Women Empowering Women
According to some Yemenis who have witnessed their country become ravaged by war since 2015 or who themselves have lost everything to the fire, Muhamasheen lives do not matter. Apparently, being devastated by the horrors of missiles and explosions might still not make you let go of classist and racist beliefs. The Muhamasheen are a…
Warning: Explicit Language Being a server is quite the experience. Especially when you’re a female. Especially when you’re a young female. Okay, one more time… especially when you’re a non-white young female working at one of the most elite restaurant chains in Canada that only hires predominantly blonde and blue-eyed, white girls and attracts a…
Gender and sexuality are important to discussions of Indigenous politics because these characteristics structure the particular experiences of colonization lived by Indigenous persons. The institution of gender is one that has been used by settler-colonials and later Indigenous persons to define how power, wealth and opportunity shall be distributed in society. Gender-based poverty of choice…
The scholars of the journal article, “The Slow-Burning Genocide of Myanmar’s Rohingya” discuss how, “since 1978, the Rohingya, a Muslim minority of Western Burma [Myanmar], have been subject to a state-sponsored process of destruction” (p.683). The Rohingya people have deep historical roots in the Rakhine State and were recognized officially both as citizens and as…
As explained in this video, Mica is a mineral essential to modern life. It is used in makeup, electronics, insulation, technology, paint, and even toothpaste. Globally, the mica industry is worth over half a billion dollars, and India is at its center with the world’s largest and highest quality reserves of mica. The majority can…