What She Said

I’m going to this event on Sunday (my Friday, because I work Wednesday through Sunday) downtown Ottawa that Writer’s Festival is putting on about the book What She Said, which is about equality. This couldn't be more interesting to me as I am a proud feminist and all for equal rights.

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The presentation was great! Here are some notes:

• Can we look at how far we still are from equality?
• The criminal justice system does not do a good job of protecting women or upholding their rights
• Femicide is an epidemic but the Conservative government declared epidemics are just for diseases; the Conservatives can't say we have a problem
• We're all just trying to survive under patriarchy
• Writers never retire
• There was a femicide in Ottawa days ago
• The most important thing we can do is stick up for each other, acknowledge there is an issue, and speak up about it
• Speaking up is hard for women because we are conditioned not to ask for things for ourselves
• Encourage girls to be more assertive and encourage boys to me more empathetic