Feminism

She's white. She's black. She's male. She's female. She's kind. She's mean. And she is utterly terrifying. — Carl Jung would have had some theories on why Disney's recent adaptation of The Little Mermaid has your racist uncle's truck balls in a twist. According to Jungian theory, men have an unconscious feminine side called the anima. Jung believed that men who repress their feminine side are doomed to…

“À cette heure où je descendais apprendre le menu, le dîner était déjà commencé, et Françoise, commandant aux forces de la nature devenues ses aides, comme dans les féeries où les géants se font engager comme cuisiniers, frappait la houille, donnait à la vapeur des pommes de terre à étuver…

As part of Pride month I want to explore trans identities lived across the last 150 years to show that tans folk always have been a part of the tapestry. One of the critiques of the 2020s trans “moment” is that is just that, a moment. This is patently not…

On gender bias in the public discourse about fertility and misconceptions that come with it — Rumour has it that 83-year-old Al Pacino is expecting a child with his 29-year-old girlfriend. But he is hardly the only famous senile man to become a father. Robert De Niro, aged 79, recently welcomed his seventh child with a younger partner too. And so did Mick Jagger a few…

Analyzing the concerted effort to turn Target into a cautionary tale — Pride Month has started off with a bang. According to Elon Musk, Target will (allegedly) soon be facing a massive class-action lawsuit from its shareholders. Why? In Musk’s own words, “…for destruction of shareholder value.” Target’s stock value has plummeted by over $13 billion. It’s lost nearly 1/5 of…

Pope Francis, the oft-touted ‘progressive’ face of the Catholic Church, recently branded the decision to remain childfree as “selfish.” Which is ironic, considering that the Pope himself is child-free. …

Asking for myself and about 4 billion friends — As a kid, I spent so much time playing sports that when my first period came, I was in the middle of a game of American football with the neighborhood boys. I stopped at home for a bathroom break, noticed some light staining on my underwear, slapped on a pad…

We face harassment and violence both as women and as trans people – but is carceral justice the solution? — This week a young man, 19 years old, was convicted of brutally assaulting a transgender woman. The case is just one of many where the perpetrator was given a more lenient sentence — in this case, avoiding jail time — due to their use of the ‘trans panic’ defence. It’s…