feminism
Mad Max: Fury Road starts out promising, but confuses itself for a feminist manifesto
May 21, 2015[caption id="attachment_2625" align="alignnone" width="940"] Photo courtesy of Orlando Weekly[/caption] It’s been three decades since the last movie in the Mad Max franchise (the third film, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome) came out in 1985, but director George Miller has finally treated us to a fresh installment — and what an installment it is! The new film, titled Mad Max: Fury Road, is a two-hour long thrill ride that gives us some of the most exciting and creative action scenes possibly in cinematic history. In fact, if it weren’t for the painfully blatant tones of feminist propaganda and insufferably independent female characters…
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Say “cheese” and embrace your femininity
May 11, 2015[caption id="attachment_2492" align="aligncenter" width="940"] Credit: Christopher Paquette (Flickr)[/caption] Orange is the New Black actress Laverne Cox has recently been under both praise and scrutiny from the media and feminist communities due to her recent nude photo shoot for Allure magazine.…
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Sex Week @ SFU
March 11, 2015Sex shields, STI knowledge, consent, and more at this year's Sex Week! Created by Paige Smith & Eric Smith
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Move over, manspreading: there’s a new agent of patriarchy in town
February 16, 2015There are few places as prone to displays of bullshit male entitlement as public transit. Whether it’s an overcrowded bus, a SkyTrain car, or even the SeaBus, they’re all incubators for patriarchy — and that’s never been more evident than…
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Calgary feminist group takes back Halloween
October 27, 2014A feminist theatre company in Calgary is taking back Halloween from what they consider to be an oversexualized costume industry. The group, Urban Curvz, is holding an event on October 31 called Take Back Halloween, which “promotes the opportunity for…
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The Age of Anonymous
October 6, 2014The far reaching abilities of the internet have opened many doors for all of us, but they have also exposed us to a new racist, classist, homophobic, and (especially) misogynistic rhetoric that endangers the progressive ideals we’ve spent decades working…
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Who needs feminism?
September 17, 2012By Lana Friesen SFU needs a feminist campaign. Not because SFU is crawling with sexists, but because many people are afraid to identify themselves as feminists. Given that feminism has a fundamental focus on equality, it is surprising that so…
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