This has got to be a joke. This National Post article decries Women’s Studies programs in post-secondary institutions as having “done untold damage to families, our court systems, labour laws, constitutional freedoms and even the ordinary relations between men and women.” This article is so radically right-wing and reactionary that it seems, to me, to [...]
When I saw Avatar – in 3D, pretty quickly after it landed in big-box theatres – I remember sitting in the theatre, watching this incredible dynamic, colourful, lush, computer-animated landscape move in front of and around me, wondering if I’d become too socially conscious to ever enjoy a Hollywood film again. Sigh. I tweeted about [...]
In the vein of yesterday’s post, Rabble’s Samantha Power reviews Satya Das’ Green Oil – a book that asks Alberta, Canada’s biggest (and most stubborn) contributor to the greenhouse gas/climate change problem, to take some responsibility and help Canada reverse (or buy off) some of the damage it’s done.
Unfortunately, Power writes, Alberta doesn’t really have [...]
If you’ haven’t read George Monbiot’s article (The Urgent Threat to World Peace is…) yet, you really should – it’s vital reading for Canadians and non-Canadians alike. Our Conservative government, and our Bush-pandering Prime Minister Stephen Harper, have turned us into the laughingstock of the world. When it comes to tackling the very real problem [...]
I remember seeing an interview with Vandana Shiva – an Indian physicist/feminist/environmental activist – talking about the problems of massive Multinational Coca-Cola drying up a river in India for their bottling plant, depriving the area’s population of the water supply vital to their lives. According to the India Resource Centre, as quoted in this article, [...]
Uganda is throwing homosexuals and transgendered persons in jail for homosexual activity. The legislature is causing an uproar globally, but Uganda doesn’t seem to mind. Cases of “aggravated homosexuality”, including repeated homosexual acts, or sex acts with a person who’s under 18, HIV-positive, or, get this, disabled, are punishable by the death sentence. The fucking [...]
BC’s Provincial Government is trying to pass Bill 13, which will allow officials in Olympic cities (Vancouver, Richmond and Whistler) the right to barge into people’s private homes to remove or cover up anti-Olympic signage. We are already not allowed to protest; our free speech is being zoned in the city. Any companies that do [...]
So yesterday was Vancouver’s Pride celebration – a weekend celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, and other non-traditional/generally unaccepted sexualities and sexual/gender identities. Last year, I sat with my friends watching the Pride Parade on Pacific Avenue, and just like every year, the Dykes on Bikes opened the parade. They rode around in loops, [...]
Tens of thousands of protesters hit the streets in the aftermath of the Iranian election as the government rolled out a nationwide censorship campaign, shutting down mobile phone service, text messaging, and access to news sites. Fortunately, proxy servers have been set up to allow media access from within Iran’s borders – and once again, [...]
