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 […]
Yazan: Candace | 24 July 2006 | No Comments
Categories: Blogher, Happy, Life, Third Wave
BlogHer begins in 4 days. Here are some of the things I’ve been doing to get ready (in no particular order): Choose sessions! (Day One) here and (Day Two) here. So many things look interesting and I’m not sure how I’ll manage to be in more than one place at a time. I’m really hoping […]
Yazan: Candace | 09 May 2006 | 2 Comments
Categories: Aging, Bodies, Culture, Feminism, Happy, Life, Third Wave
I’m getting older… single mom, couple of kids…I’m relatively casual, a jeans and t-shirt person predominantly although on a hot day I’ll wear a long loose skirt. I don’t wear make-up, I have a practical shoulder length haircut which I tie in a ponytail when I’m teaching dance classes. My hair is string straight and […]
Yazan: Candace | 09 April 2006 | No Comments
Categories: Blogging, Blogher, Canadiana, Culture, Technology, Third Wave
Hooray for Kate! After BlogHer 2005 (which I could not attend) I got really keen for bringing it to Canada. I talked with the team at BlogHer and they put me in contact with Alexandra Samuel. Unfortunately my house was robbed right as the excitement was building and with no computer it was a challenge […]
Yazan: Candace | 26 March 2006 | 2 Comments
Categories: Culture, Games, Life, Sexism, Technology, Third Wave
Rob‘s been away at GDC this week and he’s been taking pictures of the boothbabes apparently. This photo is from his flickr page. With the fines for objectifying women set for this year I wonder how many boothbabes like this one we’ll be seeing at E3 2006?
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 […]
Yazan: Candace | 26 January 2006 | 5 Comments
Categories: Canadiana, Culture, Feminism, Third Wave, Women's Studies
This past weekend I was in Ottawa for a conference. Ottawa is part of Canada. Canada is cold. And snowy. Especially in the winter time. Like the third weekend in January. Even if the instructions say: “dress warmly and bring boots” there will be variation in how people interpret “boots”. My roommate for example had […]
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 […]
Yazan: Candace | 12 January 2006 | No Comments
Categories: Activism, Culture, Ecofeminism, Environment, Third Wave
We’re up for another federal election in just over a week. The Green Party has chosen not to put up signs this time. Not only are signs an eyesore in the community and a big litter maker post-election (and often during) but they are also doing this in an effort to make a responsible spending […]
Yazan: Candace | 08 December 2005 | No Comments
Categories: Activism, Audiocast, Blogging, Culture, Cyberspace, Feminism, Feminist Theory, Language, Podcast, Technology, Third Wave, Women's Studies
This story today announces that the word “podcast” has made it into the New Oxford American Dictionary 2006. Originally coined as a combo of ‘ipod’ and ‘broadcast’ the word has spread into popular culture and beyond. My extended family now knows what a podcast is. My children know. Their friends know. The widespread popularity has […]