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Tackling Sexism in Relationships
Photo credit: Granada!!! =oP / Foter / Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by Aleksandra Nasteska Although sexism may be one of the most significant...
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Octodad: Dadliest Catch: Fun to Play and Refreshingly Feminist
by Jessica Critcher It’s officially summer, and for me that means staying indoors to avoid sweat and sunburn. I treated myself to some video games at the Steam Summer Sale, and on a lark I got...
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The Most Powerful Lines in The Giver are Four Words Long
Like a lot of kids in my generation, Lois Lowry’s dystopian novel The Giver meant a lot to me growing up. I was about 10 or 11 when I first read the story about Jonas, a young boy who is named to...
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Free-Diving Off the Banks of Normal: A Review of Debbie Taylor’s Herring Girl
Debbie Taylor’s release of Herring Girl takes us where we’re not yet comfortable but dying to go: beyond normal. The novel interweaves lives, past and present, in a saga that will make you scoff at the...
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Was Terry Pratchett a Feminist?
Terry Pratchett is one of the most prolific authors of our age. When he died yesterday (March 12, 2015) he left behind a massive oeuvre: more than 70 books, most of them about the Discworld, a flat...
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FFFF: Feed Your Kids Gender Rolls
Cristen Conger of the awesome podcast Stuff Mom Never Told You advertises a new product to make sure you’re feeding your kids properly based on gender. Gender Rolls: Tastes Like Repression.
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Giving Better Presents to Other People’s Children
It’s winter solstice time, and for my nieces and nephews, that means presents. Unfortunately, most mainstream toy stores are polarized between pink and blue, and the intent seems to be instilling and...
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Why Manspreading is an Important Feminist Issue, Not Just Bad Social Etiquette
It’s no secret that manspreading is a hot topic of late, especially when it comes to feminist discourse. Many list it as one one of the problems to be tackled on the Feminist To-Do List, but it turns...
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Gender Issues in the Canadian Census: Beyond Question 2
Among the praise that’s been given to the 2016 Canadian census, there have also been some critiques. The most widespread is the criticism of question 2: the sex question. As many have rightly pointed...
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The new Ghostbusters action figures are revolutionizing toy store shelves
Ghostbusters: Abby (Melissa McCarthy), Jillian Holtzmann (Kate McKinnon), Erin (Kristen Wiig) and Patty (Leslie Jones) in an image from the trailer First off, this is not about the Ghostbusters reboot....
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