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 Shaken, not stirredSo it's International Women's Day tomorrow. Its 100th anniversary even. So what? Not to pick on him in particular, but here's one's man take on the matter: Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff made the following statement on the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day: "100 years ago tomorrow, the first International Women's Day was established in 1911 to campaign for women's rights to work, vote, hold public office and end gender discrimination. "Today, International Women's Day...
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 Put the blame on the dames: The Rape GameAnd here we come to the end of a week about rape. Two stories were much talked about in these here Broadsides parts. One was the brutal sexual assault by an Egyptian mob of CBS journalist Lara Logan and the other was the Toronto cop who really stepped in it when he told a York University audience that, if women wanted to avoid getting raped, they should avoid dressing like a ''slut.'' First, Logan. I...
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 Escort of appealYou know, a photo of an emaciated, probably drug-addicted woman leaning into a car like the one above is about as realistic a portrait of prostitution as is Breakfast at Tiffany's, the Audrey Hepburn classic based on a much-baser novella by Truman Capote. The truth is, the lot of most sex workers is somewhere in the middle. And while some may work at the low end of the business while others live the high life,...
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 Time for a Climate of ChangeAll last week, the bad news about climate change tore through science circles like a twister through Kansas. First, the International Energy Association (IEA) reported that global greenhouse gas emissions hit record highs in 2010, threatening to catapult Earth over the 2 degree Celsius temperature rise that, scientists predict, will lead to cataclysmic changes. Already we're up about one degree - attributed to anthropogenic causes. That doesn't sound like much but it's enough to melt...
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 Meet the new boss, same as the old bossFrom Pale over at A Creative Revolution, with a little help from her friends, Rev. PaperBoy and Alison at Creekside: We need an independent G20 inquiry. Now.
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 Sale BaitHere's what's likely a new term for you: ''Linkbait.'' That's when websites use gimmicks to draw the hits to their content and, hence, their ads. This video, created for Bitch Magazine, explains it very well. It also makes the point that women's bodies are commodified even by progressives to sell stuff. It never changes. Via Feminist Frequency.
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 Let there be lightWow. Just wow. Wow. Wow. A light show marking the anniversary of Ukraine's independence last week. Via Open Culture
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 Guns and nuttersBill C-391, the ''private member's bill'' to scrap the gun registry, has been in the news these past few weeks. That's because the head of the RCMP firearms program Marty Cheliak was inexplicably dumped, the nation's police chiefs had a convention where they unanimously endorsed the registry, emergency room doctors have spoken out and political types finally noticed that the pro-gun government has been suppressing yet another positive report on the registry. Meanwhile, pressure's on...
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 The Bottom LineFound this on Daily Kos. Feel free to mosey on over there for blogger dhonnig's take and the reader comments, some of which are gut busters. For my part, all I can say is, that this ad in Woman's Day magazine, is for one of those products women can live without but for giant corporations creating needs and then selling crap to satisfy them. I mean, every woman considers her genitals before she weighs her...
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 Dog YearsI love doggies. All kinds, even ''pit bulls.'' Which is why I just can't resist blogging this. I think it's brilliant but, I caution you, it's not for everybody. It's definitely not for the kids. It's called 12 Years, and it's four minute, 3D computer animation written and directed by Daniel Nocke and designed and produced by Thomas Meyer-Hermann, Studio Film Bilder. Speaking of pit bulls, about 1,000 people are expected to turn out this...
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 Grand SlamToo often, sports pages and programming are dominated by men -- men reporters and columnists, men colour commentators, men team owners, men coaches, men players. In fact, if you think about it, you rarely hear the term ''male athlete.'' It's a given. Meanwhile, when it's a woman at play, it's often qualified with ''female'' or ''women's'' or something similar. It's never ''men's hockey,'' except maybe at the Olympics. It's always ''women's hockey.'' But, hey, I...
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 Forced entryTHIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED: This is a steal from my friend Elizabeth Pickett's Facebook page. She wrote a note that I think nails today's court proceedings in the case of Col. Russell Williams. He has pleaded guilty to dozens of charges, including sexual assault and murder. Today, the world was subjected to the grim details, including the fact that he videotaped the death of two of his victims -- Jessica Lloyd, 27, and his...
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 The Broken Arm of the LawBelleville police chief Cory Mulligan's McMullan's husband David, a retired cop, today pleaded guilty to beating his wife in a jealous rage because he thought she was having an affair. In an agreed statement of fact, crown attorney Robin Flumerfelt told court the attack on Cory McMullan two months ago was triggered by suspicions she was involved with Belleville Mayor Neil Ellis. David McMullan later admitted his fears were "irrational and unfounded," Flumerfelt said. A...
