Interview with PBGC creator Stephen Surlin on CJAM FM
On June 6, 2011, I had an interview with Nicole and Meghan on their show Milk & Vodka, which airs on CJAM FM on Monday 5-6 pm. M & V is part of the WRC (Women’s Radio Collective) which mandates female hosts and FemCon (female content music) and CanCon (Canadian content music). Nicole and Meghan … Read more
Substantive Equality, Reactionary Law And The White Male Norm
For many people in Canada, the legal system is a passive entity, their only interaction with it occurs when a conflict arrises. It has become evident through the readings and discussions in class that the less interaction or conflict with the law one faces, the more privilege they hold. This has become an important focus … Read more
Everybody Knows Kanye’s A Monster
I grew up in the Much Music and MTV age; I lived for the countdown and premiers of new videos. After years of absorbing hours upon hours of music video content, it’s no surprise that I have a penchant for pop culture referencing, and a desire to work in media. Although many debates exist surrounding … Read more
The Consequences of Gendering Public Space: Opening the Potential of Gender Identities
The gender symbols used to mark the division of sexes in public restrooms can be thought of as a symbol of the sex/gender system. At the very least, these symbols make strong but subtle implications about gender as they contain the dominant cultural beliefs about binary sexes, becoming a symbol of cultural interpretations of biological … Read more
Take Back the Lance
The Lance, the campus newspaper for the University of Windsor, is fostering a climate of silence by not including information about events/issues faced by students. By not including these things, The Lance becomes exclusive to a certain audience. If our campus is as diverse as it claims to be why doesn’t our university paper reflect … Read more
Pass the Passion (Please ?)
Passivity has infiltrated Women’s Studies; the once radical, feminist inspired, by-product of the second wave. Discussed in a previous article is Foucault’s idea that “discipline produces subjected and practiced ‘docile bodies.’” Perhaps presumed to be immune to the inherent tendency for academia to impose its anti-reform, anti-individuality rhetoric, Women’s Studies has, I would argue, begun … Read more
Gender-Bias & Television Ratings
Advertising and ratings have never exactly had a great reputation. True, they market in sneaky ways, and truer still: they know how to get you where it hurts. Whether financially, politically or emotionally, advertisers do their job well. They know our habits, and they know when we’re at our most vulnerable. Though some would argue … Read more
“The Pill”: Dialogue of Control
During my daily browse through feminist blogs, I came across an article posted on feministing. The article, titled “Birth Control Pills Shown to Alter Structure of Women’s Brains: A new study explored the surprising cognitive effects of contraception” caught my eye. Being a birth control pill user, I was drawn to this article, which I … Read more
The Uses of Anger Revisited: Acknowledging Privilege
My response to racism is anger. I have lived with that anger, ignoring it, feeding upon it, learning to use it before it laid my visions to waste, for most of my life. Once I did it in silence, afraid of the weight. My fear of anger taught me nothing. Your fear of that anger … Read more
The Misogyny Behind “Smart” Technology
This post is, in ways, a continuation of the last post on the complex gender binaries and constructions surrounding contemporary technology and the way that technology interacts with society. There has been a distinct increase in the frequency and diversity of the use of the word “smart” in society recently, especially pertaining to new technologies. … Read more
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Stephen Surlin
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meghan mills
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