Hey everyone! Here are the links from the feature on fat politics that aired on Friday January 13th 2012!
Marylin Wann’s site fat!so? check out her blog and videos! and learn more about “yay scaling”
Shaunta Grimes’ blog on Shamelessmag.com where she elaborated on Dr. Pattie Thomas’ book “Taking Up Space: How Eating Well and Exercising Regularly Changed my Life”
”You got your gender in my fat part 1″ fatcast by Lesley Kinzel and Marianne Kirby Check out the blog twowholecakes.com for more fatcasts and great fat friendly blog posts!
Feministe on “Fat and Healthy” and “Having an Openly Fat Relationship”
and here’s the awesome Marylin Wann activism video that audio was aired from on the show!
If you are looking for more information on the topics discussed on yesterdays show, check these links out:
Eight new cities across the globe got Hollaback Chapters today!
What is Hollaback you ask?
Hollaback! is a movement dedicated to ending street harassment using mobile technology. Street harassment is one of the most pervasive forms of gender-based violence and one of the least legislated against. Comments from “You’d look good on me” to groping, flashing and assault are a daily, global reality for women and LGBTQ individuals. But it is rarely reported, and it’s culturally accepted as ‘the price you pay’ for being a woman or for being gay. At Hollaback!, we don’t buy it.
We believe that everyone has a right to feel safe and confident without being objectified. Sexual harassment is a gateway crime that creates a cultural environment that makes gender-based violence OK. There exists a clear legal framework to reproach sexual harassment and abuse in the home and at work, but when it comes to the streets—all bets are off. This gap isn’t because street harassment hurts any less, it’s because there hasn’t been a solution. Until now. The explosion of mobile technology has given us an unprecedented opportunity to end street harassment—and with it, the opportunity to take on one of the final new frontiers for women’s rights around the world.
-from the ihollaback website
Learn more on http://www.ihollaback.org. They have a lot of cool stuff on their website, I encourage the checking out of it. Also here’s a quick link to Hollaback! Alberta
Hey Dec 6th is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. This national day of remembrance was declared as a direct response to the Montreal Massacre.
From Canada to reflect on violence against women By Robin Dudgeon:
The national day of remembrance was established back in 1991 by the Parliament of Canada to mark the anniversary of the Montreal Massacre. On Dec. 6, 1989 a Montreal man committed a murder-suicide killing 14 young women at l’Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal on the basis of their gender.
from nupge.ca:
Violence against women and girls continues to be a serious issue in Canada: In 2008, 146 female were murdered in Canada. Forty-five of these women were victims of spousal homicide. On average, 178 females were killed every year between 1994 and 2008; It is estimated that 60% of Canadian women and girls have suffered from physical or psychological violence at some time in their life; Between April 1, 2007 and March 31, 2008, approximately 101,000 women and children were admitted to 569 shelters in Canada; According to the 2004 General Social Survey, Aboriginal women 15 years and older are three and a half times more likely to experience violence than non-Aboriginal women. The Native Women’s Association of Canada has documented evidence that 582 Aboriginal women and girls have gone missing or have been murdered in Canada in the past few decades; and Annual costs of intimate partner violence is calculated at US$1.16 billion in Canada according to UNIFEM in its report :
A documentary made from the Montreal Massacre is entitled Polytechnique:
And if you’re looking for some more reading material on Feminist Activism post-polytechnique. Read Reframing the Montreal Massacre: Strategies For Feminist Media Activism by Maureen Bradley. I shall post a link to the pdf below:
The Montreal Massacre and Feminist Media Activism
Also Check out The White Ribbon Campaign to End Violence Against Women, who run a campaign from November 25 (the International Day for the Eradication of Violence Against Women) until December 6, Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. (SO sorry this post is late!) And as part of their campaign, here’s 16 ways to engage men and boys:
1. Think about the kind of man you want to be: kind, responsible, one that shares equally in family life and respects women and girls.
2. Be respectful towards women, girls, and other guys. Sexism and homophobia hurts us all.
3. Ask first. Whether it’s holding hands, kissing, or more, it’s important to communicate and seek consent.
4. Never use coercion, threats, or violence in your relationships with others.
5. Wear a white ribbon and pledge to never commit, condone, or remain silent about violence against women and girls. Visit our website to order ribbons.
6. Teach your students and the youth in your community about gender equality and healthy, equal relationships.
7. Be a good role model and share with the boys and young men around you the importance of respecting women and girls. Visit www.itstartswithyou.ca to find out how.
8. Learn about the impact of violence against women in your community. Volunteer with a local shelter or a women’s organization. 9. Challenge and speak out against hurtful language, sexist jokes, and bullying, in your school, community, workplace, or place of worship. 10. Link your website to ours or place a banner for our It Starts With You Campaign on your website or blog and help us spread the word.
11. Accept your role as a man in helping to end violence against women. It affects everyone.
12. Start a White Ribbon Club or Campaign in your school or community. Visit our website to find out how.
13. Order our awareness materials and help educate others in your school, community, or workplace about men’s violence against women and girls.
