Identity

Writer Lucy Lau poses in a denim jacket and wearing red lipstick in front of a brown brick wall

Identity

What’s in a Name? For Me, Shame, Embarrassment and Pride

“I am Ming Yin as much as I am Lucy”

A cartoon depiction of a young Indian girl watching a Bollywood film on TV. The image is shown from behind the couch, looking onto the back of the girl's head as she watches the movie.

Identity

I Just Realized How Important Bollywood Movies Are to My Identity

FYI, I’m a grown-ass brown woman

A photo of author Ann Hui wearing a striped turtleneck and glasses, standing on a rocky beach and smiling at the camera.

Identity

My Parents’ Chinese Restaurant Was About So Much More than Chop Suey

Author Ann Hui road tripped across the country researching Canada’s Chinese restaurants—and in the process, learned about her own history, and what her parents went through when they first came to Canada

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Identity

From Cameras to Airport Scanners, Technology Has a Race Problem

Here’s why you should care

Identity

It’s 2019 and Body Positivity Still Has a Representation Problem

The co-opting of #bodypositive on social media by brands and influencers is pushing out critical voices

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Identity

“I Wanted to Be Beautiful—Or, at Least, Clean”: What It’s Like to Grow Up Without Running Water

When Alicia Elliott was a teen on the Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve, she and her family didn’t have access to clean, safe water. Eighteen years later, little has changed

Nakita Valerio stands on a hill looking into the distance. She is wearing a blue patterned shirt, hijab and sweater.

Identity

This Viral Facebook Post Urges People to Rethink Self-Care

After the New Zealand attack, Nakita Valerio wrote, “Shouting ‘self-care’ at people who actually need community care is how we fail people.”

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Health

My Family Didn’t Think My Depression Was Real

And I couldn’t get better until they changed their minds

Rachel Jansen sits in a chair at her desk in her room.

Identity

What My Dissident Dad Taught Me About Privilege

When a young woman and her father clash over what it means to fight the powers that be—and correct injustice—things get awkward

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Identity

How Can Women Better Help Other Women?

The powerhouse teams behind five independent Canadian women’s mags weigh in

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Identity

Shameless: Eating Disorders Are Not Just a White Feminists Issue

For International Women’s Day 2019, FLARE is partnering with five women’s mags to share some of their great work—like this piece from Shameless

Illustration of Kinsey Clarke by Melissa Falconer

Identity

To Be Young, Gifted, Black—and Lesbian

Writer Kinsey Clarke has always been immersed in Black history. But she still never saw herself represented

Illustration of Kelsey Adams by Melissa Falconer

Identity

How Black Sisterhood Saved Me

No one champions a Black woman like other Black women. That is an objective fact

Women's empowerment events represented by white paper figures of women with a dotted outline representing that one of the women is missing

Identity

Bee Quammie: Women’s Empowerment Events Need to Be More Inclusive

Time to show all women that no matter who you are, you CAN sit with us

Illustration of Hadiya Roderique by Melissa Falconer

Identity

The Case for Black Joy

For Black people, being publicly joyful is an act of resistance. So, let’s have more of it

Illustration of Ebony-Renee Baker by Melissa Falconer

Identity

I Know My Name Means Black—So You Can Stop Telling Me

My name is Ebony, and there’s no escaping the uncomfortable conversations about why I look the way I look

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News

You Know Who Won’t Benefit From Cannabis Legalization? Women of Colour

Pessimistic, we know. But all signs point to white dude domination