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I’m angry and tired of rape culture on campus

Post by WAVAW Volunteer, Baylee This will be my fourth year attending the University of British Columbia. My fourth year of being told to walk in groups, to lock my dormitory windows and doors, to be home before dark. My fourth year of what should have been uninterrupted learning, personal growth, and memory making. Instead, […]

10 Things That Take Longer than Brock Turner’s Prison Sentence

Brock Turner, Stanford’s star rapist (who can also swim), will be released from prison on September 2. On that day, he will have spent only three months in prison, half of his already miniscule proposed six-month sentence. So what else can you accomplish in three months? Well… 1. You can get a tattoo removed. 2. You can bike […]

Layers of Patriarchal Garbage

We recently learned that a French woman wearing a burqa made of bathing suit material (clever!) at the beach was forced to remove it by armed police.  This is in keeping with recent bans on the full body bathing suit for several incredibly racist reasons that somehow do not apply to any other religions. Not […]

Are You Kidding Me?

Really Target why would you think this is ok? It’s not cute, it’s sexist. As the article points out  “It’s the juxtaposition of the two articles that really sort of frames this whole feminist critique that says women are judged powerful by who they date, and men get to be powerful in their own rights,” […]

Are You Kidding Me?!

  Let the groan-fest continue. We came across yet another headline that has prompted us to ask , “Are you kidding me?!” [insert face-palm here]. Women in Brazil are being asked to either submit to gynecological tests or, in some cases, prove their virginity in order to apply for jobs in the state Education Department. […]

Are You Kidding Me?

WAVAW women are everywhere; and we are telling all the propagators of rape culture that we’ve got our eyes (and cameras) on you! One of our roving feminist friends captured this bus ad, courtesy of Vancouver’s own Transit Police, whose public safety campaign urges, “See Something? Say Something!” Well, then! Since we saw something a […]

Are You Kidding Me?

Sociological Images has compiled a round-up of needlessly gendered products, which would be pretty hilarious if it weren’t such a disturbing reminder of the coercive gender norms we’re all swimming in. How about some manly bread? Endives for the stylish lady about town? Princess sausages for little girls? (These are all actually on the market.) […]

Are You Kidding Me?

For just $34.99 USD, the Walk of Shame Kit can provide everything you need to survive the “act of going home the next morning and being embarrassed in your clothes from the night before” – and as a bizarre bonus, partial proceeds go to advancing breast cancer awareness! The kit comes complete with one-size-fits-most t-shirt […]

Are You Kidding Me?

In the spirit of Valentine’s day, we present to you, a bra that will pop open when true love is detected. The Japanese lingerie manufacturer Ravijour has launched a ultra high-tech bra that is equipped with a sensor that will monitor the wearer’s “heart rate and other vital signs (not sure what *those* are … […]

Are You Kidding Me?

You know that the patriarchy is starting to slip when it needs pseudo-science to back it up. As reported in The Globe and Mail, recent studies from University of Texas and University of California-Los Angeles have tried to connect feelings of regret about sex with reproduction and… evolution? According to these studies, men are regretting […]