Although rape and domestic violence are criminalized, a quick scan of our culture makes it clear that violence against w…
Violence Against Women
Why don’t we consider violence against women and girls terrorism?
From female genital mutilation to domestic violence to femicide, women and girls around the world are living in fear.…
PODCAST: What does the Trump administration’s refugee policy mean for women and how can Canada help?
Meghan Murphy speaks with Jaymie Heilman and Maria Walker about the impact of Trump’s refugee policies on Central …
South Korean women rise up: An interview with Nayoung Kim
Meghan Murphy interviews South Korean feminist activist and attorney, Nayoung Kim.…
Leftists need to stop shaming women for engaging the criminal justice system in situations of abuse
When looking for alternatives to the criminal justice system, we need to be realistic, not idealistic.…
How many more Eric Schneidermans and Jian Ghomeshis before we stop pretending violence is sex?
How can we claim to oppose abuse, while simultaneously presenting it as “sexy”?…
Dying should not be a side effect of ‘sex’
Francisca Marquinez is only one of far too many women killed on account of men’s sexual desires.…
Women’s humanity should not depend on men’s ‘civilization’
Women cannot possibly be viewed human so long our humanity is determined by men’s circumstantial “civilization.”…
India Willoughby’s ‘not all men’ response to feminist activist demonstrates his misogyny
India Willoughby may identify as a women, but he does not identify with women.…
Why does liberal feminism refuse to center the fight against male violence against women?
Women around the world are fighting back against male violence against women, but you wouldn’t know it, following mainst…
The Montreal Massacre reminds us that male entitlement comes in many forms, and is always dangerous
Men invent new ways to hate women all the time. Today’s progressive iteration is no different.…
PODCAST: Daisy Kler on the way racism and misogyny play out in Canada to doubly harm women
In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Daisy Kler, a longtime anti-male violence activist in Vancouver, about the re…
There is good reason to exclude men from the #MeToo narrative
“Exclusion” has become a bad word, of late, but is not inherently so.…
#MeToo has been a bold demonstration of the reality of male violence against women, but what next?
#MeToo may feel like a watershed moment, but we need to get organized if we truly want to effect change.…
The gentrification of womanhood
Being born female takes a toll on women only we can understand.…