Feminism

Ending gender violence, remembering missing and murdered aboriginal women, banning bottled water, using tumblr for activists and more!

Valentine's Day flies in the face of love. Occupy love. Occupy Valentine's Day.

How can sex workers organize? This episode looks at legal rights, community building and stopping street sweeps, plus an interview from Ottawa sex workers' union POWER.

Coalition-building, the International Day of Solidarity for Leonard Peltier, unionizing your university, taking on non-violent street actions, workshops and more!

This past October, the Urban Alliance on Race Relations hosted a lively youth panel which discussed gender-based violence, bullying, homophobia and racism.

While women's rights group, Femen, may have the attention of the media, is their message being heard? Is nude protesting a useful strategy in this case or is it just reinforcing sexism?

Victim-blaming is very prevalent in our culture. These messages are reinforced by media, institutions, the law and individuals. How does it happen? What are the impacts?

This week on the Activist Toolkit: How to mobilize students, the Egyptian Revolution, history of the Indian Act, taking feminist action.

As a man, I cannot speak to differences within the feminist movement on pornography, but I can speak to the misperceptions of pornography that seemingly exist within the broader left and among men.

Nicole Deagan and guests discuss social and psychological barriers to women’s sexual exploration – and focus specifically on female ejaculation.

What are the real issues behind the debate around whether or not condom use should be mandatory on porn sets?

This week on the Activist Toolkit: Troy Davis, bird-dogging politicians, advanced facilitation, economic justice workshops.

If a woman in PEI needs an abortion, she either has to pay her own travel costs to go to a hospital in Halifax or come up with almost $1,000 to get the procedure done privately in Fredricton.

While many see the concept of male privilege and patriarchy as foundational, there are some who disagree. Does feminism erase male victims or the powerlessness of men?