The Intersection is a hub for think-pieces from College English students in the Assaulted Women’s and Children’s Counsellor/ Advocate program. These think-pieces apply an intersectional feminist analysis, disrupt oppressive systems, and imagine transformative social change.

Harm from Within: Unpacking Transmedical Gatekeeping in Feminist Circles

To what extent does gatekeeping gender identity cause harm within feminist circles?

Jess M

Dec 9, 2019

Two Narratives Emerge From the Me Too Movement

Do Either of Them Help Survivors of Sexual Violence?

Gwen V

Dec 9, 2019

The Infringement of Privacy in a Digital Era

Digital Technology: Does Privacy Still Exist?

Sandee Barnett

Dec 9, 2019

Hate Groups and the Online World: How Extremist Groups Utilize the Web as an Apparatus of Violence

A gun is only as dangerous as the one who wields it.

Lee Torrejon Zuniga

Dec 11, 2019

Set Your Clocks, It’s Time for Change: An Analysis of the Impact of the Time’s Up Movement

How a movement that originated in Hollywood created change for all women — no matter their profession

Kimmy Patel

Dec 10, 2019

Turtle Island “forced out avowal”

What “if” there is a penalty for misuse?

Delia Welshbudd

Dec 10, 2019

People in Colombia don’t want peace, they want justice.

What is behind Colombia massive protest on November 21st

Patricia Saenz

Dec 10, 2019

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Adequate housing has been recognized by the United Nations as an element to an adequate standard of living since 1948. In Canada, one of…

Claudia Leyds

Dec 11, 2019

Housing Crisis in Toronto is Threatening Activism

The solution to unaffordable housing and how it will benefit the state of activism.

Alejandra Gomez

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Abortion Rights: Why Abortion Should be legalized Worldwide Without Restriction

An in depth look into the legal status of abortion throughout the world

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The Negative Effects of Social Media on Women’s Self — Image and Body Positivity

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