November 20, 2018, can be seen as a sad day in the US and for women around the world in the fight against Female Genital […]
Tag: Womens Issues
A Pointless Battle: The Canada Summer Jobs Program and Andrew Scheer’s Crusade Against Abortion
It must be said that there is no issue more personal than that regarding our health care and family planning choices. It must also be […]
The Good, the Bad, and The Gorsuch: A Detailed Analysis of the White House Supreme Court Pick
On January 31, 2017 US President Cheeto-Head named Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. The nomination fulfills Cheeto-Head’s promise to name a conservative justice […]
Left on Left Shaming and the Women’s March on Washington
A sea of pink flooded the National Mall in Washington D.C. on January 21st, 2017. Overwhelming chants of, “Welcome to your first day, we will […]
1459 Days Of Resistance: Day 1, Women’s March On Washington DC
* Photos by Amy Santos This Saturday, our day started at the New Carrollton Metro stop just outside Washington DC. We knew the rally was […]
Malala Day: What it will take to make the 16 year old activist’s hopes a reality
In New York, the United Nations declared July 12 Malala Day in commemoration of Malala Yousafzai, the young teenage activist from Pakistan who turns 16 […]
Jyoti: A Light for Change
Her name was Jyoti Singh Pandey. The attack reads like a cross between a depraved nightmare and a bathsalts bad trip: Jyoti, a 23 year […]
The War on Women
Conservatives in the United States have a habit of declaring war on anything, so long as the object of their aggression is in contrast with […]
Picnics that Protect Womens’ Choices @ Parc Lahaie
“So what’d you do today?” I asked my friend last Sunday.
Her face perked up when she said, “I went to a pro-choice picnic at a park near Laurier metro!”
A pro-choice picnic! It rolls off the taste buds, doesn’t it? I didn’t think such a contentious issue could possibly sound so delightful and delicious. A pro-choice picnic in the park on a beautiful spring afternoon makes the Quebec Life Coalition’s 40 day vigil sound so very drab.
When I think about the pro-life versus pro-choice issue surrounding the topic of abortion, I automatically…