Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
“It is every woman’s fundamental right to live in safety and security in her home and community – free from the threat of violence.” So says Ontario’s Ministry for the Status of Women, in its announcement of Woman Abuse Prevention Continue reading November is Woman Abuse Prevention Month
“Let me drive/Let me drive I know my way around and I’m gettin’ kinda anxious to arrive Let me drive/Let me drive I can get us where we’re going, so move over honey, let me drive” (refrain from Georgette Fry’s Let Me Continue reading Let me drive!
One of my favourite writers these days is Rebecca Solnit, a contributing editor at Harper’s Magazine and a frequent columnist in the Guardian newspaper. Solnit writes a lot about the world of violence in which women live and the silence Continue reading To be able to sing and not be silenced
Did you know that it can cost twice as much to get an article of clothing dry cleaned if it is called a blouse as opposed to a shirt? Or that a woman typically pays 25% more for a basic Continue reading The consumerist side of sexism