Archive for the 'Women’s Studies' Category

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

History and Sexism

Yazan: Candace | 06 November 2007 | 4 Comments
Categories: Academia, Activism, Culture, Feminism, History, School, Sexism, Third Wave, Women's Studies

It could just be a coincidence. This semester I run two of ten tutorials for a very large first-year world history class that covers the years 1914-1945. There is an acknowledged Western perspective. Last week there was one lecture (50 minutes) assigned to the topic “Women in the 20th Century.” This had been rubbing me […]

Looking For: Traditional Wife

Yazan: Candace | 10 October 2007 | 4 Comments
Categories: Academia, Activism, Canadiana, Culture, Family, Feminism, Feminist Theory, History, Life, Relationships, School, Sexism, Third Wave, Women's Studies

The System is not made for me. Graduate students are not supposed to have families to care for, houses to clean, meals to prepare and clean up, or groceries to buy. They are not supposed to organize birthday parties, coordinate repairs, clean and sell a house, finish a basement, wash laundry, fold laundry, garden, or […]

I’ll buy you a pony

Yazan: Candace | 20 September 2007 | 2 Comments
Categories: Bodies, Canadiana, Divorce, Family, Feminism, Life, Marriage, Relationships, School, Women's Studies

Every divorced parent’s nightmare is probably that their child goes for visitation with the other parent and never comes back again. I never thought it would happen to me. But it did. My daughter went for the weekend with her dad, didn’t go to her aikido class, hasn’t been to school all week, and didn’t […]

Postpartum support

Yazan: Candace | 13 September 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Birth, Canadiana, Family, Feminism, Life, Relationships, Women's Studies

Canada’s most famous midwife (according to me at least),Gloria Lemay, wrote this sample letter in 2001 for families to share after the birth of a new baby. I don’t think she’d mind at all if you edited it to fit your family’s circumstances. The main point of it is that you please ask for help […]

Summer Job in Toronto at NAC

Yazan: Candace | 29 May 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Activism, Canadiana, Culture, Feminism, Life, Sexism, Technology, Third Wave, Women's Studies

I got this today from the Women’s Studies department. Looks like an interesting summer position, but too far away for me. Could be a great opportunity for a geeky feminist if you live in Toronto and are still looking for a job. Communications Assistant (Summer Student) Employer: National Action Committee on the Status of Women […]

Quickie on social construction of gender

Yazan: Candace | 17 May 2007 | 8 Comments
Categories: Academia, Bodies, Culture, Feminism, Feminist Theory, Sexuality, Women's Studies

Gender is a fluid construct. It is not determined by our biology, but is a product of our environment, our performance, our choices, and our society. Our society sets up gender as a dichotomy: masculine and feminine. Masculinity includes traits like brave, noisy, and strong. Femininity includes being timid, quiet, fragile, and nurturing. Nothing is […]

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