I love Bumble. Not for finding a date because I swiped right on love two years ago and I hit the jackpot. I love Bumble because they believe in the power of women. In a world where dating, networking, and even finding friends online means wading through a sea of harassment, pictures of eggplants (that no one asked for), and…
I’m a proud feminist. That’s no secret, I believe men and women deserve equal treatment. Simple. As. That. But if you need more explanation about feminism, click play and listen to Laci Green explain why we should ALL be feminists. So I’m incensed that a man who advocates for legal rape, believes that feminists should be converted (WTF?), and calls…
Earlier this week the internet at large was introduced to the site EmmaYourNext.com. The site, thought to be a brain child of the man-trolls that live on 4chan, promised 48 million visitors that a new batch of naked photos were coming and this time they would victimize Emma Watson. Having just spoken at the UN on the subject of gender…
Last night I posted the first in a series of #YesAllWomen stories, this is the second in that series by the lovely, kind, brilliant and incredibly talented Christine Estima. Sexual harassment has been a constant in my adult life, but if I’m being honest, it didn’t start with adulthood. As a child I would walk home from school along a…
Over the course of the weekend the hashtag, #YesAllWomen, has trended, inspired and encouraged conversation among women across the world. Over the coming days I’ve asked some of my favourite women, Christine Estima, Tiffany Heimpel and Amanda Lynne Ballard, to share their #YesAllWomen stories but before I do that I have to share MY story. I can’t remember the first…
Twitter is one of my favourite places in the world, I’ve met some of my best friends there, Dan Levy the #BoyBestie, Jen Lui, Stephanie Fusco and Shannon Kelly to name a few a very few… I haven’t even listed Jon Crowley and he should never go unmentioned; right Jon? But this week the Toronto Police announced that they had pressed charges…
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