Hello bloggers,
I thought I’d reproduce for you here the note I sent out to my friends and family to mark International Women’s Day this year.
Things with me are alright. thanks to those of you who have emailed to day hello — it’s always good to hear from you.
Best,
TG
Dear friends and family,
today marks International Women’s Day! [...]
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I had the opportunity a couple weeks ago to attend a session held by a local anti-trafficking group, during which I heard the most wonderful speaker, Benjamin Santamaria. He spoke less about what his organization does, and more about the issue overall, and the culture under which this problem has been permitted to flourish.
Human trafficking [...]
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just got in the door from an evening out with some new friends from school. on the way from the streetcar stop to my corner, all of a two minute walk, I experienced some street harassment. guy crossed the street and followed me in the opposite direction to where he was going to do it. [...]
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well, today is Canada Day, a day to celebrate all things Canadian, fly our flag high and proud, and talk about all the things that are wonderful about our great country. I’ve done this kind of thing before, and I will admit that each year on Canada Day I’ve felt kind of happy and proud [...]
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My pal, Rainbow Girl, has an absolutely fabulous genius fundraiser idea. It’s a feminist comic book that she herself wrote, called Rainbow Girl stars in SEXY WAR, and ALL PROCEEDS go to the Umoja Uasa Kenyan Women’s Village, a group of women working to escape and end domestic and sexual violence.
I wanted to let everyone [...]
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As I will be working on a paper most of the day and don’t have time to write a post, I recommend reading the FF post at Pandagon about compulsory femininity instead.
And then, read this post about domestic violence [via Pandagon, thanks Amanda]. Here’s an excerpt:
I know this happens to men, too. That in similar [...]
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I thought I’d post a paper I recently wrote about the link between environmental protection and population control, and how population control practices and policies are bad for women of colour. I wish I had had more space to really delve into things a bit further, but this was only a 6 page assignment.
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I received an email from a nice fella named Chris a little while ago, in response to my posts On Rape and How to Avoid Becoming a Rapist. He agreed to let me use our emails for a post. Here’s some of what he had to say in his initial email:
First of all, I am [...]
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I’ve been watching TV shows about crime for years. I have always really liked these shows - anything to do with police or lawyers or criminalists or profilers. I’ve watched them faithfully - all the Law and Order shows, the CSI shows, the other stuff that comes along about serial killers and missing persons and [...]
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Sage just came up with an AWESOME tag, inspired by the discussion on my post, Killing Prostitutes. I encourage ALL of you to take this chance to participate in the political process and demand your political representatives listen to our voices on this important issue. If you never do another tag, please - do this [...]
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