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LiisBeth reports on and celebrates the work happening at the intersection of feminism + entrepreneurship + innovation. Our freedom dream envisions a care-centered, fair, inclusive, post 20th century capitalist economy. Our stories centre the enterprises, ideas, research and lived experiences lighting the way.

 

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Unionizing Freelancers

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.

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Slaying Overwork and Overwhelm

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.

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Leading with Care and Transparency

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.

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Women Talking Gives Me Hope for the Future

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.

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Serving up “MILF and Cookies”

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.

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This report, the State of Women’s Entrepreneurship (SOWE), annually synthesizes new research on women entrepreneurship in Canada to inform policy and practice. Previous WEKH research has documented systemic challenges for women entrepreneurs generally, and especially for Indigenous women, racialized women and women with disabilities. Click the image for the full report
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Less than 10% of all indie media outlets in Canada are majority women led and/or owned. 

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Noteworthy Events

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.

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Image of a woman, sitting in basement under construction holding a paint roller brush looking weary.

Unionizing Freelancers

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.

Read More »

Don't miss...

Photo of middle aged woman with turquoise, mid lenght hair wearing a hat, riding a bike on a sunny day.

Slaying Overwork and Overwhelm

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.

Read More »
An image of Sarah Polley, a white woman wearing a whte tshirt with a movie camera in the background. She is wearing a mask.

Women Talking Gives Me Hope for the Future

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.

Read More »
Image of comedian Ann Marie Sheffler in the foreground and theatre billboards in the background highlighting her shows.

Serving up “MILF and Cookies”

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.

Read More »

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. 

We are a non ad-based, open access, nonprofit indie media enterprise that funds its editorial work via reader and allied sponsor donations. 

In 2021, we published over 50 original feature stories about social justice centered  founders and their venture crafting work. We also published policy critiques, news and views from the intersectional feminist movement’s front lines, plus informative essays and “how to” articles.

Less than 10% of all indie media outlets in Canada are majority women led and/or owned. 

Let’s change that. 

Support our provocative, nourishing, indie story telling and advocacy work with a one time donation, by becoming an ally sponsor or by joining the FEC. 

Noteworthy Events

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

To learn more and register, click here. 

 

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About the Post Growth Entrepreneurship Summit

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.

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TIME & LOCATION

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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