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Must watch the Invisible War

I just heard about the new documentary “Invisible War” about sexual assault and rape of women in the military. They found that since WWII an estimated 500,000 US military personnel have been sexually assaulted or raped. A female soldier in a combat zone is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than

Must listen to Delusions of Gender podcast

You must listen to this great mini-doc on CBC. http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2012/06/05/delusions-of-gender/ Cordelia Fine is the author of the book Delusions of Gender. I will have to go buy it now.

SAP wins award for creating workplaces that support women

Each May the YWCA honours women (Women of Distinction) but did you know they also have an award for the most Innovative Workplace? This award is given to an organisation that helps their employees manage work-life balance, offers affordable child care and provides flexible work hours. These are the very things that women need to be be able to both work

Mining company funds homeless women

Now this is more like it! Silver Wheaton, a mining company just donated 1.5 million dollars to a housing project for homeless women and children in East Vancouver. This is wonderful. I wonder if there is a woman on their board? [Source: Vancouver Sun May, 9 2012]

Must read: The Conflict

I am going out to buy the new book: The Conflict. I have read two book reveiws and Elizabeth Badinter clearly knows what she is talking about. Her message, echoes mine loud and clear. She says that women who become mothers are told in multiple ways that they must be full-time mothers and dedicate themslves entirely to

Hooray for Movie on Acid Attacks on Women

The movie “Saving Face” won an Oscar! Hooray for Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and her two-year journey in bringing to light the vicious practice of acid attacks on women. The most important thing to know is that it took amazing courage for the two women in the movie to speak up only to help other women

CrankyTown is a must see

I can’t wait to visit www.crankytown.ca, the new website that helps women talk about menstruation. Apparently users can make one-minute films about menstruation. What a great idea. Maybe some day our universal shame will be replace with celebration.

Eve Eisler is amazing

You must watch MissRepresentation

I attended the YWCA Vancouver screening of Miss Representation, a great empowering documentary for women. All I can say is GO WATCH IT NOW! Then call me and we will start a new movement.

Sext Up Kids a must see

SextUp Kids is a documentary must see. Maureen Palmer, the award winning director of SextUp Kids said that three things created the perfect storm for today’s weird teen sexual behaviours. First the hyper sexualisation of the media, second the extreme ease of access to pornography – especially by boys age 10-13 (!) and the