We all know women who fear male violence are just hysterical, right? I mean, what have men ever done to hurt us? Oh. Right… When women express concerns about their spaces, whether…
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Skimming over liberal media these past months, the assumption is that anyone who might have an issue with a transgender person in their washroom is necessarily a Bible-thumping bigot from the south.…
Contrary to the claims of Donald Trump and his supporters, the real “threat to safety and security” has, once again, turned out to be white men. Shortly after the shooting that killed…
This week my To Do list actually includes both “check opening hours of Vienna Christmas markets” and “write angry letter to Prime Minister Trudeau.” In light of an attack in Berlin’s Christmas…
Every day people express “shock” when yet another man kills his wife, girlfriend, ex-partner, or child. These male perpetrators are always good guys, good fathers, good doctors, good sons. How could things…
The first regional strike to protest violence against women and girls took place on Wednesday in Latin America. An estimated 100,000 people took to the streets in Argentina after a 16-year-old girl…
Thousands of students at the University of Texas, Austin carried giant dildos around campus last week to protest the state’s lax gun laws. Student Jessica Jin created “Cocks Not Glocks” in response…
Last week, Megan Short, 33, posted a request to Facebook, asking for help moving on August 6. Only weeks earlier, she had commented under an article posted by a friend, saying she…
“I can’t believe we just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling yet,” Hillary Clinton said in a video address to the DNC, the day she was officially crowned their Democratic…
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…
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,…
Around 2 a.m. early Sunday morning, Omar Mateen entered Pulse, a popular gay nightclub in Orlando, and opened fire, killing 49 people and injuring over 50 more in the deadliest mass shooting…
The debate over women-only transit options has been sparked once again as, last month, a German railway company announced they will be rolling out women-only train cars on certain lines (including in…
She cheated, y’all. Before you start making any judgment calls, let’s take a moment to remember that she cheated! That seems to be the reaction of many people to the video of…
Early Sunday morning, Colin Kingston showed up at his ex-girlfriend’s house, angry and equipped with a large knife. He allegedly let himself in through a back door* and went up to 21-year-old…