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Anti-Prostitution Pledge Heads to Supreme Court | kropotkin1951 said... Interesting issue thanks for sharing. I only wish you had specified the US Supreme Court in the...

Why men need to read Hegel before going out on a date | lagatta said... Well, having read Hegel sounds like criteria I might insist on, but little as I like marriage and...

If babies had guns, they wouldn’t be aborted | Maysie said... "If Conservatives had brains they...." oh sorry, that would never happen. But I do love how...

Rape, bullying led to N.S. teen's death | OathofStone said... As a parent of girls stories like this fill me with sadness and dread at the same time. I'm...

Femen is Feminist? | lagatta said... There are many people, women and men, of different faiths or none, who prefer modest dress for a...

Syrian women who fled to Jordan tell of horrific rapes back home | Fidel said... I don't often post in feminist forums, and I know I will probably be warded off, threatened or...

Rocket scientist made a mean beef stroganoff | Michelle said... Holy crap, what decade is this again? What century? "She made a mean beef stroganoff,...

a response to Meghan Murphy's Mar 27 'prostituted women' / Nordic model article | Catchfire said... Hi fluidity, thanks for posting. Just for the record, comments are allowed on Murphy's blog post....

International Socialists Canada silence on Rape allegations | lagatta said... I believe there already is a thread on this issue. Hope someone can find it. in

Barbara Amiel, rape apologist, writes in Maclean's about Steubenville | Slumberjack said... It must be a natural affection toward prisoners that's getting the best of her. in

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The Centre for Story Based Strategy | Mar 19 2013 | The Centre for Story Based Strategy is a collective that is about using story telling for social justice

On 'gray rape,' Girls, and sex in a rape culture | Mar 15 2013 | Meghan Murphy | When nonconsensual doesn't equate to legal rape, how do women talk about our experiences?

Smash the State Report: Mar. 8, 2013. | Mar 13 2013 | AW@L Radio, Dan Kellar | Five Americans under Toronto G20 squeeze for alleged smashy-smashy! Then military + police tax resistance in Canada, animal rights action in Kitchener, men's supremacy in Toronto, and the TPP

Take Back the Day: A feminist heritage minute about the origins of Mother's Day | Mar 12 2013 | rabble staff | This short educational video was produced last year by Inter Pares Canada.

Photo essay: Toronto IWD march | Mar 10 2013 | Jesse McLaren | On Saturday, March 9, thousands marched through Toronto for International Women's Day.

Under siege, Palestinian women call for human rights on International Women's Day | Mar 8 2013 | Eva Bartlett | On International Women's Day, when many of the world's women are fighting for workplace equality and an end to domestic violence, the majority of Gaza's women fight for the most basic of rights.

Why gender equality will make you rich and popular | Mar 8 2013 | Kate McInturff | Closing the gender gap would transform the world we live in -- for men, for women, for the better. Just imagine a world in which you have more time to spend doing the things you love.

International Women's Day: What's the way forward? | Mar 8 2013 | Judy Rebick | On IWD, Judy Rebick is thinking that Idle No More is showing the way forward for the women's movement.

Women's share of wealth and power in Canada, by the numbers | Mar 8 2013 | Armine Yalnizyan | On the occasion of International Women's Day, we ask: Are more women making it to the top in Canada? And what does that mean for the 100 per cent?

Filipino women demand an end to corporate mining on IWD | Mar 8 2013 | Meera Karunananthan | On International Women's Day, a coalition of Filipino women's groups held a flash mob against corporate mining.

Postfeminism | Mar 8 2013 | Taryn Fivek | Taryn Fivek on the dangers of postfeminist, neoliberal discourse in progressive American publications

Women and War: Documenting a century of struggle for peace and justice | Mar 8 2013 | Jacqueline Mulhallen | An informative, comprehensive, concise yet clear and accessible historical account of the major wars of the 20th and 21st centuries and the roles women played.

Bollywood extravaganza TOIFA comes to Vancouver -- on the backs of South Asian women | Mar 8 2013 | Sunera Thobani | The Times of India Film Awards (TOIFA) event "Celebrating Women" was organized to coincide with IWD but nothing about the event was recognizable as having anything to do with IWD.

With two women leaders, can we build a gender-balanced budget in Ontario? | Mar 5 2013 | Sheila Block | I ask the question, will having women leaders get us closer to a gender-balanced budget?

No, being 'kinky' does not grant you minority status | Mar 5 2013 | Meghan Murphy | Have identity politics stifled our ability to call out misogyny when we see it?