Women Empowering Women
Emily Pauline Johnson, more well known as Pauline Johnson or Tekahionwake, was a famous Indigenous performer and writer in Canadian history. Over the course of Pauline’s literary career she wrote several short stories, poems and essays that contributed greatly to the literary narrative of Canada.
In this post, I want to highlight some of my favourite films directed by women that I consider underrated. It’s important that we continue to support work created by women to ensure that it continues to be made.
Thanks to a long history of abolitionist activists, most of whom are people of colour, women, Indigenous and queer people, new possibilities are both envisioned and embodied.
Hip hop has a bad reputation. Many people view it as promoting misogyny and violence, and have a specific type of person in mind when they think of hip hop listeners.
It cannot be neglected that earning said income is often much easier for some than it is for others. This ability to acquire a job or get a certain level of income can be based on: religion, sexuality or, most notably, gender.