Herizons

At midnight on February 23, three Aboriginal female prisoners being held at the Springhill men's penitentiary in Nova Scotia began a hunger strike.Although it ended after just three days, the hunger strike pushed the conditions in the four women's units...

ANNE ROCHON FORD: It's everywhere! You'd think that perimenopause--the time around or near the time of menopause--was some kind of pandemic!BARBARA MAINS: Do you think it's a ploy that's been developed to help expand the market of the pharmaceutical...

by Vanaja Dhruvarajan & Jill VickersUNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS, 2002Review by Sook C. Kong[Graph Not Transcribed]This is an academic book and so will not be every reader's cup of tea. For an academic tome, however, it is accessibly written and knowledgeable...

by Rosemary SullivanHARPER COLLINS, 2001Review by Bev Greenberg[Graph Not Transcribed]In her latest work, literary biographer Rosemary Sullivan addresses the notion of romantic obsession, a subject that has captured the imaginations of women throughout...

[Graph Not Transcribed]At first it looked like a lose-lose situation. Me and America's favourite male porn star, Ron Jeremy, on a stage together, in something loosely called 'a debate.' In its favour, the event was to take place at a university, but...

[Graph Not Transcribed]An internatinoal lobby effort is underway to make sure that the needs of Iraqi women and girls are not forgotten in the rebuilding of their country.The time to act is now. According to the Netherlands-based Women Peacemakers Program...

[Graph Not Transcribed]The first continuous-use oral contraceptive to be marketed specifically as a method to drastically reduce women's menstrual cycles is expected to be on the North American market as early as this Summer.Currently under review by...

"Potential het allies can start by recognizing their sexuality as a construct, meaning that it is invented and maintained by them, their friends, their families, the media, religion and the state. They can go on from there to recognize that there are...

"What good did all those protests do?" one of my relatives wants to know, referring to the millions of people around the world who demonstrated against the recent US-led invasion of Iraq. "The US did exactly what they set out to do anyway."These words...

[Graph Not Transcribed]Ah summer. We've waited so long for the wee buds to burst open and announce full-blown summer, to peel off the layers of wool and flannel and slip into something a little more comfortable.If only it were that simple. In my experience,...

by Shaena LambertVintage Tales, 2002Review by Stacey Kauder[Graph Not Transcribed]The Falling Woman is Vancouver writer Shaena Lambert's first collection of short stories. Lambert's narratives are windows into her characters' lives in the middle of a...

by Laurie NotaroRANDOM HOUSE, 2002Review by Kerry Ryan[Graph Not Transcribed]We all have a friend like Laurie Notaro. She is the friend who, even if a situation involves dentist drills or rabid dogs, can always find humour--and turn a potentially disastrous...

Gloria Anzaldua, Analouise Keating, eds.ROUTLEDGE, 2002[Graph Not Transcribed]Review by Mridula Nath Chakraborty"Twenty years ago we struggled with the recognition of difference within the context of commonality. Today we grapple with the recognition...

"REASONS AGAINST FEMALE PARTICIPATION IN SPORT HAVE ALWAYS BOILED DOWN TO APPARENT BIOLOGICAL LIMITATIONS THAT ARE SAID TO AFFECT PERFORMANCE. AS WAS THE CASE IN PREVENTING WOMEN FROM RUNNING LONG DISTANCES AND PLAYING CONTACT SPORTS FOR...

by Joanna MacyRAINCOAST BOOKS, 2002Review by Liz Armstrong[Graph Not Transcribed]When I was asked to review Joanna Macy's 2000 memoir, Widening Circles, I feigned delight--and accepted immediately. I love free books (the best perequisite of a reviewer),...