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Fat people are scary
My favourite argument used against fat people is that they’re unhealthy. If you’re a woman and you’re fat, God help you. In a society of insidious sexism and open hostility towards women, being a...
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École Polytechnique Massacre
It’s late Thursday evening, I’m perusing my friend Alex’s Twitter page and what do I learn? Today, December 6th is the 23rd anniversary of the Montreal Massacre that killed 14 young women. How could I...
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Howard Stern says Lena Dunham is fat, I say Howard Stern is an asshole
First let me say that I enjoy listening to Howard Stern’s Sirius radio show very much. I don’t have to agree with everything that he says, in fact when his program is offensive to me, I simply turn it...
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The Walking Dead season 3 finale: Thoughts on Andrea
Laurie Holden as Andrea, on The Walking Dead The Walking Dead has had a change of leadership. Three times in fact. The show, an adaptation of a comic book series, was developed by Frank Darabont, who...
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The Sexy Lie by Caroline Heldman
A great talk about the sexual objectification of people, and our inability to recognize we’re doing it. It’s actually quite shocking, so if you’re like me, you might get angry. Filed under: Life...
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Men find it challenging to respect women
The recent suicide of a young girl in Canada has me thinking a lot about sex. The girl was raped by four young boys who then, without shame or remorse, further victimized her by sharing a photo of the...
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Cut Huma Abedin some slack
I recently read a Freshly Pressed article daringly titled It’s Okay to Stay about Huma Abedin’s choice to remain married to embattled politician Anthony Weiner. I’m still confused why sending naked...
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Blurred Lines promotes rape, and if you don’t think so, you’re stupid
People say, “Hey, do you think this is degrading to women?” I’m like, “Of course it is. What a pleasure it is to degrade a woman. I’ve never gotten to do that before. I’ve always respected women.” ~...
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Looks aren’t everything… right?
In 2008 SJP was voted the unsexiest woman alive by Maxim. Many women agreed. Others criticized her for openly discussing how much it hurt her feelings. Why? Perhaps I’m full of hot air, but I think...
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Hard Out Here by Lily Allen
British pop star Lily Allen has returned with a new single “Hard Out Here”. Pitchfork writes: “Directed by Christopher Sweeney, it’s a scathing takedown of music industry sexism, involving a lot of...
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Shrinking Woman by Lily Myers
Ladies, I encourage you to watch this video and speak about it with your daughters. It’s powerful poetry that implores all mothers to set proper examples for their children — regardless of their...
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About Madonna’s face
Like I wrote in an earlier post today I watched the Grammy Awards at a pub in the village last night. Everyone had something to say about how the women looked. Criticisms were rampant about their...
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The Beekeeper
“You can’t have the wisdom, without the sting.” ~ Tori Amos Two years ago Tori Amos commented that her music is more biting than a plethora of angry heavy metal bands. She said to Spinner: “Sometimes...
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Miss Representation trailer
CP24 is a 24 hour news network here in Toronto. The female newscasters are often dressed in revealing sleeveless, low-cut blouses. It’s like a man delivering the news wearing a tank-top, it’s odd. But...
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Food porn and husbands
For my birthday I received two cookbooks. The first was Bunner’s Simple & Delicious Gluten-Free Vegan Treats by Ashley Wittig and Kevin Macallister. The second was The Oh She Glows Cookbook by...
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Shaming the offensive: The “I’m offended” culture has run amock
If you can’t love yourself, how the hell are you gonna love anybody else? Is it just me or is everyone and their grandmother ‘offended’ these days? This culture of feigned ‘concern’ is, well,...
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Why I’m a feminist
This pretty much sums up everything that I feel about feminism and the world’s bias against women. Filed under: Life Tagged: feminism, Life
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