University of Toronto prof is instructed to stop making public statements about his desire not to accommodate students requesting alternative pro-nouns. Psychology professor Jordan Peterson was sent a letter from the University…
After mass outrage, Polish government rescinds plans to ban abortion across-the-board. The Guardian reports that Liberal MP and former prime minister Ewa Kopacz says the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) had…
Family and friends of Inuit artist Annie Pootoogook state that the week before her death, she was fleeing her boyfriend of eight years, William Watt. Pootoogook’s body was found in the Rideau River…
The Body Shop demands Toronto-based job applicant show up to interview in a “full face of makeup.” Brenna MacPhee, who had applied to a customer consultant position, turned down the interview request.…
Ontario moves to allow victims of abuse to break rental contracts early, just one of many hurdles women face when they want to leave an abusive partner. Ex-Mayor of Hubbard, Ohio admits…
Being young, thin, and attractive enough to go without a bra without being publicly ridiculed (or physically in pain) is, like, totally feminist according to the Toronto Star. Egyptian MP argues that…
People are really pissed off that Alicia Keys didn’t wear makeup to the VMAs. Wally Oppal, Commissioner of B.C.’s 2010 inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women, raises concerns over short timeline…
What’s Current: French police force Muslim woman to remove clothing in accordance with ‘burkini ban’
French police confront Muslim woman on a beach in Nice and force her to remove her head covering and traditional bathing attire. Police argue that she was not “wearing an outfit respecting…
Vancouver Police have finally issued a public warning surrounding the parole release of “Canada’s most notorious serial rapist” Larry Takahashi. Unfortunately the notification came three weeks late, as media broke news of…
Yesterday the Government of Canada announced the commissioners to head the public inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women. “For over a decade, the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls…
Last week marked the opening of the Downtown Eastside women-only market, running every Saturday on Columbia street. The Summer Fair is run by the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (DEWC), and was created…
I’ve had more than my fair share of unsolicited comments from fellow cyclists over the years, and they have one thing in common: They all come from men. In 2014, I was…
Article in Men’s Fitness magazine tells men to “plow ahead anyway” when women ignore or reject them at bars. (The article has now, apparently, been removed.) Michelle Obama talks learnings from the…
A Canadian professor at Concordia University, Homa Hoodfar, is imprisoned in Iran for allegedly inciting a “feminist revolution.” She is being held in Evin Prison, where Montreal photojournalist Zahra Kazemi died after being…
Canadian federal government moves to block Sharon McIvor’s petition to the UN for sex discrimination of Indigenous women on the basis that the current government is planning to “consult further on the…