Dangerous liaisons
When you hear the phrase “Femme Fatale” you probably think of the definition popularized by the “Noir” genre.
Tag: FEMINISM
Women’s sports media coverage: NBA vs. WNBA
“In 2014, network television coverage had only 3.4 per cent of airtime devoted to women’s sports. SportsCentre gave it 2 per cent of its coverage and not much has improved since then.”
A man’s sport?
People have been questioning whether women are fit for the rough and tough sport of rugby for as long as it has been a sport.
Inspiring young female leaders
“I don’t believe in the phrase ‘fake it till you make it’” – Gillian Kirk
‘My feminism will be intersectional, or it will be bullshit!’
If your feminism is not anti-racist, anti-classist, trans-inclusive, fat-positive, and ableism-challenging, then who is it even for?
If you don’t have a seat at the table, pull up a chair
“It’s really important for women to be engaged politically, as well as socially, because that’s where the laws that govern us really come about.”
Tearing down the walls of societal norms
“…it really is about everybody coming together and learning about diversity.”
Talking dirty
When you set up a television program that only focuses on women being kidnapped and beaten, you are perpetuating the patriarchal ideal that women should be cossetted and protected.
‘Sometimes pressing send is not enough’
Since breaking her silence in 2012, Ortega shares her empowering story at local speaking events and abroad.
Punk rock music and feminism go hand in hand
It is not only a film for punk rock lovers and feminists; it is a film for people from all walks of life.