In the ’60s and ’70s, women in the liberation movement were fighting to change how females were viewed in the world. At the time, abortion was still illegal, men could rape their wives without penalty and the Pill was seen as central to women’s sexual liberation. This was a key era in history for both… Continue reading Take the empower back
Month: September 2008
The rise of raunch
In 1927, before anything like post-feminism or the notion of sex-positivity became vogue in academic circles, the seed that would become lipstick feminism was planted in German expressionist cinema. One of the most memorable scenes in the 1927 film Metropolis is when, after the virginal Maria’s appearance is copied onto a robot clone, the doppelganger… Continue reading The rise of raunch
From the WRC
The word diversity means different things to different people. Mainstream thought about diversity focuses on racial and cultural differences, which disregards all other forms of diversity: gender, age, ability, sexuality and many more. At the Women’s Resource Centre, we seek to promote education and awareness of all forms of diversity, with the goal of creating… Continue reading From the WRC
Mr. Harper, your pants are on fire
Stephen Harper, you’re a liar. Harper is going back on his 2006 election promise to enforce fixed election dates, threatening to call an election by the end of the week. If Harper makes the call– a near certainty after asking Governor General Michaëlle Jean not to attend the Paralympics in Beijing and putting out election-like… Continue reading Mr. Harper, your pants are on fire
Letter: Study Abroad
Editor, the Gauntlet Here are three questions for U of C students: 1. Was your summer boring? 2. Did you hang out with the same old buds? 3. Do you feel as though you did nothing? Make sure it doesn’t happen to you again. I had a great time abroad while completing a half-course. I… Continue reading Letter: Study Abroad
The sexiness of spots
Since the discovery of the G-spot, women everywhere have been trying to uncover the truth behind this mysterious and astonishing little body part. The Grafenberg spot was named after its official discoverer, gynecologist Ernst Grafenberg in 1944. If you pick up a book on tantric sex, however, you find that practitioners have been playing with… Continue reading The sexiness of spots
Letter: The fury of fact checking and an alarming case of copyright activist’ blues
By Rob Tiessen
Editor, the Gauntlet: I’d like to correct a couple of points made in your article [“Copyright changes not all about CDs,” Sarelle Azuelos, July 17, Gauntlet] about Bill C-61, the bill the government introduced to amend the Copyright Act. First of all, you did no fact checking about the assertion by Ms. Annie Treppanier from… Continue reading Letter: The fury of fact checking and an alarming case of copyright activist’ blues
Bearing gifts
Miss Canada International launched its fourth Teddy Bears of Hope campaign this year, collecting well over 50,000 stuffed animals for children living in Afghanistan. Rhiannon MacDonnell, a busy Miss Alberta International ambassador and graduate student at the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business, spent her summer gathering stuffed animals by the bagful for Teddy… Continue reading Bearing gifts
Kid’s cancer closer to cure
By Daniel Pagan
Researchers are one step closer to beating a rare form of brain cancer fatal to children. Based at the University of Calgary and the Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Dr. Aru Narendran and his team developed a process to grow atypical teratoid/rhaboid tumours in petri dishes using a small amount of brain fluid from an affected… Continue reading Kid’s cancer closer to cure
Melting north up for grabs
By Doug Horner
Melting ice in the Arctic is a physical transformation that is drastically changing the political and economic climate of the north. A U.S. geographical survey estimated that one-quarter of the Earth’s undiscovered petroleum reserves– 90 billion barrels of oil and 1,670 trillion cubic feet of natural gas– is quietly waiting under the environmentally fragile Arctic… Continue reading Melting north up for grabs