From the time she was a child, Blair Braverman was drawn North. Soon after she left high school, she headed to arctic Norway to learn to drive sled dogs, later working a…
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Rae Story worked in prostitution for a decade, primarily in the UK but also in other countries such as Australia and New Zealand. She exited prostitution last year and has subsequently written…
Early Sunday morning, a gunman killed 49 people and wounded 53 more in an attack at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Many have speculated about the motivations of the shooter, Omar Mateen,…
The witch hunts are viewed as a thing of the distant past, assumed to have happened over a century or two in Europe. But the truth is that the witch hunts lasted…
Plum Kettle is 300 pounds and has been on a diet for her whole life. She’s waiting to be thin in order to begin her “real life” and is, consequently, planning to…
Ever since Brie Ripley was young, she knew she didn’t want to reproduce. But despite her struggles with other birth control methods, doctors refused to allow her access to a tubal ligation…
This interview was conducted and translated into French by Francine Sporenda for the website, Révolution Féministe. It has been edited for clarity and length. Francine Sporenda: What are your thoughts on French Parliament’s…
This interview was transcribed and then edited for clarity based on an audio interview featured on the Feminist Current podcast earlier this month. Lindsey Kite, PhD, is co-founder of Beauty Redefined, a…
These days, we hear an awful lot about “empowerment.” In an image-based culture, explicitly connected to social media, this has meant that young women’s understanding of ideas like “empowerment” and “positive body…
Angela Marie MacDougall is a long-time anti-violence worker, the Director of Vancouver’s Battered Women’s Support Services, and a Remarkable Women award winner in 2014. Jess: How did you get involved in the…
It’s become increasingly difficult for leftists and feminists to critique certain ideas and groups, even when those groups put forth misogynist ideas, such as far-right Islamic groups. At the same time, we’re…
Roosh V., a man widely known as a “pickup artist,” who espouses a particularly extreme version of misogyny (recently advocating for legalized rape), had planned a number of meetups for his followers…
On Saturday, December 5th, from 10am-6pm, Vancouver Rape Relief & Women’s Shelter will host their annual Montreal Massacre Memorial event at the Vancouver Public Library. The event happens in congruence with the…
Diane Matte is a feminist community organizer, a front-line anti-violence worker, and a member of Concertation des Luttes Contre l’Exploitation Sexuelle (CLES) in Montréal. Jess: Can you start by telling us how…
Despite the fact that women have been breastfeeding, quite literally, for all of human existence, there is still stigma and judgement around how women feed their babies. Beyond that, the formula industry…