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I just read Orange is the New Black and like it

I would recommend this book for many reasons such as: It shows real healthy relationships with women. It shows how absurd our prison system is. It shows that punishment does not prevent crime (food, money and education does). It shows how women suffer so much as human beings in this society we have created. Read it! As

iGuy challenges out-dated masculinity pressures

Vancouverite Saleema Noon is doing more great things. She already educates young girls about the pressures of being a girl (iGirl) and now has a new program for guys: iGuys, aimed at empowering guys. The essence of these programs is to teach young kids how they are being squeezed into a “girl box” or a

On Jan 29: Guy Land- Proving Masculinity On The University Campus

On Wednesday January 29th, one of the leading researchers and writers on men and masculinity in the world today, Michael Kimmel, will speak at Middlefield Group Lecture Theatre (098), Henry Angus, Sauder School of Business, 2053 Main Mall. Guy Land: Proving Masculinity On The University Campus, The perilous world where boys become men. Find out where this

Why men can not hear women when they speak

‘re Here are two powerful quotes I am inserting in my upcoming book (So you want more sex- 50 things to say to guarantee intimacy): “…men have been deeply conditioned to dismiss their talking –and them- pretty much the moment they start. Let’s face it guys: We barely listen to them. That’s no big news to anybody, but

Five Ways to Create a Gender Aware Classroom

Worth the read. http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/01/creating-a-feminist-classroom/

Just watch a few sitcoms to see rape culture

http://www.policymic.com/articles/79111/rape-culture-is-eveywhere-watch-your-favorite-sitcoms-prove-it I like policy Mic. It looks at things from a deeper perspective.

Fantastic parody of photoshop of women’s images

This is the result of a class project. I love education today! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/12/photoshop-parody-ads-anna-hill_n_4427839.html

12 Outrageous questions pressure women to have babies

Here is a excerpt from a Huffington Post article. Though someone’s reproductive choices are really no one’s business but their own, strangers and family members alike seem to feel justified in commenting a woman’s childfree lifestyle. Redditor Jezebel* asked childfree women on the site to share the most ridiculous questions they’d been asked about

Why not just pretend there is no glass ceiling?

This is my second blog on why WXN should NOT have titled its women’s conference “What Glass Ceiling.” This is an excerpt from my upcoming book: “Occupy Women- A radical vision for dealing with the glass ceiling and the sticky floor.” Part 1: You can’t see it because it’s glass “No doubt about it, the glass ceiling is alive

Interesting research being done on girls and technology

Two Ottawa professors are looking into the impact on girls of their digital presence. No surprise that they found that girls feel extreme pressure to be slim and beautiful. See more at: http://www.egirlsproject.ca Or listen to an audio interview of Professor Jane Bailey at www.lawjournal.mcgill.ca. I love these audios produced by law students!!