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 Femme fataleFurther to this, this: The episode of police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit featuring Jennifer Love Hewitt as a guest star aired in the US last night and the scenes were highly distressing. The former Ghost Whisperer star played a battered and bruised woman, Vicki Sayers, who has been brutally raped by the same man over a period of fifteen years. As I mentioned in my Rape Culture post below, there is a...
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 Rape CultureRarely do I write a piece that remains on The Star's internal greatest web hits list three days running. In fact, until last Sunday's feature on Rape Culture, I don't think it's ever happened. This is a testament, I think, to how it resonates with so many. At last count, at least 600 shares on Facebook. I know it got a lot of traction on Twitter, and a little help from the awesome Meslissa McEwan...
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 The Bawdy Politic (constantly updated)This just in: A Toronto judge has struck down Canada's prostitution laws, effectively decriminalizing activities associated with the world's oldest trade. "These laws, individually and together, force prostitutes to choose between their liberty interest and their right to security of the person as protected under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms," Justice Susan Himel of Ontario's Superior Court of Justice said in Tuesday's landmark decision. The long-awaited judgment had been on reserve for nearly...
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 A Woman's Intuition?Further to this, some questions: Am I wrong in observing that the first senior police officer (PDF) to connect the dots of Col. Russell William's crimes was a woman? That Cory McMullan had only been Belleville police chief for a few months when the Tweed break-ins ocurred? That it wasn't until the case moved into her beat -- tragically with the murder of Jessica Lloyd -- that things started happening? And isn't it interesting that...
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 Caught flat-footedOkay, so killer Russell Williams has had his days in court and has been sent up the river, or down it if he's headed to the Kingston pen, probably forever. Don't slam the door on your way in. Nothing can bring back his brutally murdered victims, Marie-France Comeau and Jessica Lloyd, nor repair the broken families he tore apart. Tweed sex assault victims Jane Doe, who was a very young mother of a weeks-old infant...
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 Serial Killing 101THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED: So, as we were saying, here, here and here ... Thank you Rosie. You get it. You really really get it. You wrote the column I would have written. In distressing ways, it's The Balcony Rapist all over again, nearly a quarter-century after that repeat offender attacked a string of women in downtown Toronto, 12 years after Jane Doe won her civil suit against Toronto police, with a judge finding...
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 All the single ladiesVia Dammit Janet: Crazy right wing lady conbot Phyllis Schlafly, self-styled as America's ''leader of the pro-family movement since 1972,'' exhausted from her travails against gays and lesbians, uppity women, healthcare advocates, liberals, anti-gun activists, etc. etc. etc., has now set her sights on that scourge of western society ... the single welfare mother! Unmarried women, 70 percent of unmarried women, voted for Obama, and this is because when you kick your husband out, you've...
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 PawnedLongtime readers -- and I do appreciate your loyalty and patience during my absence from the blogosphere -- know that I have bitched loud and often about how US/Canada/NATO have used and abused women and their (human) rights as an excuse to continue the war in Afghanistan. Oh, it's never about the oil, the pipelines, the mineral rights, the regional hegemony, or anything like that. No no. It's always about the women. Save the women....
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 Put them in burkasSeriously? The latest statistics show that 29 per cent of men admitted being distracted by short skirts and low-cut tops in the Summer weather, leading to record numbers of accidents on the roads. And according to car insurance company Sheilas' Wheels, the summer smash phenomenon is getting worse each year - in 2009 men made 16.4 per cent more claims during the Summer than in any other month. Behavioural psychologist Donna Dawson explained: "Research shows...
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 Mother LoadNow, let me see, if I were 22 years old, with seven or eight kids to feed and clothe, with miles to walk every morning to just get water with which to wash clothes and cook some rice, the last thing my exhausted body and fragile family would need is another pregnancy -- or a dose of HIV. But does the Harper government get that? Is the Pope Catholic? (Oh and he's another one who...
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 A Few Good MenFrom ActionAid: It just gets worse and worse for the women in Haiti. But, fortunately, some men are stepping up. Incidentally, Michael Petrou of Maclean's reports that Canadian donations to Haiti relief are not freely flowing. In fact, they're not even dribbling to that disaster zone. Boldface is mine. "CIDA officials are in close contact with the Government of Haiti and our humanitarian and development partners to determine the optimal use of these resources as...
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 Chick flick flackYeah, I watched the Oscars last night, along with a million Tweeps who were firing off the cutting comments. Even I joined in on dissing the dresses. (Was Charlize Theron wearing grape-flavoured Cinnabons on her chest?) It's a sexist thing to do, I admit. Was I thrilled that a woman, Kathryn Bigelow, was the first in 82 years to pick up Best Director and then, bonus, also Best Picture? Meh. Not really. That's because, as...
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