The Sexualization of Willow Smith
We need to talk for a hot second about the sexualization of young girls. Specifically, we need to talk about the sexualization of Willow Smith by the media. In case you’ve somehow missed the whole...
View ArticleTalking To Small Children About Race
Hey y’all! Here‘s an article I wrote for the Washington Post about being a white parent trying to explain racism and privilege to my white kid. It’s something that I’ve been thinking about for quite a...
View Article10 Reasons Feminism Might Not Be For You
This post originally appeared on the blog The Outlier Collective. But since that blog is now defunct, and since people have been asking for this post, I’m republishing it here. I’m typically a huge...
View ArticleGuest Post – On Orientalism
By Israa Nasir It was around 10pm on a summer night, a few years ago. I was waiting on Queen West for a friend. We were going to head out to a party like any other twenty-something on a weekend. A man...
View ArticleOn Ferguson – The System Isn’t Broken, It Was Built This Way
I have an uncle who was a cop. His kids, my cousins, were around my age and when we visited our family in Québec every summer I practically lived at their house. As soon as we got to my grandmother’s...
View ArticleGuest Post: On Attention Deficit Disorder, Video Games and Community
This is a guest post written by my amazing little sister, Catherine Thériault. She is a complete treasure. I was seven when I was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder, although my parents had...
View ArticleLeigh Anne Tuohy, Racism, and the White Saviour Complex
Leigh Anne “That Nice Woman Sandra Bullock Played In The Blind Side” Tuohy recently posted the following picture and caption on her Facebook and Instagram accounts: “We see what we want! It’s the...
View ArticleLeigh Anne Tuohy Update: One Of The Teens Responds
One of the two teens involved in Leigh Anne Tuohy’s recent social media stunt has spoken out on Instagram (his name has been blurred out for privacy): Person One aka Teen Leigh Anne Tuohy approached at...
View ArticleThe Seaport Farmers’ Market and Halifax’s Race Problem
Last week, the Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market announced that several “prepared food vendors” would be moved from the market’s busy main level up to its mezzanine level. According to the Halifax Port...
View ArticleA New Era of Canadian Sex Work: Interview With Lowell
Last year, Canada passed Bill C-36, a bill that governs sex work. This new law came about after Canada’s previous prostitution laws were struck down in 2013 as being unconstitutional, and the...
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