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Winter Projects

Yazan: Candace | 02 February 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Academia, Activism, Blogging, Blogher, Canadiana, Culture, Feminism, Happy, History, Life, northernvoice, School, Technology, Third Wave, Women's Studies

I turned in my application to the MA history program with an exciting proposal to collect oral histories from the last women to give birth on Pelee Island,Ontario, back in the 1950s. By then most women were relocating to either mainland Ontario (Leamington or Windsor) or to Ohio to give birth. I’m excited because there’s […]

Meaningful work

Yazan: Candace | 04 January 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Activism, Blogging, Life, Technology, Third Wave

If I lived in Vancouver, was done school, and looking for work, this job opening at Social Signal would be the one for me. In the meantime, maybe this is the one for you? Here are some excerpts from the posting. For the entire job description and more about Social Signal, click through to Alexandra […]

Aikido, violence against women, and my daughter’s sensei

Yazan: Candace | 22 December 2006 | Comments Off on Aikido, violence against women, and my daughter’s sensei
Categories: Activism, Bodies, Culture, Feminism, Life, Sexism, Women's Studies

Prompted by a discussion with my daughter’s sensei I felt a need to review some violence against women stats. All images in this post are by fotografer.ru. Check this out: in Canada, from WAVAW: One half of all Canadian women have experienced at least one incident of sexual or physical violence. Almost 60% of these […]

Good things

Yazan: Candace | 08 December 2006 | No Comments
Categories: Activism, Culture, Family, Feminism, Food, Happy, Life, Relationships, Third Wave, Women's Studies

I am in such a wonderfully good place right now. There are still enough days between now and due dates that I’m not yet in full freakout, and I am surrounded by the most wonderful and caring people anyone could know. It began yesterday with some sweet things my kids said, then I was surprised […]

5 Things Feminism Has Done for Me

Yazan: Candace | 13 October 2006 | Comments Off on 5 Things Feminism Has Done for Me
Categories: Activism, Canadiana, Feminism

Things are looking pale for women in Canada. See this excerpt from http://www.statusreport.ca/, the site dedicated to reporting the latest news about funding cuts to Status of Women Canada. Beverley Oda, Minister of Heritage and Status of Women, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, have taken drastic steps away from women’s equality. On September 25, 2006, […]

It ain’t easy

Yazan: Candace | 03 March 2006 | No Comments
Categories: Activism, Culture, Feminism, Feminist Theory

These ‘happy’ posts are easy. Essays about sexism, feminism, culture, i.e. ‘Issues’ are easy too. For the ‘happy’ posts, all that’s required is making a list about my day, noting a few good things. For an essay, I just do some research, often something I’m doing for school anyways, maybe form an opinion or take […]

Sleep

Yazan: Candace | 20 February 2006 | Comments Off on Sleep
Categories: Activism, Bodies, Feminism, History, Life, Relationships, School, Women's Studies

It was only last year that I wouldn’t call myself a feminist. I felt the word was too narrow to describe all the issues that fall under the umbrella “feminism”. Now I feel more like, yes, I am a feminist, and I am also whatever that other word is that describes all those huge and complicated issues that take on every social justice issues you can name. To refuse to claim the name ‘feminist’ means to reject all that feminism stands for. If you’re not a feminist you’re not a feminist. See what I’m saying?

Please let this be true: The FemINist INitiative of Canada

Yazan: Candace | 08 February 2006 | No Comments
Categories: Activism, Canadiana, Culture, Feminism

It’s cold. And snowing. Sitting in Harper’s Canada, I’ve just been given something to hope for. INtegrity – INclusiveness – INnovation – INvolvement – who could ask for more? It started in May 2005 and the time has come to go national. A new political party is taking shape: The FemINist INitiative of Canada and […]

Is being feminist ‘enough’?

Yazan: Candace | 01 February 2006 | No Comments
Categories: Activism, Culture, Ecofeminism, Environment, Feminism, Third Wave, Women's Studies

When I was an unruly teen my father used to frustrate himself with my determination to always root for the underdog. This has redefined itself in my adulthood as a call to issues of social justice. I feel strongly about issues – in other words – give me an issue and I’ll feel strongly about […]

“Feminism for Sale”

Yazan: Candace | 14 January 2006 | Comments Off on “Feminism for Sale”
Categories: Activism, Canadiana, Culture, Feminism, Feminist Theory, Third Wave, Women's Studies

THIS magazine, “the leading alternative Canadian magazine of politics, pop culture, and the arts” still says that Heath and Potter’s article “Feminism for Sale” will be online soon. Harumph. I’m about ready to give up. I’ve been waiting since at least November for it to go public to put up this post. How can we […]

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