What’s Current: Vancouver’s Chinatown Action Group condemns anti-feminist smear campaign against local activist Yuly Chan

Yuly Chan on Access Community Television in 2015.
  • Vancouver’s Chinatown Action Group — who successfully fought developers this year on behalf of working class residents — condemns the smear campaign against and no-platforming of organizer Yuly Chan.
  • Cate Blanchett joins the still-growing list of Harvey Weinstein accusers.
  • The founder of Dykes on Bikes Soni Wolf passed away of natural causes at age 69. She will be honoured at this year’s San Francisco Pride Parade on June 24.
  • Catherine Riddell, a 67-year-old victim of Alek Minassian’s van attack in Toronto, hopes for swift recoveryso she can face the perpetrator in court, saying, “He will answer to me.”
  • A man threw a cup of coffee at a woman, then pushed her violently toward the SkyTrain tracks in New Westminster. His motivation? She may have bumped into him while running to catch the train.
Jess Martin

Jess Martin is a public relations professional, an aspiring writer, and an assistant editor at Feminist Current. She prefers to write about feminist topics, disability, or environmental issues, but could be persuaded to broaden her horizons in exchange for payment and/or food. In her spare time Jess can be found knitting, gardening, or lying in the fetal position, mulling over political theory that no one in their right mind cares about.