Round-Up: July 29, 2014
- Ms. Magazine critiques a new Vancouver Transit Police ad campaign that criticizes women for not reporting sexual assault.Vancouver’s Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) and Hollaback! Vancouver also responded to Transit Police.
- Update: The Transit Police have issued an apology for the ads. You can read Hollaback!’s report and note of thanks here.
- Canadian filmmakers Jen and Sylvia Soska are making a superhero movie adapted from the Painkiller Jane comics (via Women and Hollywood).
- The Belle Jar calls out the Conservative government for removing the name and image of Quebec feminist activist Thérèse Casgrain from a national award, to be replaced with a Prime Minister’s banner.
- The Advocate profiles some Native American tribes pioneering marriage equality, even in states where it’s not yet legal.
- A new US study debunks racist myths used in arguments for sex-selective abortion bans (via NBC).
- Feministing has an infographic and discussion about why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is also a feminist issue.
- Rob Ford has been forced to apologize after attendees at “Ford Fest” harassed and fought with LGBT protestors (via CBC).
- At Bitch, Janelle Asselin shares her research that shows that sexual harassment at comic cons is a big problem.
- Bobby Hankinson at Towleroad celebrates Wanda Sykes as a gay icon, woman of colour, activist, and hilarious comedian (with clips of Sykes’ performances).
- Some members of the Musqueam nation are standing in solidarity with the homeless camp in Oppenheimer Park, saying the land has never been ceded and the City of Vancouver has no right to evict the campers and protesters (via CBC).
- Confused Cats Against Feminism, a side-project of We Hunted the Mammoth that spoofs #WomenAgainstFeminism, is the best thing this week.
