Inspiration, determination, and resilience: These are only a couple of words that come to my mind when I think of a role model. The inspiration to live a life full of respect, the determination to pass through even the eye of a hurricane with utmost courage, and the resilience that is needed to be strong […]
Read moreKickaction interviews Cheta, Michelle and Kuo-Kai, three of the co-directors of the Harvard College Alzheimer’s Buddies program.
Read moreWith the 2012 Summer Olympics in London just round the corner, the media spotlight has been on women in sports this week and I wanted to revisit conversations about female athletes and the different issues at play. Between the sexualization of women, their bodies and their sport and trying to define femininity in the name of olympic fairness, women are fighting (or boxing or wrestling) for an equal place on the starting line.
Read moreDid you know Girls Action Foundation and www.kickaction.ca have a sexual health resource centre for young women? Check it out here! You can use the search bar for to find out more about topics you are interested in like health, poverty, descrimination, the environment and more.
Read moreIn my life I have come across a lot of different types of healing. I have been a woman in this world for 29 years and have been interestingly learning what it means to be a nehiyaw or Cree woman. What it means to be a mother, sister, daughter, niece, granddaughter and cousin. Among all these roles the one that I’m still trying to teach my story about is my healing from addictions.
Read more”So, that’s where that analysis comes from and in addition the rhetoric around breast cancer and pink ribbon marketing depends on this notion of women as always attached to someone else,whether as mothers to children, or as wives to the husbands, and of course these fit within rather heteronormative frames, and so that is part of that critique of how motherhood operates and femininity operates in breast cancer culture. ”
Read moreParler de la sexualité du point de vue féminin est d’actualité ces temps-ci, et c’est tant mieux! Après le Carnaval de blogues et sa semaine sur le thème de “Parlons-en: notre pouvoir et plaisir sexuel” (avec les contributions de Lya, Naïanthy et Tanya), puis de la sortie par Filles d’action de Why Girls? Why Sexual […]
Read moreJe ne veux pas compliquer cette question mais inévitablement, elle l’est tout particulièrement pour moi.J’ai travaillé plusieurs années auprès de personnes dépendantes aux substances et cette question résonne donc en moi de multiples façons. Et je ne fais que suivre ce sillon…
Read moreOn voit souvent le corps comme une entité extérieure à nous, quelque chose que l’on peut contrôler à notre guise.
Read moreNous vivons dans une culture grossophobe et sexiste. Qui infantilise les femmes et refuse de leur donner plein contrôle de leurs propres corps.
Read moreFact: Heart Disease is the number one killer among women in North America, so remember to moderate your chocolate and candy consumption while you’re enjoying your Valentine’s weekend.
Read moreAccording to a 2002 survey, 1.5% of Canadian women aged 15 – 24 years had an eating disorder.
Read moreCarrying extra weight on your hips, bum and thighs is good for your health, protecting against heart and metabolic problems, UK experts have said.
Read moreLa clinique l’Alternative à Montréal ne pratiquera plus d’avortements (IVG) à partir du 30 septembre prochain. C’est plus de 1000 femmes qui devront trouver un nouvel endroit pour interrompre leur grossesse.
Read moreso if you, like me, are someone who likes to be able to answer questions about STIs, safer sex, sexual orientation & other aspects of sexuality, i would definitely recommend checking out this material…
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