14. Watch our collection of powerful digital stories to learn about the important connection between masculinity and gender equality.
15. As a community leader, policy maker, funder, or NGO staff member, read our issue brief to learn about the important role that men and boys can play in ending gender-based violence.
16. As a father or a family member, teaching the boys in your life about healthy equal relationships helps you do your part in creating healthy families and strengthening family bonds.
-SB
Here’s the link for the children’s book we discussed on Friday’s show on veganism and feminism. Looks like they’re close to their goal! Check it out!
Hey all,
as promised from Friday’s show, the vegan cinnamon chocolate cupcakes to satisfy your holiday sweet tooth!
Today is World AIDS Day!
From World AIDs Day website:
World AIDS Day is held on 1 December each year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died. World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day and the first one was held in 1988.
Check out the statistics on HIV/AIDS from the World Health Organization and the UNAIDS:
From WHO:
Read the 2011 WorldAIDSdayreport.
Here’s a queer and trans positive video featuring Larry Kramer a key figure of the ACT-UP (AIDS coalition to unleash power) movement.
Looking for some way to show your support on World AIDS Day??
From HIV Edmonton:
Attend “Angels Amongst Us – a Storytelling” at HIV Edmonton (9702 111 Ave):
World AIDS Day: Angels Amongst Us:
An Intimate Affair Honouring Our HIV Positive Mentors After 30 years of HIV and AIDS,
the People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) of Edmonton would like to honour former HIV positive mentors during World AIDS Day.
Dec. 1, 2011 at HIV Edmonton’s Gallery
6:00pm Doors open
6:30-7:00 Performance by Vernon Morgan
7:00 Monologue presented by Ken Ward
8:00 HIV + Mentors presentation
Also check out the Madeleine-Sanam Foundation, who ” works for the development of the autonomy of African women and the well-being of the handicapped with programs in community health and economy. ” They run awesome workshops on HIV/AIDS as part of their initiatives in community health.
Check out an article in the Metro about HIV Among Women and Youth
Thirty per cent of females diagnosed with HIV are between the ages of 15-19, up 16 per cent from 1996, says a report by the Public Health Agency in Canada. Since 1985, youth between the ages of 15-29 have accounted for 26.5 per cent of new HIV cases. These numbers prompted the Canadian AIDS Society to launch a month-long awareness campaign, called Get Out And Do Something, which targets youth.
SB
So Since it is American Thanksgiving today I figured I would cover some thanksgiving related topics.
First of All:
No Thanks: A little Historical Truth-Telling about Thanksgiving, This recently published post on Feministing covers the “purportedly idyllic partnership between the European Pilgrims and New England Indians” pretty throughly with quotes and links to various articles, that are really enlightening about the origins of the holiday.
On the lighter side, 10 Reasons for Feminists to be Grateful on Thanksgiving is a pleasant reminder of some awesome stuff we should be thankful for.
Now for your guides to every feminist conversation you might find yourself slipping into at the dinner table:
Planned Parenthood brings us 8 Easy Steps for Discussing Reproductive Health and Justice at the Holiday Table
Color Lines has a post entitled 5 Ways to Face Race at the Thanksgiving Table—and Not Choke
Jezebel on How to Deal with the Thanksgiving Food Police
NPR has and audio file and transcript on How to Talk Politics at the Dinner Table
Huffington Post covers ‘Occupy Wall Street’ And Peaceful Protests: A Family Dinner Table Talk
Glaad on talking LGBT issues with “Aunt Betty”
-Sarah
So trying to understand what is happening in occupy is a little intimidating!!
Here’s a small quote from OccupyWallst.org, a “unofficial de facto online resource for the growing occupation movement”
Occupy Wall Street is a people-powered movement that began on September 17, 2011 in Liberty Square in Manhattan’s Financial District, and has spread to over 100 cities in the United States and actions in over 1,500 cities globally. #ows is fighting back against the corrosive power of major banks and multinational corporations over the democratic process, and the role of Wall Street in creating an economic collapse that has caused the greatest recession in generations. The movement is inspired by popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, and aims to expose how the richest 1% of people are writing the rules of an unfair global economy that is foreclosing on our future.
Here’s some cool articles and links about the movement.
If you are an Edmontonian and curious check out Occupy Edmonton Facebook Page.
Rabble.ca has massive amounts of resources on the Occupy movement on their Occupy Wiki
W. Kamau Bell: “Stop Talking Shit About the Occupy Movement” addresses some common critics of the movement.
Women’s Media Center Exclusive on “Where Does Feminism Fit?” in OWS
Visuals:
50 Best Signs of the Occupy Movement
On tumblr: We are the 99% – Individual stories in picture form
Please post comments and more resources!
-Sarah
Articles about the Penn State Riots:
- On football culture and the riots
- The misogynist “logic” the rioters have been using
- A collection of thoughts on the riots
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There will be a screening of Finding Dawn, a film about missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada, next Wednesday at 3pm in room 373 of the Central Academic Building (CAB) on the U of A campus. Free and snacks provided! If you can’t make it, you can watch the film online.
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Gender Fierce Anthem by Deliciously Subversive
