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Tag: Feminism

Still from the TV Show "The Handmaid's Tale"
Television

The Handmaid’s Tale Steps Deeper Into Darkness

April 17, 2018October 23, 2019 - by Lauren McKeon

The second season of the show is looking less and less like fiction

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The crowd at Venus Fest in Toronto.
Year in Action

The Radical Notion of Safe Spaces in Music

January 24, 2018November 11, 2019 - by Carly Lewis

Toronto’s Venus Fest is part of a movement to prove our music scenes can be free of sexism

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Photography of Protesters Holding Signs at the Women's March
Politics

One Year Later: The Women’s March on Washington

January 22, 2018November 11, 2019 - by Amanda Cockburn

As we continue to push for women’s rights, last year’s protests have a lot to teach us about compassionate and rigorous conversation

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Photograph of Three Women Wearing Niqabs Shopping
Society

Stop Telling Women What to Wear

January 2, 2018November 11, 2019 - by Pamela Divinsky

Any legislation that polices clothing as way of protecting society will invite the kind of oppression Canada normally condemns

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Illustration by Amrit Brar
First Person / Web Exclusives

Why I Want to Believe in Witches

October 31, 2017December 2, 2019 - by Mica Lemiski

Spells and hexes aren’t just trendy—they’re a new way to fight back against a troubling world

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Photograph by Amber Dawn Pullin
Media

The Globe and Mail’s Self-Sabotage

September 1, 2017November 11, 2019 - by Lauren McKeon

By firing two popular female columnists in a bid to save money, our newspaper of record may pay a bigger price: its increasing irrelevance

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Music / Web Exclusives

The New Historian

August 2, 2017November 11, 2019 - by Richard Trapunski

In her latest album, Simone Schmidt sings the forgotten stories of women incarcerated a Kingston mental asylum—and questions who has the right to rewrite history

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Health / Web Exclusives

When Being Healthy Is Unhealthy

June 13, 2017July 8, 2019 - by Nicole Schmidt

Instagram-style fitness is just another reason for women to hate their bodies

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Photograph by Alana Riley
Feature / June 2017

Building a Better Female Orgasm

May 23, 2017November 11, 2019 - by Sarah Barmak

With publicly funded sex research under fire in the United States, Canada is taking the lead in the science of sexuality

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Four women stand around a water cooler engaged in intense discussion.
Health

Why Canada Needs Paid Menstrual Leave

May 19, 2017December 13, 2019 - by Eternity Martis

We want to lead the world on women’s issues. Let’s start at home

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