A letter to my rapist # 2
You hurt me, more than my words could ever articulate. When I think back to when I was 15, I put my trust in you and couldnโt ever imagine that […]
A letter to my rapist # 1
Javier, I could try to explain to you how you hurt me, get into the psychological and emotional toll that I experienced as a result of your disgusting actions, or […]
Book Review – Radical Trust: Basic Income for Complicated Lives
Radical Trust: Basic Income for Complicated Lives by Evelyn Forget and Hannah Owczar gets straight to the core of the debates animating the fight for basic income and the very […]
Tips for women who want to report their rapist to the police
Call the rape crisis centre closest to you. They will support you leading up to, during, and after the police investigation. They can advocate to police on your behalf and […]
Women-Only Space: A firsthand account
It has often been the men Iโve encountered in my life that have been responsible for the trauma Iโve endured. However, it is with women that I have felt the […]
Weโre oppressed and sexualized for our sex and race as Asian women living in North America
Last week, a white man murdered six Asian women in settings of sexual exploitation. As if being murdered isnโt tragic enough, some of the discourse around the victims constructs the […]
Reflection on the Conversation: The Impact of Pornography on Women
The panelists opened by posing an important question, the one that I had been mulling over myself since my discussion of pornography with other women for the very first time […]
A Survivor’s Voice
The Navigation of Stigmatized Emotions Like many survivors of gender-based violence, I suffered unforeseen consequences for breaking my silence about my experiences of trauma. Our society fosters victim-blaming, rape-apologizing narratives […]
Body hair is a Feminist Issue
When I told my boyfriend at the time that I was thinking to stop shaving my legs, his first reaction was ยซ Oh fuck me. ยป That was over 1.5 […]
A Crash Course on Entering Womanhood in a Misogynist World
Acquire push-up bras and matching thong underwear from La Senza. Ditch eyeglasses for contact lenses. Prove Sean right that you are hot without them. Carefully cover up visible birthmark and […]