Category Archives: Feminism
On douches, douchebag advertisers, and selling uncleanliness to women
Just last night I was watching Killing Us Softly 3, a documentary (really, a videotaped speech before a college audience) by media/advertising activist Jean Kilbourne in which she breaks down the messages, trends and symbolism in beauty, clothing, alcohol and cigarette advertisements geared towards women — specifically, under-30 women. It was made in the early [...]
Things I believed in when I was 12 — but no longer do
Writing a feminist column, I got the occasional irate reader. Most of them are nitpicky and miss the point, while others are straight up incomprehensible. Up until this point, my favourite one was a rambling, angsty Facebook message from a first-year male, white, university student from Calgary, who said there should be men’s studies if [...]
Lady Gaga’s feminist call to arms
You should watch this uncut, two-hour Q&A on showstudio.com with Lady Gaga.
At the 21:30 mark, Mario Testino asks: “Your looks are so extreme. Is this a reaction to something? Are you questioning or altering the status quo of women’s style?”
Yes, yes I am. I am a feminist.
I reject wholeheartedly the way we are taught to [...]
More on hockey: Whither our golden girls when Games are over?
‘Cause I’m beating this horse good and dead before I move onto another topic to rage about, I wrote about hockey again, this time for my Metro column:
Both our hockey teams struck Olympic gold in Vancouver. The next day, hockey fever raged on for the NHL. But whither the women after the podium is packed [...]
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52 Titles: Sara Marcus’ “Girls to the Front”