Tag Archives: canada

Why I will be at SlutWalk Vancouver today

By monnibo | Published: May 15, 2011

The very first SlutWalk happened in April of this year in Toronto, but it has since taken local, national and even international media by storm. SlutWalks are popping up all over major cities in Canada, USA and across Europe in response to victim-blaming. SlutWalk Toronto is a rally that began in response to the victim-blaming that occurs throughout society in response to rape and sexual abuse. The tipping point was when Constable Michael Sanguinetti of the Toronto Police Service advised women at York University to “not dress like sluts” to avoid getting sexually assaulted. Unfortunately this is not an isolated Continue Reading »

Posted in Alongs, Out & About, Personal, Rant, Sharing | Also tagged empowerment, human rights, international women's day, politics, pop culture, rally, rape, sex, sexual abuse, slutwalk, vancouver events, women | 1 Response

Dear Canadians, Go VOTE! (for anyone but Harper)

By monnibo | Published: May 1, 2011

I am a Proud Democratic Canadian and I Pledge to Vote on Election Day!

Over the past five years, the Conservative Party and Stephen Harper have screwed up a lot for our country. Among some of the worst are: cut foreign aid funding and peacekeeping forces (and subsequently were denied a seat to the UN Security Council for the first time in history) cut funding for women’s advocacy groups (43% cut) cut arts funding ($45 million) gives tax breaks to large corporations such as the tar sands industry ($1.4 billion… more than the entire budget of Environment Canada) neglected funding for the mentally ill and addicted (but committed $2 billion to expand prisons) cut Continue Reading »

Posted in Personal, Rant | Also tagged shit harper did, vote | Comments closed

The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis (book review)

By monnibo | Published: January 22, 2011

I will admit I was a bit apprehensive about this book initially because I am not well-versed in politics — nor do I want to be. However, Terry Fallis managed to make the political observations, proceedings, and commentary manageable enough for the regular reader. And I must say, I did enjoy his wry humour. A burnt-out politcal aide quits just before an election — but is forced to run a hopeless campaign on the way out. He makes a deal with a crusty old Scot, Angus McLintock — an engineering professor who will do anything, anything, to avoid teaching English Continue Reading »

Posted in Books, Reviews | Also tagged best laid plans, book review, Canada Reads, canadian author, canadian book, canadian book awards, cbc, podcast, politics, terry fallis | Comments closed

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