Oct 4, 2011
Occupy Wall Street: Noooo, Canada!
Aalya Ahmad
The Occupy movement isn't a unique and unprecedented struggle. It is part of something much bigger than whichever patches of paved paradise the protesters are on.
Aalya Ahmad
Aalya Ahmad has a PhD in comparative literature, a crush on George Orwell and a rather impressive collection of cloth bags from the various public service unions she has worked with over the years. She writes about and practices cultural politics, feminism and activism.
Apr 8, 2011
A Grumpy Feminist in Ottawa ... why a Harper majority might not be the worst thing ever to hit us
Aalya Ahmad
Election after election, things keep getting grimmer for feminists.
Oct 26, 2010
What I learned at the BDS conference
Aalya Ahmad
I attended the BDS conference in Montreal this weekend because I realized that I knew very little about this movement that is gaining such momentum all over the world.
Sep 2, 2010
Oh baby! Reproductive excess versus the realities
Aalya Ahmad
What's up with the cultural obsession with women having massive numbers of children?
Jul 3, 2010
Black and white and rage all over
Aalya Ahmad
It's been daunting to try to take in all that has been already testified, discussed, debated, ranted about, witnessed and reported of the G20 protests.
Jun 20, 2010
In praise of pro-feminist fathers
Aalya Ahmad
As one who embraces feminism, it's tough to reflect on fatherhood. There's the traitorous sense of being preoccupied with a politics of gender identity at the expense of real women.
Jun 18, 2010
The G8/G20 big cop party
Aalya Ahmad
The G8-G20 is not only an appallingly expensive photo-op for our world lead-weights; it is, in fact, a "Big Cop Party."
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