Women-Only Space: A firsthand account
It has often been the men I’ve encountered in my life that have been responsible for the trauma I’ve endured. However, it is with women that I have felt the […]
We’re 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 isn’t 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 « Oh fuck me. » 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 […]
Women of Colour’s Experiences of Male Violence and Poverty
72% of women who stay in our transition house are women of colour and Indigenous women. 78% of them live in poverty and 18% of them work in low paid […]
A call to uphold Canada’s Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA)
Feminists recognize the system of prostitution as violence against women and as an expression and reinforcement of women’s inequality. It is an industry that commodifies women and girls to be […]
Sisterhood in the Transition House
The quotes in italic are from battered women who participated in a roundtable conversation we hosted in April 2009. The women speaking lived in the past in our (Vancouver Rape […]
Nova Scotian Feminists Fighting Femicide Statement on the Mass Shooting
Nova Scotia, April 24th 2020 – Our hearts are heavy as we face the loss of 22 innocent people in the worst mass shooting in our country’s history. We are outraged […]