On this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Suzanne Jay and Saba Malik, organizers of the upcoming International Women’s Day event, Indigenous Women and Women of Colour Rise.
Indigenous Women
Lee Lakeman, Meghan Murphy, and surprise guest Fay Blaney spoke to a packed house on Thursday, despite protests and efforts to shut down the event.
Meghan Murphy speaks with Daisy Kler, a member of the Vancouver Rape Relief collective, about the challenges faced by women in Canada due to race and class oppression, and the ways the left often fails to take misogyny seriously.
As a founding member of the Aboriginal Women’s Action Network (AWAN), I am fascinated by recent conversations about Joseph Boyden. I love that Indigenous peoples are asserting the importance of lived experience, growing…
Our lives as Indigenous women and girls are severely impacted by male violence, poverty, and other expressions of patriarchy, capitalism, and racism. We should, therefore, be allowed to prioritize issues that directly…
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…
On Tuesday, a draft document outlining the terms of reference for the upcoming national inquiry into Canada’s missing and murdered Indigenous women was leaked by several news outlets. The document, circulated by…
To the Honourable Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada and the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada: Thank you, first and foremost, for your commitment to reviewing…
The full decriminalization of prostitution has received considerable mainstream media attention of late: On May 5, the New York Times published an article by Emily Bazelon called, “Should Prostitution be a Crime?”…
Feminist Current would like to offer a hearty congratulations to ally Cherry Smiley, who has been announced as a 2016 Trudeau Scholar by the The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. The Trudeau scholarship…
Over the weekend, around 50 feminists — Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal — gathered at the Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Center on East Hastings. The meetings, organized by the Aboriginal Women’s Action Network (AWAN) and…
Fay Blaney is a community organizer, advocate for Indigenous women and employee at the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (DEWC). She runs the Warriors Organizing Women group at the DEWC, a social justice…
On October 19th the Liberal Party of Canada won a majority government, beating out the much maligned Harper Conservatives. Liberal Party leader, Justin Trudeau, has made a number of commitments to minority…
On August 29, 2015, Ashley Callingbull, from the Enoch Cree Nation in Alberta, became the first Indigenous woman and first Canadian woman to win the Mrs. Universe pageant. The internet exploded with…
Today’s Feminist Theory Friday (the last in the series) is perhaps more a matter of history than it is of theory. It is a history we need to center when exploring how…