Unfinished Business: The Status of Women Worldwide
My long life in feminism comes to a kind of culmination this year, 2020. It is the 25th anniversary of the great UN Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, …
Feminism
TCSA Feminism Week: Awareness Meets Action
Photo by Christine Liu for the TCSA. Feminism is one of those buzzwords that a lot of people seem to view negatively, usually attributing it to the more extreme and …
Rock and Roll Fairy Godmother: Jill Staveley
Observing Jill Staveley with her children Charlie and Meara is a beautiful insight into a special dynamic between mother and daughters. When Meara, just days away from her fourth birthday, …
#WWAFD: What would a feminist do?
Host the Feminist Research Cafe, of course! Dr. May Chazan has led the students of WMST 3031 Doing Feminist Research throughout the winter semester to carry out their own research …
Panel discussion tackles the big issues in politics
In light of International Women’s Day, two Trent alumni took it upon themselves to take the international day to new heights in Peterborough. On March 4, Arthur co-editor Zara Syed …
Editorial : Can Trent ever be great again?
co- written by Yumna Leghari We know what you’re thinking. How will Arthur Newspaper, the “leftist student rag,” take a stance on what is happening right now? We have been …
Five Feminist Minutes captivates audience and showcases the many nuances of contemporary feminism
Last Tuesday March 10, in the LEC senior common room, the Social Work Society, the Trent Feminist Society, and Lady Eaton College organized an event featuring outstanding performances. The event …
Letters to the editor: Issue 20
All women must be free to make their own choices (re: “Empowerment or sexism?” Issue 19, page 12) Dear editors, This is a response to the ‘Empowerment or sexism? Women …
The invisible knife
Article co-written with Zara Syed. Malcolm X once compared racism to a knife jammed in the back of the oppressed, which the oppressors refused to admit, existed. After hundreds of …
Defining feminism: What it is and why we all need it
A girl I know recently proclaimed on social media that she “hated feminists”, and it boggled my mind. The stigma around feminism needs to end, and it needs to end …