Back in the days of our encampment, I remember reading and hearing discussion about Occupy's "asshole problem."
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Seeing the Strings: A Series of Teach-ins on the Oppressions that Hold Capitalism Up
Mar 23 2012 - 7:00pm
Mar 23 2012 - 9:00pm
Location
Vancouver Public Library, Central Library: Alma VanDusen and Peter Kaye Room
350 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 6B1Canada
49° 16' 48.468" N, 123° 6' 52.9632" W
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As Occupy protests have erupted across the world to decry the injustice of our current economic system, the question arises: What are we fighting against? At present, Vancouver lacks any adequate forum for broad-based deliberation about what capitalism is and how it functions. It is for this reason that we are hosting a series of teach-ins to explore how capitalism operates, its inherent violence, and how it intersects with other forms of oppression.
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December 5, 2011 |
We still, all too frequently, hear of yet another woman beaten, sometimes to death, by a partner or relative. Women are still unsafe in their homes, communities and workplaces. We deserve better.
Rooted in Patriarchy: Claiming our space in academia
Dec 2 2011 - 12:00pm
Dec 2 2011 - 2:00pm
Location
Oakham Lounge
55 Gould Street Ryerson University
Toronto, ON Canada
43° 39' 28.7604" N, 79° 22' 42.5604" W
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Violence Against Women comes in many different forms.
In honour of December 6th - the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, this event is:
- For the women who notice unviersity policies and structures that reinforce patriarchy and sexism in society
- For the women who notice the lack of representation in male-dominated programs
- For the women who feel like her opinion is less valuable than his - For the women who also experience, racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism and classism
- For the women who are fighting to have her issues, heard, recognized and acknowledged.
Contact name:
Ryerson Womens Centre
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November 25, 2011 |
At least one out of every three women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime - with the abuser usually someone known to her.
October 7, 2011 |
Women continue to raise our social conscience, give voice to issues of inequality and work to build a future free of discrimination, violence and poverty.
Deciphering the electorate's psyche through the heart of 'Thor'
My stubborn post-election depression took me to see Thor this weekend. Okay, I admit I love superheroes. But this isn't just a guilty pleasure. I'm on a quest to decipher the electorate's psyche through the heart of Thor.
All that mythic content in the hands of a Shakespeare master (director Kenneth Branagh) -- c'mon, the film's surely going to shed light on the unconscious masculine archetypes shaping popular politics. And sure enough, buried in this paramilitary fantasy, I fall knee-deep into politics and power.
