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MRM and Feminism: If the Goal is Equality, Why Can’t We Collaborate?
by Jasmine Peterson I must confess that I have no idea how to talk to most Men’s Rights Activists. I really want to understand and empathize, so that I can communicate and work toward some common goal,...
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Women’s Voices in Decision-Making: Let’s Create Equitable Spaces
by Jasmine Peterson A few weeks ago Feministing posted a piece about a study that had been conducted examining the ‘gender role’ hypothesis – that is, the hypothesis that the lower the number of women...
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Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde: A Myth
by Jasmine Peterson I have long been disdainful of the idea that having a menstrual cycle renders me, or any woman, moody and unpredictable once every month. This widely-accepted cultural idea of...
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Cuddling Doesn’t Mean What You Think it Does… Apparently
Dating — it’s exhausting. At first I thought it was fun (being new to the dating scene, and never having really done the dating thing in my younger years), but as time has gone on, I’ve discovered...
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The Mythical Dearth of Marriageable Men
by Jasmine Peterson You know what I’m tired of? I’m tired of being told that, because I’m a feminist, I am the reason that men are oppressed, women are lonely, men won’t marry women, or vice versa, and...
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Social Justice and Strip Clubs: Are They Really Mutually Exclusive?
by Jasmine Peterson A class of Social Justice 12 students at Charles Best Secondary in Coquitlam have, as a final project for their class, taken it upon themselves to confront a social issue in their...
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Rape is Rape, There are no Grey Areas
by Jasmine Peterson I do not watch television so I have never seen the show Girls, but I knew something big had happened when my news feed began filling up with statuses and then articles about whether...
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Steubenville Media Coverage Is a Case Study in Rape Culture
by Jasmine Peterson By now, you’d have to have been living under a rock to have not heard about the Steubenville rape case (I essentially do live under a rock, and I’ve heard of it). The feminist...
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Schoolgirls Don’t Need Boys To Tell Them What’s Pretty
As the mother of an almost-11-year-old daughter I have spent a great deal of time attempting to mitigate the effects of a toxic culture that destroys girls’ self-esteem. I try to model healthy...
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#ChooseFreedomFromBeautyStandards
So, Dove’s done it again. Another “heart-warming, confidence-boosting ad campaign.” I hesitated on watching the video as it filled my Facebook newsfeed because I’ve still not gotten over Dove’s Real...
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