Meghan Murphy

Founder & Editor

Meghan Murphy is a freelance writer and journalist from Vancouver, BC. She has been podcasting and writing about feminism since 2010 and has published work in numerous national and international publications, including The Spectator, UnHerd, Quillette, the CBC, New Statesman, Vice, Al Jazeera, The Globe and Mail, and more. Meghan completed a Masters degree in the department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at Simon Fraser University in 2012 and is now exiled in Mexico with her very photogenic dog.

Lessons from Brazil: Getting naked doesn’t help women

In Brazil, Carnaval has just wrapped up for another year. I was in the country for the month of Carnaval, mostly because it’s my partner’s homeland. But even with Carnaval in full…

PODCAST: Counting dead women & the Femicide Census

Karen Ingala Smith began counting Britain’s murdered women, putting their names on her own blog back in 2012. There were 126 women killed through male violence that year, 143 in 2013 and…

Sorry, wearing heels doesn’t help women with anything

From Walk a Mile in Her Shoes to #‎manupandmakeup‬, to music video director, David Wilson’s recent appearance at the Grammy awards in black pumps, there seems to be some confusion about what…