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sexism![]() ![]() The Sweet Taste of LemonadeBeyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter never ceases to amaze audiences. For nearly 20 years, she has consistently recreated herself, her music and her brand. It is easy to forget that she began her career in 1998 at age of 16 as part of the girl group Destiny’s Child. Since then, she’s become one of the most recognized R&B/pop singers in the world—and one of the most critiqued. With each album, listeners delve into her creative subconscious, and her latest (sixth) solo project, Lemonade, is no exception. ![]() ![]() Feminist Horror Plots Against PatriarachyHorror and feminism may seem like an unlikely pairing at first. After all, horror is a cinematic genre marked by ugly violence, menaced by masked men and packed with blonde sorority girls who run upstairs when they should be running out of the house. Then there’s the iconic image of the scary movie: the flash of a knife penetrating soft female flesh. ![]() ![]() The Fight For Dignity: Women With DisabilitiesIn 2007, 19-year-old Ashley Smith died in federal custody at the Grand Valley Institution for Women in Kitchener, Ontario. ![]() ![]() Temporary Workers, Permanent ProblemsLaura came to Canada from Mexico to work as a seasonal apple picker under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. She fell on the job, and her legs were crushed by a tractor. ![]() ![]() Time to Slay the Perfect-Mother MythA generation ago, middle-class women grew up with the understanding that it was possible to have it all: healthy, well-adjusted children, successful careers and fulfilling personal relationships. ![]() ![]() The Rise of Hipster SexismDescribing the hipster is something you aren’t supposed to do. The mere mention of the fact that there are hipsters outs you as not being one. ![]() ![]() Viva la VulvaThe mirror has long been touted as a feminist symbol of liberation. For some women, it is a means of understanding identity, a path to empowerment, a vehicle for harnessing sexual awareness. ![]() ![]() The Caregiving CrunchIn Canada, more than two million informal caregivers, the majority of whom are women, provide care to elders. ![]() ![]() Ethical PornographyIt’s April 2011, and in the dark of a very small room about 70 people are watching porn together. ![]() ![]() Afghanistan Women Standing StrongIn July, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Justice announced several revisions to the now infamous Shia Personal Status Law. The law, signed by President Hamid Karzai in April, contains 249 articles regulating marriage and family life for the country’s Shia minority, who account for an estimated 20 to 30 percent of the population. ![]() |
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