gender politics
The Feminine Mystique of the Microwave Oven
Over the course of its lifetime, the microwave has undergone a shift from being a super-masculine piece of complicated technology to an innocuous appliance relegated to that ultra-feminine realm: The kitchen.
I Used Tinder to Score as Much Free Shit as I Could
I got tons of food from guys online by posing as a girl—but what could I get IRL as a man?
Women in New Brunswick Are Performing DIY Abortions
Abortions have become nearly impossible to access in New Brunswick, forcing those in need to terminate pregnancies on their own.
Women with Kids Should Expect to Earn Less. Also, Don’t Watch the Ray Rice Video
Sarah Ratchford on why we shouldn't watch the video of Ray Rice assaulting his wife, gender inclusivity in reproductive rights, and the earning potential of mothers in this week's Lady Business.
This Is What A “Bad” Feminist Looks Like: A Chat With Roxane Gay
We spoke to New York Times best-selling author Roxane Gay about her book Bad Feminist, the Ferguson riots, and how writers can be better people.
Cops Force Strippers Into Creepy Photo Shoot; NFL Cool With Woman Beating
Sarah Ratchford's Lady Business tackles her own recent street harassment, the NFL's troublingly insufficient punishment of Ray Rice for knocking his wife unconscious, and the San Diego Police's pervy investigations.
Canada Is Far from Breaking the Glass Ceiling Over Women in the Workplace
Canada's reputation as a progressive leader took a hit last week when a report from Oxfam showed that progress in women's participation in the Canadian economy has ground to a halt over the last 20 years.
We Visited Toronto's Slutwalk
For Toronto's Slutwalk 2014, we walked the streets with hundreds of women, trans folk, and a few men who took to the streets of Toronto to actively reject victimization and body policing.
In Canada’s Healthcare System, Being Female Can Have Deadly Consequences
A new study suggests that Canada's medical wait times have doubled in the last 20 years, and are becoming increasingly gendered. Emma Paling looks at the relationship between gendered wait times and the female mortality rate.
MacKay Rampages On With More Sexist Bullshit, While New Brunswick Abortions Have Become Even More Impossible To Access
In this week's Lady Business, Sarah Ratchford discusses justice minister Peter MacKay's ignorant comments regarding Canada's lack of legal diversity, New Brunswick's attempts to coerce women out of abortions, and hate crimes against trans people.
Rapist Sentenced to Community Service at Rape Crisis Centre; More Nigerian School Girls Stolen.
This week in gender politics, Sarah Ratchford looks at the shocking lack of international action in response to the Boko Harum abductions; and how a Texas judge's decision to sentence a convicted rapist to community service at a rape crisis centre is...
No-Makeup Selfies Can’t Cure Cancer, and Detroit Just Discovered a Ton of Rapists
Sarah Ratchford's latest round-up of the previous week's highlights and lowlights in the world of gender politics.