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Profiles in hip hop: SKIM
I love hip hop, loved it from back in the golden era, the 1990s. My love has become somewhat disillusioned as of late, but once and a while I’ll learn about an artist and remember what is so damn...
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Teen Brenda of 90210
Remember Beverley Hills 90210? I didn’t really watch the show when it was originally aired at night between 1990 and 2000, but somehow, I did manage to see many of the earlier episodes. Reruns must...
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It’s been a “riot”, really
Hockey-inspired “rioting”. It’s all the rage in Canadian media these days. (Please note the usage of quotation marks. I maintain that how Canada defines the term “riot” differs from most of the rest of...
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Survey sabotage
Surveying is a big part of METRAC’s work. We use paper surveys to collect feedback from folks who have experienced our programming and core elements of our Community Safety Audit is very much...
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The joy of men’s magazines
I’m not sure how or why METRAC received a copy of Urban Male Magazine (UMM) in the mail yesterday. Might be a promotion, or maybe one of our shy people signed up and won’t admit it now that the issue …...
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Truly outrageous!
I used to watch Jem, a cartoon about dueling girl bands, inexplicable alternate identities and the sordid music industry, controlled by millionaires. (For a full description of the show, read the...
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Stushiness and neoliberalism
I was strolling down Bay Street the other day, sweating wildly and enjoying the sun, when I passed the construction site of Toronto’s Trump International Hotel and Tower. What I loved most about it was...
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Here’s a brilliant tip: don’t rape.
A colleague shared this list of “Sexual Assault Prevention Tips Guaranteed to Work” that has been circulating the web and blogosphere (thanks Asam!). They work well to address sexual assault against...
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“Communities in Which Women Count”
The Toronto Women’s City Alliance released Communities in Which Women Count: The Women’s Equality Report Card Project report in June 2010. It summarizes findings from focus groups and interviews with...
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Say NO quiz
Take a look at the Say NO quiz, presented by UN Women in support of the UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign. METRAC was part of the team that developed the game, specifically, its content....
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West Memphis Three: update
I wrote about the West Memphis Three back in January. The three were Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, convicted as teenagers for murdering three boys in Arkansas under the shady,...
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The S Word (part one)
I’ve been called a bunch of things in my life, to my face. When I was first called a “paki” in grade school, I didn’t understand it at first. I thought to myself, “I’m not from Pakistan, I’m from...
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The S Word (part two)
I’ll reiterate it again: me love me some Crunk Feminist Collective. Especially the article entitled SlutWalks v. Ho Strolls, by crunktastic. It’s a good article to read, and if you have the time and...
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The Law and Order effect
“You’re at risk because you put yourself at risk.” This is a gruff quote from a gruff police officer character on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. The officer was responding to a woman when she...
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I feel Berger’s pain
I woke up in the middle of the night and for some reason, episodes of Sex and the City were in my mind, particularly the Carrie-Berger storyline. I apologize upfront for writing this Sex and the...
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Don’t Need Saving
Did you see this yet? It’s Don’t Need Saving: Aboriginal Women and Access to Justice by director/producer Audrey Huntley and camera/editor Mike Barber (A Wolf Dog Production). METRAC thanks the Law...
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Lions and tigers and bears
I heard about this story on the radio this morning. It was reported that an Ohio game reserve owner killed himself and released over 50 of his captive animals including lions, tigers and monkeys. It’s...
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I’m too sexy for my doll
We’re one week away from Halloween and, as anticipated, my mind has turned to things that creep me out. Namely, dolls. Dolls have made a minor resurgence in the media with another turn of events in the...
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Movies about violence against women, part one
Many movies include violence against women in some way, but few of them make a conscious attempt to represent the issue. These days, I tend to run screaming from any movie with violence against women,...
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Overheard on a brightly lit street
(By Awget) On a somewhat recent night out with my friends, taking a stroll through a brightly lit street, I discovered that my gracious, beautiful, hilarious friends are horribly, undeniably sexist....
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