like cleaning the bathroom, sweeping the floors, vacuuming, and doing the […]

Talking about Traffic

Yazan: Candace | 08 February 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Organizing, Web Applications

There’s been an increase in the number of blogs starting up. It’s like we’ve reached some sort of critical mass where many more people know what a blog is than did even a year ago. I see blog after blog with one post (quite often the WordPress “Hello World”) and maybe a “I’m going to […]

What to do for a Calendar?

Yazan: Candace | 29 January 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Activism, Bodies, Canadiana, Feminism, Life, Sexuality, Third Wave

Here it is, almost the end of January and I’m still calendar-less. Every year there’s a special place on my office wall for Sue Richard’s Breast of Canada Calendar. I have most of them still, starting with the premier edition from 2001. This year, Sue’s taking some time off for medical reasons and while she’s […]

Late: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Yazan: Candace | 23 January 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Bodies, Culture, Feminism, History, Life, Relationships, Sexism, Sexuality, Women's Studies

I’m a day late. In my case, it’s only that I’m a day late in joining the chorus of others Blogging for Choice but for a lot of women the words “I’m late” start a spiral of emotions and life altering decision-making. At the Art Gallery of Windsor, there’ll be a film screening tomorrow night, […]

Gearing Up My Level 40 Shadow Priest

Yazan: Candace | 29 December 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Games, World of Warcraft

She’s enjoying life as a level 40 with a nice new brown ram to ride. Travel is faster and now I can outrun the beasties of Stranglethorn Vale. Looking at my character though, I realized that zipping through the 30s so quickly as I did, I didn’t pay attention to what I was wearing and […]

Framing Life

Yazan: Candace | 13 December 2007 | 1 Comment
Categories: Activism, Bodies, Culture, Family, Feminism, Feminist Theory, Happy, Life, Relationships, Spirituality, Third Wave, Women's Studies

I have been collecting frames for the past two years or so. When I see a cheap or clearance frame I buy it and stash it away because framed photos make great gifts and because I’ve always wanted a home with treasured photos hung all around. I did that a little bit at my old […]

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