The New Historian
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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When Being Healthy Is Unhealthy
Instagram-style fitness is just another reason for women to hate their bodies
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Building a Better Female Orgasm
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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Why Canada Needs Paid Menstrual Leave
We want to lead the world on women’s issues. Let’s start at home
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What the Handmaid’s Tale Can Teach Us about Girl Scouts
With its dystopian theme, the series underscores a lesson: Be Prepared
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What We Mean When We Talk about Infertility
Literature propagates the myth that women who can’t conceive bear some moral failing
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Why Women Who Fish Are Still Fishermen
It’s clear when language is sexist—except when the people you’re talking about disagree
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Our Own Worst Enemies
The campaign against the Vancouver Women’s Library shows how the left continues to thwart feminist activism
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Mary Tyler Moore Defined TV Feminism for All Who Followed
Her landmark show captured the spirit of feminism at its happy, confident apex in the 1970s—a far cry from today’s darker, sexualized fare
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Sisters of the North
On the ground at the Women’s March in Washington
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