Over the past month, the commemoration and celebration of women’s achievements through history have gone hand in hand with the continuing drive to recognise the economic, political, social, and cultural inequalities still faced by women today. From the #MeToo movement to the Time’s Up initiative, women, girls, men, and boys are coming together to demand justice. But are we really on the verge of smashing the patriarchy? Behind these very public manifestations of anger, solida

Here we are in Women’s History Month and we cheer! We beam! We hug! We shout! We speak truth! We link our arms and shake our fists and step forward. We’ve come a long way. What a bitter uphill battle we’ve fought, and continue to fight. We have cause to celebrate. But….I daresay we have a long way to go. I see on social media, read in periodicals, and hear in conversation that women must continue to unite, must support each other and fill the Senate seats. I’m completely on b

As a man, it’s always hard to write about women. It shouldn’t be; however, you risk the chance of not knowing what to say. More than likely you will say too much or not enough. With that being the challenge, let me begin by saying men have heard the roar of an empowered sisterhood. I grew up in an unrepentant sexist world in the sixties and seventies. As a young man, I was influenced by the rights and privileges borne to me as a boy. Let’s face it, as a boy you could be calle

March marks the month that celebrates women’s history. We take time to look at the women who have had an impact on shaping our history as a society. I asked around at various locations — at work, with friends, random strangers at the library — to see what names first came to mind when they thought about women in history. And these are the names that I was told: Rosa Parks, Susan B. Anthony, Amelia Earhart, Frida Kahlo, Mother Theresa, Harriet Tubman, Michelle Obama, Serena Wi

<Ascends royally to her soapbox, grabs the megaphone, daintily clears her throat, waits for silence and yells…> FEMINISM IS NOT THE SAME AS BLACK FEMINISM! Let me tell you why. Being black in America is no joke. You can argue this with me if you want to. But I’ll just side eye and point to the pages in history books that people keep trying to tear out, the talks of police brutality sparked by the dead brown faces littering my newsfeed, and really…just my life in general (and