Un condensé du carnaval – The Carnival, Condensed
Du 11 février au 7 mars 2008, des blogueuses invitées et l'équipe de POWER Camp National/Filles d'action se sont penchées sur quatres problématiques identifiée par une centaine de filles et de jeunes femmes provenant de partout au Canada.
From Feb. 11 to March 7, 2008, guest bloggers and the POWER Camp National/Filles d'action team focused their attention on four issues identified by hundreds of girls and young women from across Canada.
Tous les billets, articles et vidéos publiées durant ce carnaval ont été regroupés ici. Bonne lecture!
All posts, articles and videos posted during the carnival were regrouped here. Enjoy the read!
INTERSECTIONALITÉ | INTERSECTIONALITY
Billets de nos blogueuses vedettes et collaboratrices | Blog posts from our guest bloggers and collaborators
Intersectionality... My Definition by Hawa Mire
What is Intersectionality? How does it work? How does it apply to my life?
Hawa is involved with the group GoGirl in BC.
Intersectionality & Feminism by Anna Carasthathis
I’m going to explain what “intersectionality” means, where it comes from, and how it is used to make feminism a movement that speaks for all of us, not just women with privilege who are able to hijack feminism for their own particular interests.
Anna teaches feminist political theory at McGill and Concordia.
Intersectionalité et langage par Marie-Élaine LaRochelle
Je crois que tant que ces mots et leurs définitions ne seront pas plus
largement connus et utilisés dans les milieux francophones, on
n'arrivera pas à traiter de l'intersectionalité de façon accessible. On
va rester pris dans notre jargon, auquel seulement une minorité aura
accès.
Marie-Élaine est étudiante en Communications à Concordia, et est co-coordonatrice de Kickaction.ca
Choosing Me by Keetha Mercer
I reject this form of identifying myself because I see it as part of
the same policies that tell us that we are have nothing in common with
those who identify differently. Just because I identify as a feminist,
does that mean that I am naturally at odds with women who don't? With
men? No, of course not!
Keetha works at POWER Camp National/Filles d'action.
Policy & Intersectionality by Hawa Mire
If policies were made so that they were more general and each
encompassed different realities we would hit a more general audience.
Hawa's a long-time member of Kickaction.ca
Articles trouvés dans les médias | Articles found in the media
L’Amour en équilibre par Josée Descôteaux
Pas facile de vivre une relation amoureuse quand les valeurs de notre culture d'origine créent des flammèches en se frottant à celles du Québec.
Article paru dans le plus récent numéro spécial "La Gazette des jeunes"de La Gazette des Femmes.
A video directed by Karen Lum, adapted from the poem "Slip of the Tongue" written and performed by Adriel Luis.
Billets de nos blogueuses vedettes et collaboratrices | Blog posts from our guest bloggers and collaborators
La violence amoureuse chez les jeunes par Sophie Gascon
Bien que le phénomène de la violence dans les relations amoureuses est
un sujet qui a souvent été traité dans les recherches ou discuter par
quelques professeurs dans certains cours au secondaire, il n’en reste
pas moins qu’on estime qu’une fille sur cinq est victime de violence.
Sophie est étudiante en sexologie à l'UQÀM. Elle planche actuellement sur sa thèse de maîtrise.
Aqsa Parvez by Thea Lim
How do we recognise without a single disclaimer, how terrible and
angering it is that Parvez is dead, and that women everywhere face this
kind of violence from their closest family members in their daily
lives; without falling into the easy racist traps that feminism has
fallen into so many times before?
Thea is the web editor of Shameless magazine.
Notre système judiciaire encourage-t-il les victimes d’agression sexuelle à porter plainte? par Adeline Beaudoin
... les statistiques ont démontré que peut de victimes entreprennent des
démarches pour porter plainte suite à leur agression. En 2001, il est
ressorti que seulement 10% des agressions sexuelles ont été déclarées
aux services policiers au Québec.
Adeline travaille à POWER Camp National/Filles d'action.
Thinking About Violence Against Girls and Young Women, Envisioning Change (And Being a Skilled Fish) by Candis Steenbergen
Part of the problem is that systemic violence is hard to see. It becomes fused within the language and structures of our social systems, our public bodies and policies, in corporate agendas, in schooling and health care institutions and in workplaces. Systemic violence may not necessarily be intentional, but it does work with remarkable effectiveness to legitimate racist, sexist, classist, ableist, ageist, homophobic and transphobic beliefs, rendering them virtually invisible.
Candis teaches Women's Studies at Concordia. She's also busy writing her doctoral thesis.
