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You must watch Angelina LB and her amazing funny videos

Here is a great video explaining what I used to say in university to anyone who might listen, “Girls are so stupid and annoying.” I had no idea I was falling into a women-hating trap. Sad really. I promise to never say this ever again! http://everydayfeminism.com/2013/10/im-only-friends-with-boys/?

Great Movies to Watch For

Thanks to Women’s ENews for telling us about these great new movies: http://womensenews.org/story/arts/131031/last-love-offers-dance-grief-reconciliation

You never know what’s around the corner

“And it may also turn out that in searching for this one bit of information, something else will turn up that that you absolutely could not have known would be out there waiting for you. Anne Lamont, Bird by Bird

What you are really saying when you call me a bitch

This is a great article worth reading. http://everydayfeminism.com/2013/10/you-call-me-a-bitch/ Here is an excerpt: “[As for] that woman in our office that we don’t like, why don’t we like her? Is she rude? Is she arrogant? Is she loud? Before we start whispering at the water cooler about what a bitch she is, it’s worth a

Free us from stereotypical halloween costumes

These four young women are amazing and funny. No more stereotypes! Let’s be who we want to be on Halloween. http://www.upworthy.com/watch-these-4-girls-destroy-the-female-stereotype-like-the-monsters-they-are-rw1-9b

Weekly words of wisdom

“The life which is unexamined is not worth living.” Plato

Two amazing women shine a light on harassment on translink

When I was in Italy years ago I was constantly pinched and touched on the crowed buses. I never thought to complain. See what a few human beings can do with a simple idea? We must all try to find ways to bring forth the voices of those who are silent and silenced. This is amazing and powerful

Weekly words of wisdom

“Emotion is the chief source of all becoming conscious. There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of apathy into movement without emotion.” Carl Jung

Daphne Bramham wrote a great article on UBC Sauder sexism scandal

The UBC students, while ignorant, can not be entirely blamed for their backward attitudes. What did their parents model or teach them about women? What did their teachers tell them about women in history? What do their professors teach them? What does the pornography industry teach them? What do the male-heavy media headlines teach them? What