Women Empowering Women
League of Legends is a cultural phenomenon. With 80 million monthly players, “League” has transcended into pop culture. Beyond simply playing the game, there are many that are now able to play League as a career. With the company behind League of Legends: Riot Games, crafting emotional storylines around several of the professional players, it…
When you read this title, what comes to mind? Is it something nebulous? One part confusion, one part oppression? Is the image in your head defined by headscarves or angry husbands or a lack of opportunity? How much do you truly know about the status and the voice of a woman in Islam? Allow me…
Mental health is an incredibly multifaceted and complex topic. There have been strides made towards increasing our knowledge surrounding mental health as well as awareness regarding mental illnesses. We have access to a wide variety of sources that allow us to both learn about mental health and access the services we may need. Despite this…
Sexual assault has always been a prevalent crisis in Canada, and one that has received increasing attention in recent decades. A subdivision of sexual assault that remains obscured, however, despite its relevance in Canadian politics even before Confederation, is the sexual assault of Indigenous women by white men as an expression of gendered and racialized…
As much as I would like to believe that every minority is accepted, I have come to terms that it currently that isn’t the case . Minority women from all different backgrounds deal with struggles that other people don’t frankly, even in 2020. We have Indigenous, Cis Black, Black Transgender, Muslim, and Asian women who…