L’histoire d’Amanda ou violence et gang de rue par Karima Kadmiri
Partie 1 | Partie 2 | Partie 3 | Partie 4
Cette histoire qui ne fait que commencer vous semble peut-être abusive,
voire extravagante ou irréelle? Sachez que des situations comme
celles-ci arrivent tous les jours. Les « pimps » des gangs de rue sont
toujours à l’affut d’une opportunité de recrutement bien lucrative....
Karima travaille à POWER Camp National/Filles d'action.
Violence in Jamaica by Loralie Bromby
I turned to my friend, who is a Jamaican male, and I said, "What should
we do? Can we call the police? Can we protect her?” He turned back to
the situation and said nothing.
Loralie works at POWER Camp National/Filles d'action.
Vidéo | Featured Video
A march against male violence towards women, as well as in memory
of the women who have died on the streets. It took place on March 28, 2007 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
SANTÉ SEXUELLE | SEXUAL HEALTH
Billets de nos blogueuses vedettes et collaboratrices | Blog posts from our guest bloggers and collaborators
L’éducation sexuelle... toujours d’actualité? par Caroline Caron
Les magazines affichent des nymphettes en
petite culotte, il y a de la nudité à la télé à toute heure du jour, la télé-réalité est obsédée par le sexe, et les transports en commun sont affublés de toutes sortes de publicités qui exploitent le corps (déshabillé) de femmes pour vendre de la sauce tomate, du shampoing ou la voiture de l’année. Sommes-nous une société hypocrite?
Caroline est doctorante en Communications de l'Université Concordia.
Sexual Health Means Freedom from Sexual Violence by Stacey May Fowles
If a woman cannot (or is not allowed to) talk positively about her
body, how can she be expected to articulate or report when she feels
that someone has disrespected or harmed it?
Stacey May works at Shameless mag.
Amitié-Amour-Sexualité : Faut en parler! par Geneviève Morand
La case-horaire réservée à la sexualité a été retirée des écoles depuis la réforme. Les cours offerts n’étaient peut-être pas vraiment adaptés, mais il y avait au moins un moment prévu pour en parler, s’informer, poser des questions. En ce moment, l’éducation à la sexualité dépend de la volonté individuelle de certaines intervenantes, de certains enseignants ou de certaines écoles motivées.
Geneviève est rédactrice en chef du magazine Authentik.
Sexual Health and Confidence – A Life Lesson in 2 Parts by Kathleen K-R
1) Your sexual education is never over, no matter how old you get; and 2)Your sexual health and safety is strongly connected to your
confidence, and sex ed. must deal with this for it to be effective. To
illustrate my points, here are two stories taken from my own life
experiences.
Kathleen works with a Montreal youth rights organisation called Head and Hands.
What Is Sexual Health Research Saying About Girls? by Carina Foran
What’s really interesting is comparing the research on girls' sexual
health with the resources (informative web sites, pamphlets, manuals,
etc.) that exist. It appears that the resources on sexual health are
far more progressive and complete that the research.
Carina is in her last year in Women's Studies at Concordia.
The Time is Now... actually the time is always! by Loralie Bromby
When I was in high school (about 10 years ago), there was Sex.Ed. But,
it was very basic and didn't offer much support or info regarding
STD's, HIV, self-esteem, aboortion etc. It was a very basic overview of
the female reproductive system and the menstrual cycle.
Loralie works at POWER Camp National/Filles d'action.
Articles trouvés dans les médias | Articles found in the media
Bringing Sex Ed Back to Montreal High Schools by Samer Elatrash
Two years ago, Head and Hands launched Sense, a pilot project in several private schools in Montreal in response to the reform. The group offers workshops provided by trained facilitators on sexually transmitted infections (STI) prevention, relationships and negotiating safe sex with partners.
A great article from the Montreal Mirror.
Lori, Liz, and Catherine (the new girl on the block) thought they would make a video about the vagina. Fun and factually accurate (except the part about babies growing in your ovaries).
Ressources vedettes | Special Resources
Sexual Health Resource Centre by Carina Foran
I have been compiling sexual health ressources for the new kickaction site since November. It is still in the making, but please take a look around and don't be shy to leave feedback.
Carina is interning at POWER Camp National/Filles d'action.
Billets de nos blogueuses vedettes et collaboratrices | Blog posts from our guest bloggers and collaborator
A Fat Take on Health by Liz Brockest
The word “healthy” will forever exist for me in quotation marks until someone actually explains to me what it is. As far as I am concerned, it’s a myth, a marketing tool, and a social trap.
Liz is part of the Fat Femme Mafia.
Feeling Feminist, Feeling Fine? by Anna Leventhal
It amazed and kind of shocked me to find that, at least in this one situation, I had absorbed way more social views on how women “should” behave than I ever realized.
Anna works at Shameless mag.
Vidéo | Featured Video
Trailer to the film Embodied Revolution: A National Look at Gender Based and Body Conscious Activism.
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