¤ Field Notes from the Feminist Economy
¤ Field Notes from the Feminist Economy
In capitalist economies, everyone needs to think about wealth–especially women. Here’s why.
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In capitalist economies, everyone needs to think about wealth–especially women. Here’s why.
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According to the recently released State of Women Entrepreneurs 2023, the gap between men and women are getting narrower.
Melanie Grad and Ruth Wylie bring empathy and flexibility to Perspective Squared through their approach to strategy, creative, and production.
The first Freelance Summit was held on Friday, February 3 in Toronto at Metropolitan University. Participants discussed the crippling erosion of freelance worker well-being in Canada–and if working together was part of the answer.
A career in policing for a Black woman leads to liberation—and a new business.
More than 745,000 people died in 2021 from overwork that resulted in stroke and heart disease, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Jenn Hazel has apps for that–and more.
Mentorship sounds great, but often misses the mark. Why?
A people-first and feminist-led business, Lucky Ones – a media production company – strives to move away from traditional patriarchal and hyper-capitalist structures and instead lead with care and transparency.
The Global Gender Gap Report 2021 ranks Canada in 24th place on gender equality and estimates 61.5 years until parity can be achieved.
These four Canadian dystopian sci-fi novels will inspire you and your activist priorities for 2023.
The new film by Sarah Polley featuring an all-women, all star cast exploring the in-depth debate that exists in the feminist movement in the context of women living in a Mennonite community in Bolivia. Women Talking opens Dec 16 in Canada and Dec 23 in the U.S.
A MILF (Mother I’d Like to Fuck) is a fetish-based term for a hot, horny older woman who is also a parent–and the fourth most searched for term in the US on PornHub.com, one of the biggest porn sites in the world. Can you embrace being a MILF as a feminist? Comedian and single mother Anne Marie Scheffler says hell yes.
Male inclusive gender equality groups are growing in number. Should feminism be worried?
The Lisa LaFlamme story unleashed a wave of feminist rage–and renewed concerns about media and its masters. If profit motives are the problem, what ‘s the solution?
Less than 10% of all indie media outlets in Canada are majority women led and/or owned.
Let’s change that.
When: Thursday, March 8th
Time: 4:pm-9:00 PM
Where: Metro Hall, Toronto
COST: Free to $2o CAD
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Spectacular People of Toronto! You are invited to join us for an exclusive gathering, the 6th Annual Celebration of IWB #immigrantwomeninbusiness #iwd2023 #breakthebias
On International Women’s Day March 8th, IWB Calls for Strengthening Role of Women as Tool for Real Change in our Society.
Please join us to share your glorifying uplifting stories, empower and inspire Toronto immigrant ladies. This is the opportunity for you to network closely with some amazing business high-achievers, females thought-leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators, activists. (All Genders are Welcome). Join to celebrate All Women – Great Leaders and great Mothers, those who lead with Massive Action and Compassion, Determination to Win coupled with Humble Giving Attitude, Mental Toughness and simple, continuous acts of Kindness.
Date: March 17
Time: 8:00-20:00 GMT (3:00 AM to 3:00 PM EDT)
There are four roundtables during this time period.
Where: ONLINE
Cost: Free
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You are invited to a day of Transhemispheric Dialogues, bringing scholars, artists, curators and activists together across four ‘long-clock’ roundtables, to explore the transformative potential of planetary feminisms for decolonial, ecological thinking and creative praxis in many and more-than-human worlds.
Planetary feminisms mobilize the deep interconnections between decoloniality, intersectionality and eco-criticality, to re-imagine the human and (re-)make a world of many worlds.
Planetary feminisms engage trans-scalar ecological thinking and creative praxis to challenge anthropo- and Eurocentric fictions of epistemic totality, storying pluriversal worlds and worlding pluriversal stories.
Planetary feminisms initiate experimental ecologies of knowing, imagining and inhabiting, Earthwide and Otherwise, moving beyond mutual survival, towards pluriversal and interdependent flourishing.
This event celebrates the publication of Transnational Feminisms and Art’s Transhemispheric Histories: Ecologies and Genealogies (Routledge: 2023), the second volume of the Trilogy Transnational Feminisms and the Arts by Marsha Meskimmon.
In capitalist economies, everyone needs to think about wealth–especially women. Here’s why.
According to the recently released State of Women Entrepreneurs 2023, the gap between men and women are getting narrower.
Melanie Grad and Ruth Wylie bring empathy and flexibility to Perspective Squared through their approach to strategy, creative, and production.
The first Freelance Summit was held on Friday, February 3 in Toronto at Metropolitan University. Participants discussed the crippling erosion of freelance worker well-being in Canada–and if working together was part of the answer.
A career in policing for a Black woman leads to liberation—and a new business.
More than 745,000 people died in 2021 from overwork that resulted in stroke and heart disease, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Jenn Hazel has apps for that–and more.
Mentorship sounds great, but often misses the mark. Why?
The Global Gender Gap Report 2021 ranks Canada in 24th place on gender equality and estimates 61.5 years until parity can be achieved.
These four Canadian dystopian sci-fi novels will inspire you and your activist priorities for 2023.
The new film by Sarah Polley featuring an all-women, all star cast exploring the in-depth debate that exists in the feminist movement in the context of women living in a Mennonite community in Bolivia. Women Talking opens Dec 16 in Canada and Dec 23 in the U.S.
A MILF (Mother I’d Like to Fuck) is a fetish-based term for a hot, horny older woman who is also a parent–and the fourth most searched for term in the US on PornHub.com, one of the biggest porn sites in the world. Can you embrace being a MILF as a feminist? Comedian and single mother Anne Marie Scheffler says hell yes.
FREE DOWNLOADABLE 8-PAGE ZINE Time to educate yourself on Canada’s abortion rights history, the current landscape of organizations working to maintain these rights, increase access and ideas about what YOU can do to ensure these rights are there for people who need them in the future.
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Highlight Reels For All Six Episodes from Season One/Two Now Available on Youtube.
Episode #1: Farzana Doctor/Seven
Episode #2: Catherine Bush/Blaze Island
Episode #3: Nora Loretto/Take Back the Fight
Episode #4: Leanne Betsamosake Simpson
Episode #5: Shaena Lambert/Petra
Episode #6: Jael Richardson/Gutter Child
Episode #7: Rivera Sun/Winds of Change
Episode #8: Rev. Dr. Cheri DiNovo/The Queer Evangelist
Join Lana Pesch again 2022 for another series of intimate conversations with feminist authors at The Feminist Enterprise Commons.
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Less than 10% of all indie media outlets in Canada are majority women led and/or owned.
Let’s change that.
Hear expert tips from senior female leaders on the different strategies to build your personal board of directors.
Moderated by Angie Vaux, Founder & CEO, Women in Tech forum
When: October 25, 2022, 11:00am-12:00pm EDT
Where: Online
Cost: £5.98 – £14.06
Convening entrepreneurs, artists, researchers and thinkers to explore the concept of a post-growth economy, share existing knowledge and together, create new knowledge and spark a shared vision of what a better business, economy and society looks like.
Nov 26, 12:00 p.m. EST
OCADU CO (Hybrid Event),
Online: Zoom
In Person: 130 Queens Quay E, Floor 4R, Toronto, ON M5A 0P6, Canada
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