Ordinary Women Rise: the Radical Women of Vancouver Rape Relief and Womenโs Shelter is a call to action and a blueprint for change that equips readers across sectors with the historical context, political analysis, and lived realities necessary to strengthen their work in support of womenโs safety, equality, and liberation.
Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter book recommendation about transition houses! Runaway Wives and Rogue Feminists, The Origins of the Women's Shelter Movement in Canada by Margo Goodhand
In this episode, we talk with our long-time ally, Quรฉbรฉcoise radical-feminist lesbian organizer Diane Matte. In this conversation (which we hope is the first of a few), we hear from Diane about her upbringing, as the personal is political, and her feminist activism in the 80s and the 90s.
As feminism becomes increasingly individualistic and marketized, it risks losing its political edge and inclusivity. Understanding feminism as a movement built on collective liberation is essential to its existence. This understanding, however, is in danger with the spread of โchoice feminismโ.
In this episode, we hear from our lesbian feminist allies, Susan and
Renate, about their personal and political journeys to create and
maintain for more than three decades, the independent publishing
house, Spinifex Press.
Inย this episode we hear from Cenen Bagon from the Vancouver Committee for Domestic Workers and Caregivers Rights (CDWCR) about the herstory of her group, the campaigns to improveย employment conditions, and immigration statusย of foreign care workers in Canada, and her own life as an activist.ย
Julie Bindel hosting Lee Lakeman as she tells the story of Canadaโs oldest rape crisis centre, the uprising of women, and the decades long battle to stay women-only.
The collective of Vancouver Rape Relief and Womenโs Shelter has faced waves of harsh backlash through the years. Leeโs bold leadership and commitment to the collective, its feminist principles and practices, including women-only organizing, have been crucial to our survival and thriving.ย
