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Was #CropTopDay About The Sexualization Of Teens, Or About Appropriateness?

May 29, 2015 by Tanya Cruz 1 Comment

Another day, another girl being told to "cover up" or "change" her  "inappropriate outfit" in school. This week, it happened to Alexi Halket, a grade 12 student from Etobicoke School of the Arts in Toronto, ON. On Monday, the teen arrived in a patterned turquoise crop top, that bared her midriff … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life, News Stories Tagged With: crop top day, crop tops, dress code, feminism, news stories, objectification, school dress code, viral stories, women objectified

Girl Told To Stop Reading On School Bus Because It’s Too “Dangerous”

April 24, 2015 by Tanya Cruz Leave a Comment

Unlike most children her age, eight-year-old Sarah Auger loves to read. And on her 20 minute commute home on the school bus, the young girl from St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec  would occupy her time by digging herself into a good book. That is until her school bus driver implemented a no-reading … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life, News Stories Tagged With: news stories, reading, school bus, viral stories

Anti-Vaxx Mom Changes Her Stance After Her 7 Kids Get Whopping Cough

April 15, 2015 by Tanya Cruz Leave a Comment

In recent months, the vaccination debate has really heated up. But now, in an interesting twist, a Canadian mom's story is going viral after she publicly announced that she was abandoning her anti-vaccination stance after her seven children developed whopping cough. In a personal essay written for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Parenting Tagged With: anti-vaccination, anti-vaxxers, news stories, vaccination debate, viral stories, whopping cough

Woman Raised By Lesbian Parents Comes Out Against Gay Marriage

March 20, 2015 by Tanya Cruz Leave a Comment

A woman raised by two lesbian moms is stirring up quite the controversy after coming out against gay marriage in a personal essay that went viral this week. Heather Barwick, who once considered herself to be a gay activist, is now against same-sex marriages, saying that the traditional family … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life, News Stories Tagged With: Gay marriage, gay parents, lesbian, lesbian moms, viral stories

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