Results tagged “feminism”

The federal government announced that it's going to give Ontario's 1,000 remaining tobacco farmers $300 million so the farmers can stop growing tobacco. The farmers are all very excited about being paid money to not farm tobacco, and plan to grow marijuana instead.

If you're feeling like it's been a while since your last dose of post-punk, queer, feminist culture, then you'll be happy to hear that this Wednesday, The Power Plant (Toronto's leading contemporary art gallery) will have your fix. They'll be screening selections from the oeuvre of avant-garde, DIY filmmaker Sadie Benning. Benning, who was one of the founding members of the seminal band Le Tigre, made her first film at the tender age of fifteen, with a Fisher-Price Pixelvision toy camera. What followed were semi-narrative explorations of her emerging lesbian sexuality and pop culture influences.

Today is a Valentine's Day that Kathleen Wynne will never forget. The Miss G___ Project is encouraging Ontario residents to contact the current Minister of Education today and politely demand that a Women's and Gender Studies (WGS) program be added to the Ontario Secondary School curriculum.

1963 was basically the Year of the Fly: think Warhol, The Beatles, The Feminine Mystique and all kinds of awesome. If you're into free love and feminism (or cool feminist girls), join McClung's magazine for 1963 at The Social tonight, January 15, at 9 p.m. The retro-groovy party celebrates the launch of the Ryerson student publication's winter issue (and raises funds for the spring edition) and will feature rad DJ duo Camp So Chill. There will also be free candy, a raffle and prizes for best sixties costumes.

There is certainly no point (or much truth) in saying that a woman should not care how she looks. But do we really need more women who are sassy, political and outspoken devoting their energy to a topic that exerts tremendous negative pressure on all women? After all, women already have more than their share of media targeted to their insecurities. It's unfortunate to see someone with real depth and courage adding to the pile, no matter how earnestly she is going about it.

Photo of Julie Doiron courtesy of Jagjaguwar.

Unlike our hetero male friends, a lot of women just don't get aroused by mainstream porn. You know, the kind where silicone-padded girls are used as receptacles for bodily fluids? Thankfully, there is a growing market for porn for women by women, which has been dubbed "feminist porn."

Carolee Schneemann is an artist whose work refuses a tepid response: in a career that has addressed contentious topics such as American imperialism and the implications of living in a sex-phobic society, Schneemann has solidified her position as a pioneer in what is now known as multi-media/disciplinary art.

March 8th marks International Women's Day each year, though it's sadly not yet a national holiday in Canada, as it is in a few countries. But official holiday or not, there are still a tonne of events happening in Toronto to mark the occasion. Here are some of Torontoist's best bets for celebrating feminism this week:

Today marks the 16th anniversary of 1989's tragic Montreal Massacre, when Marc Lepine entered the Université de Montréal's École Polytechnique and opened fire on the women in the building, killing 14 of them and injuring 8 others, all the while raving psychotically about how feminism had ruined his life.

The "period" is a routinely used punctuation mark to signify the end of a written thought. Many languages employ the period millions of times over during an average day, without giving it a second thought. Now, with the gains of modern medicine, the word "period" carries a different meaning. In addition to being an important aspect of sentence structure, "period" is also meant to signify a biological phenomenon called "the menstrual cycle." The menstrual cycle is caused by, or has something to do with, the uterus. At any rate, this information is available, with much less technical jargon, in the excellent new glossy edition of McClung's Magazine. McClung's, published through Ryerson University's student body, is a bi-yearly feminist review highlighting ideas, arts, culture, fashion, and health for women.