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Feminism

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Politics

Can Governments Really Be Feminist?

November 30, 2020January 5, 2021 - by Nora Loreto

Politicians like to claim the label, but they rarely turn it into meaningful policy

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A photograph of the poet, Bronwen Wallace, in black and white. She is wearing jeans, a white shirt, and a scarf tied around her neck. Her hands are in her pockets and she is smiling at the camera.
Arts & Culture / May 2020

The Poet Whose Work Helped Set the Stage for #MeToo

April 24, 2020June 10, 2020 - by Anita Lahey

Twenty-seven years after her death, Bronwen Wallace’s feminist poetry feels newly relevant

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Arts & Culture / Music

Taylor Swift Is the Surprising Face of Millennial Anxiety

March 2, 2020July 23, 2020 - by Joelle Kidd

Like most of my generation, Swift knows the exhaustion of constantly selling yourself as a brand

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Business

Why Are We So Bad at Supporting Women in Power?

February 24, 2020June 12, 2020 - by Lauren McKeon

By every standard we use to measure equality, women are still being held back

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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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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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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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Society

Stop Telling Women What to Wear

January 2, 2018March 8, 2020 - 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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First Person

Why I Want to Believe in Witches

October 31, 2017April 3, 2020 - 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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Media

The Globe and Mail’s Self-Sabotage

September 1, 2017April 5, 2020 - 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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