How often do you browse through social media accounts, only to toss your phone aside in disgust, your faith in humanity hitting rock bottom? I know it happens to me several times daily: news of atrocities committed in the name of one religion or another, parents being tried for neglect because they … [Read more...]
Ontario’s New Sex-Ed Curriculum Takes A Stand Against Rape Culture
If you have a computer, a smartphone, a television, a tablet or even a newspaper, you'll have at least heard the term "rape culture". Coined in the 1970's, rape culture refers to the many ways in which our society accepts, creates and normalizes sexualized violence. In Transforming a Rape Culture, … [Read more...]
Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Blur Lines
You know what? I get Miley Cyrus. I do. I was 20 once, and I spent a lot of time drinking $2 highballs at shitty nightclubs and doing stuff I am super glad was never immortalized on the Internet. Miley's dance moves? I did them first. I was never racially clueless (my major complaint about the Miley … [Read more...]