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Let’s Just Be Empathetic: An Open Letter to Childless & Parents
Dear Childless People (and Parents), Let me start by saying that this letter is not going to make me very popular with anyone. There’s a divide in our culture between childless people and people who...
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Dear Parents: As A Nanny, I Don’t Have To Be You
Oh no, not another post about childless vs. parents from me! And this being the first post that I’m writing coming back from vacation, I’m sure most of you are going to roll your eyes at me. But I’ve...
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Is Our Society Becoming Intolerant of Children?
I’m the first person to cringe when a child is screaming in a restaurant or a mall. I seem to be more sensitive to it than a lot of other people I know – when I hear a child screaming, all I want to do...
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The Onion’s Racist Treatment of Quvenzhané Wallis At The 2013 Oscars
Update to this post: The Onion has apologized for their tweet regarding Quvenzhané Wallis here. I love the Oscars. Every year, I sit down happily with wine and treats to watch the movies that I’ve been...
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Hey Lady, You Don’t Have To Smile
Some of us are prettier when we don’t smile. As women, we are told: Be perfect, always. Perfectly dressed. Perfectly made up. Perfectly intelligent, clean, thin, beautiful, polite. Perfectly perfect....
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The Burnout On Fighting Fatphobia
Yesterday, I was having lunch upstairs at work when my coworker started talking about the latest Victoria Secret models. “I saw them at Fashion Week,” he said. “They’re just so beautiful. Like I think...
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I Was Born A Feminist
I was born a feminist. I know what you’re thinking. No one is born believing anything right from the womb. No one is born with the knowledge of good and evil, equality and inequality, hatred and love....
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Honestly, I Want To See You Be Brave
I’m sure unless you’ve been avoiding the Internet or living under a rock, you’ve seen this video: It’s nice, right? I think it’s a nice idea. Women traditionally always see themselves as less-than,...
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Straightening Out The Shame Spiral: I’m Sometimes A Bad Feminist
Sometimes I feel like the world’s worst feminist. I mean, here I sit, telling people I want to see them be brave. I triumphantly think that I’m starting to see my own worth. I focus on my achievements...
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Dear Mike Jeffries, “Abercrombie Kids” I Knew Wouldn’t Call You Cool
When I was a teenager, we didn’t have Abercrombie & Fitch in my mall. I lived in a small town and the best we had was Bluenotes jeans, where my friends and I drooled over “name-brand” jeans in...
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Love On My Arm: How My Tattoo Made Me More Body Positive
It’s that thing no one talks about, but everyone who’s in the club understands. That thing where you cast a look down at someone’s arms when they say they were depressed, and you look for the telltale...
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The Luckiest: Canadian Thoughts on U.S. Abortion and Gay Marriage Rulings
Yesterday was a slow day for me. I had a long day at work and came home immediately to take a nap. When I woke up, however, the Internet was in an uproar. Not only was the Supreme Court of the USA...
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6 Reasons Why There’s No Wrong Way to be a Woman
Oh, boy. There’s been an advent of articles lately that seem custom-made to shame women. Mrs. Hall’s post addressed to all the girls her sons interact with, for one. 6 Reasons to NOT Send Your Daughter...
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Stairway to Heaven, A Short Story
Among all my posting about fat acceptance and various social justice issues, I’m hard at work on my second book, “Lake Effect: Voices of Toronto’s History”, a book of short stories about historical...
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It Takes All Kinds To Be An Asshole, But One Person To Make A Difference
I hesitated to write this blog. I’ve actually been sleeping on it for the last three nights – not well, may I add. I hesitated because for the last four or five days, I’ve been in the trenches with a...
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Bigotry Doesn’t Carry a Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card
Lately, I’ve been thinking about what it means to be a bigot. It’s a weird thing to think. In fact, I struggle very hard not to be bigoted in any way. I’m part of several marginalized groups in society...
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Elliot Rodger Is Not The Only Man Who Wants To Kill Women
As a feminist, I’ve known of the Men’s Rights Activist Movement, or the MRAs, for awhile. They’re men that believe women owe them something. They believe feminism is a scourge on the earth. They...
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But Why Do You Care So Much? Combatting a “Victimizing” Culture
I bought a new dress yesterday at one of my favourite stores (who, incidentally, has decreased their plus-size section . . . a rant for another day). I have trouble buying dresses because I’m short and...
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When We Talk About Rape Culture
TW: rape, rape apologia, rape culture When we talk about rape culture, we are talking about the pervasive belief that women deserve to be raped by simply existing in the world. Find that too strong of...
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Jian Ghomeshi Is Fired Because He Says A Woman Lied About Him: An Example of...
Canadian radio generally isn’t a big thing in other parts of the world, but here in Toronto, former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi is kind of a big deal. He’s well known and well liked, for his views,...
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