The Gender Gap in IT Salaries: Challenges, Progress, and Solutions

 The tech industry is one of the most progressive, influencing virtually every element of how we live and work. And yet for an industry that is a leader in terms of creativity and progression, when it comes to gender equality, the tech industry is positively draconian.  The gender gap in

Is This Is What A Feminist Looks Like?

 Feminism has been the latest high-fashion trend circulating during this year’s fashion week; t-shirts proclaiming that “We Should All Be Feminists” or “The Future is Female” are empowering tools for fashionistas. They recruit celebrities with “Woke Couture”, proudly sporting their political statement on their graphic tees… priced at $700. Couture

Book Review: F- Bomb • Dispatches from the War on Feminism

 F- Bomb • Dispatches from the War on Feminism By Lauren McKeon 240 pages • ISBN 978-0-86492-994-5 Why are women leading the fight against feminism and women’s rights? It is a dirty word, a quaint relic of the 1960s, a flawed movement that centres on heterosexual, white experiences. Today’s women

Young Women Lead the Way for Change

 On February 5th, one of the most iconic figures of the feminist movement, Gloria Steinem, insinuated that the young women who supported U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders did so because they were ‘following the boys.’ This statement sparked a backlash and outraged many, especially young feminists. For many of them,

Closing Wiki’s Gender Gap With Art+Feminism

 Art+Feminism's Edit-a-thons are bringing some changes to Wikipedia in a big way. In 2011, a study found that only a small fraction of Wikipedia’s volunteer editors are female. The same study found that there are a lack of Wiki entries about women or topics relating to women. The study concluded

No First Ladies in retirement, please

 Teresa Heinz Kerry and Laura Bush may differ in public personalities and the way in which they campaign for their husbands; however, there is no comparison to the obvious lack of action from our Canadian "First Ladies." These ladies lack the zest, courage and obvious public profile that helped their