It’s time to legalize prostitution in Canada

It’s time to legalize prostitution in Canada

by | Feb 19, 2019 | Opinions

Thanks in part to Rudyard Kipling, who spoke of it in one of his Indian Tales, we all know that prostitution is the world’s oldest profession. However, despite sex work’s lengthy history, Canada still has a moral rod up its metaphorical rear end about the...
What is feminist porn?

What is feminist porn?

by | Feb 10, 2019 | Culture, Film

Despite being a feminist, I have no idea how to define feminist porn. Is it romance-novel sex? Is it women in leather with strap-ons? Can porn even be feminist? Porn is filmed for men, right? Wrong. Sort of. Many women watch porn, but a brief scan of Pornhub’s...
Women’s March Victoria back for round three

Women’s March Victoria back for round three

by | Jan 24, 2019 | News

Hundreds showed up to support intersectional feminism with a focus on Indigenous women’s rights Sunshine broke through the rain clouds on Saturday, Jan. 19, as a crowd gathered on the Legislative precinct for the third annual Women’s March. The procession was...
The slow death of the duct tape military

The slow death of the duct tape military

by | Jan 3, 2019 | Op-eds, Opinions

The Canadian Armed Forces have become second hand and second rate. Here’s why you should care. In 1918, Canadian units were some of the British Expeditionary Force’s most effective fighters, with reputations as elite sharpshooters, night raiders, and shock troops.   ...
We need more than just a hashtag

We need more than just a hashtag

by | Nov 29, 2018 | Features

On Oct. 15, 2017, a tweet changed the world. “If all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote “Me too” as a status, we might give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem,” wrote Alyssa Milano, an American actress. The resulting #MeToo...