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Are You Kidding Me?
Sociological Images has compiled a round-up of needlessly gendered products, which would be pretty hilarious if it weren't such a disturbing reminder of the coercive gender norms we're all swimming...
False Logic is Bad for Women
Written by Natalie Hill (WAVAW volunteer). Natalie wrote this piece in response to CBC's radio program, Q, and their segment titled "does rape culture really exist?". Natalie submitted this piece...
Are You Kidding Me?
For just $34.99 USD, the Walk of Shame Kit can provide everything you need to survive the "act of going home the next morning and being embarrassed in your clothes from the night before" - and as a...
No, I will not relax… and neither will my hair
Guest Post by WAVAW Volunteer Doaa Magdy I grew up in a country where being dark-skinned was a sort of shame. To avoid that, I was pressured into using Fair and Lovely, a fairness cream. I’m glad...
Demanding Accountability from our Police
WAVAW is participating in Vancouver DTES Cop Watch's Anti Police Brutality Rally on the International Day Against Police Brutality (March 15). We are demanding accountability from our police. We...
We can do better: Violence against women in film and TV
WAVAW’s Victim Services Medical Support Worker and Counsellor, Arlana Green, joined the panel on Portrayals of Violence Against Women in Film and Television at Women in Film and Television's...
Vancouver to Lima, Feminism is a network
WAVAW Volunteer, Pamela Vallejos, is returning home to Peru this month. As she leaves Vancouver and finishes her time with WAVAW, we asked her to reflect on her experience here and what she will...
Our Decolonizing Practice
Recently during a staff workshop on Fat Oppression, the facilitator Kalamity acknowledged that we were gathering on unceded Coast Salish Territory. As an organization delivering workshops, speeches,...
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