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WestJet Passenger Thinks “The Cockpit of an Airliner is NO Place for a Woman”
Ladies and gentlemen, the captain has turned on the Fasten Seatbelt Sign, please get ready for take-off, because we’re in for one hell of a ride. Today’s in-flight entertainment brought to you by the...
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It starts here, it ends here: A call to action against rape culture on campus
For anyone familiar enough with the University of Ottawa – “Canada’s University” – you may know that the school’s official recruitment tagline is “It Starts Here / Ça part d’ici.” Meant to inspire the...
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There’s no “U” in Convocation: Why I Hate the Graduation Proposal Trend
Another June gone, another couple hundred thousand or so graduates having crossed the stages of their Canadian academic institutions, celebrating, quite possibly, their biggest accomplishment to date;...
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Why Bill Cosby Matters to Canadians (And how Kitchener turned a negative into...
Wednesday night, Bill Cosby — one of history’s most beloved comedians and prolific alleged-rapist – performed the first show of his three-month long “Conversations” tour at the Centre in the Square in...
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Unsuccessful? Then Maybe You Deserved It.
Or: How the Media Relies on the “Successful” Qualifier to Contextualize Abuse “Successful Kitchener Lawyer to Share Her Story of Domestic Violence” was a headline in the Waterloo Region Record this...
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Creepy Bikram Yoga Founder Accused of Rape by Vancouver Woman.
This week, in famous douchebag news – yoga’s most well known conman and pervert, Bikram Choudhury, is being sued by a sixth woman – Canadian Jill Lawler – for allegedly sexually assaulting her on...
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University of Waterloo Fraternity #BreakTheSilence on Campus Sexual Assaults...
Major kudos goes out this week to University of Waterloo-based fraternity Sigma Chi for openly addressing (arguably) the biggest issue on Canadian campuses today— sexual assault and rape culture— in...
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Sun’s Out, Tits Out: Kitchener women exercise their fundamental right;...
Last week, three Kitchener, ON sisters went for a bike ride on a hot Friday evening and decided to take their shirts off – thereby cycling topless – to try to beat the heat. Tameera, Nadia and Alysha...
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SPORTZ! The Canadian Football League just mandated domestic violence training...
Congratulations to the CFL, which announced Thursday that all its athletes and employees will undergo yearly mandatory training on violence against women. **insert clap emoji** Yep. Hooray! The...
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Unfunny Canadian woman wants fat people to stop being fat
“Comedian” reminds us that recognizing privilege has a long way to go Nicole Arbour charms the masses in her “DEAR FAT PEOPLE” video, c/o Youtube. It’s Wednesday, so undoubtedly you’ve all read about...
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#ELXN42 MEME-STROSITY
Project Democracy Crosses Line with Meme Monstrosity Making Light of Indigenous People Dear Canadians, We’re into Week ‘WE’VE ALL LOST COUNT’ (ie. Week 7) of our federal election campaign, which means...
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Tories toss up late campaign hail mary with #BarbaricCulturalPractices
In what can only be described as a late-game campaign “hail mary”, the Conservative Party of Canada announced Friday that a “re-elected Conservative government would enact a number of measures to help...
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Best and Worst of #Elxn42 – The Blooper Reel
Well, Canada – we did it. We survived a 78-day (11 week) federal election campaign, the longest in modern Canadian history. They say time flies when you’re having fun, and I think I speak for everyone...
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Ridiculous Company Seeks Woman To Fill Role of SEO Specialist SLASH Receptionist
If you’re a woman looking for an opportunity as a content writer & SEO specialist in an openly sexist Toronto-based web development company, then, OH GURL, do we have a dream company for you!...
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