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Women in mariachi music

February 26, 2015
| Traditional mariachi musicians wear black suits with silver buttons down the pant legs and they're all men. But women have been involved in mariachi music for decades.
Length: 15:20 minutes (14.04 MB)
The F Word
The F Word

Mixed-race/hybrid-identity and organizing

February 23, 2015
| Adrienne and guests discuss how critical understandings of race are significant to developing a feminist politics and praxis.
Length: 46:48 minutes (53.58 MB)
The F Word
The F Word

Feminism and the Media in 2014

February 23, 2015
| From Ghomeshi to Gamergate, a panel conversation about Feminism and the Media in 2014, recorded live at BARtalk as part of the University of British Columbia's Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Length: 38:37 minutes (44.21 MB)
Law and Order and Exploitation: This week's Blogs roundup
By
Jessica Prupas
| February 13, 2015

Oh, Harper, Harper. He’s at it again with his so-called ''anti-terror bill,'' a brand-new piece of legislation that will expand the Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s powers, and make it illegal to “advocate” terrorist activity online. John Baglow tells us how Harper's election-year political wedge promoted a culture of fear.

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National Day of Action for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women
By
Krystalline Kraus
| February 7, 2015

National Day of Action for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women

February 14 is the national day of action to bring justice to murdered and missing Indigenous woman across Turtle Island.

Below is a list compiled by Feb 14th Annual Women's Memorial March Their Spirits Live Within Us. Learn more about their organization, and find other event updates and resources, by clicking here.

Below is a list of participating cities:

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Feminist Current
Feminist Current

Page Three is on its way out, The Sun just doesn't want to admit it

February 6, 2015
| Meghan Murphy speaks with Stephanie Davies-Arai about the No More Page 3 campaign and whether the U.K.’s largest circulation newspaper will continue publishing topless photos.
Length: 33:32 minutes (30.71 MB)
Image: Wikimedia Commons
When men are rejected they demand answers: On the ubiquity of male butthurtedness
By
Meghan Murphy
| February 6, 2015

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I love The New York Times' Modern Love column. The writing and stories are consistently wonderful. (Full disclosure: I submitted a piece to the column once a couple of years ago and was rejected, like more than 99 per cent of all submissions are...)

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The F Word
The F Word

Black Lives Matter

February 4, 2015
| In honour of Martin Luther King Jr Day, we are sharing a recent event that called out the Academic community about their responsibility to engage in the Black Lives Matter movement.
Length: 44:54 minutes (51.39 MB)
Image: Flickr/westernnationalroundup
Wounded white men are boring: This week's Blogs roundup
By
Jessica Prupas
| January 30, 2015

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In this economy, getting a degree in Finance-Engineering-Sitting Behind a Desk and Crunching Numbers may seem prudent. But hey -- why not throw caution to the wind and get an Arts degree, learning valuable skills like problem-solving and communication along the way? Holly Adams defends an education in the humanities.

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New York Magazine discusses how hard it is to be a white man, is boring.
By
Anne Theriault
| January 27, 2015

Today in New York Magazine, Jonathan Chait discusses how hard it is to be a white man these days. In case you don't have the time or moral energy to read his 5,000 word opus of angst, here's a brief rundown.

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