SB's blog

 

So, I don't support the Olympics. 

I strongly feel that the idea that the Olympics is driven by the love of sports is a lie.

 

I think facebook has become my strongest source of news these days, and has alerted me to a few important news items happening. I didn't have a chance to blog on them all thoroughly, so I thought I would share them here and encourage you to take a look.

Check out this article, and the video (to the right of the article). The article tells us Arctic ice is meling "much faster than our most pessimistic projections" (University of Manitoba Prof. David Barber). 

Miss G: "It is with great pleasure and deep honour that we present to you, at long last, the result of all our collective labour, the fruit of our feminist-activist loins: The final draft of the Ontario-wide GENDER STUDIES COURSE!!!"

English version below

Merci de diffuser dans vos réseaux!

Conférence/Discussion

ewww. so i checked my facebook wall to see FemRev Collec Tive post this article from the National Post. National Post Editorial Board: Women's Studies is still with us.ew, ew , ew.

Ok, so basically its Gaga-o-rama time for me

Where is feminist education today? This is a question many people are asking, and I’d like to answer them in a book I’m putting together. Where do young people get to learn about feminism? And what the heck does feminism even mean to young people today

I am not easily finding the words to talk about this earthquake that hit Haiti on tuesday. I feel an emptiness, loss, more loss, so much loss. CBC is now reporting that the Haitian Prime Minister, Jean-Max Bellerive, believe there will have been 100, 000 people who are lost.

National Day of Action 2010

Why should St-Valentine’s Day only be for lovers? For the 6th consecutive year, Girls Action Foundation calls on girls and young women from across Canada to commit the most loving act of all, by making a difference in their world. For us, February 14th is the National Day of Action.

Check out the actions happening in your area!

Sixth graders Vs. Toys r us in the sexist toy showdown. 

 

 

Check out this contest from the folks at ArtReach Toronto, Manifesto, Toronto Culture, and Toronto Community Housing.

ALL THE INFO IS AVAILABLE HERE

 

Ophelia's Voice (www.opheliasvoice.org) is launching a new grassroots project called the "Legacy Book Project" to compile reflections from girls and adult women about female leadership, which will be made available in late June 2009....check it out!

 

On Sunday I went to the Makila collective's latest screening of videos & films, the Soirée MAKILA at the SAT in Montreal to see Ellen Tang's 8min documentary Girl Anymore. "Can you choose who you become? A first-person exploration of two-generations experience with choice and transition"...as the synoposis says

So in september, me and other Head & Hands supporters, workers, boardies, volutneers and many more danced for 7 kilometers to raise money for HIV/AIDS prevention and safer sex education in local high schools. Please donate to support these amazing and innovative efforts by clicking on the link below. 

So this isn't so much of a blog entry, as much as an opportunity to say we are going to keep connecting.

I was looking through my former concordia colleague's blog, and she links to this interresting video on parkour. I like how this movement speaks to regaining or gaining a sense of freedom in our space/environment and in our body.

Check it out

 

 

So one day I'm looking inthe Itunes store for some more episods of my favorite nerdy science podcasts and there are none, so I check out No One's Listening a postcast by former Real Worlder Seattle Irene McGee.

 

The Coat Hanger's project reminds us that "Currently, the Guttmacher Institute estimates that 60,000 - 80,000 women worldwide die annually from unsafe abortions. An additional 5,000,000 women suffer permanent or temporary injury."

Wow!