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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

Writer and U of T medical student Chika Stacy Oriuwa

Identity

Chika Stacy Oriuwa: “In My White Coat, I’m More Black than Ever”

Writer Chika Stacy Oriuwa opens up about her experience as the only Black medical student in her U of T class

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Identity

I’m Tired of Constantly Explaining Why I Don’t Drink

I never get bored of not drinking, but I *am* completely done with my sobriety prompting so. many. damn. questions

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Sex & Relationships

Sharing Nudes on Tumblr Helped Me Learn to Love My Body

On December 17, Tumblr banned explicit content, including nudity—but that’s not necessarily a good thing. Here’s why

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Identity

What It’s Like to Be an “Urban Indian”

In a weird way, it took moving to a big city to feel more connected to my Ojibwe roots

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Sex & Relationships

An Open Letter to Straight Brides Throwing Bachelorette Parties in Gay Bars

Writer Megan Jones is tired of straight women taking over queer spaces

Identity

“My History Has Taught Me That I Can’t Fully Rely Upon Other Women for Sisterhood”

An exclusive excerpt from Canadian author, musician and artist Vivek Shraya’s timely new book, ‘I’m Afraid of Men’

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Sex & Relationships

What Does It Mean to Identify as Two-Spirit?

“Through the history of colonization in Canada, there were efforts to erase any homosexuality or queerness”

A photo of Pollyanna Rodrigues De La Rosa with her curly dark hair falling around her shoulders and she is looking at the camera over her shoulder on a orange and blue background

Identity

For the Longest Time, I Didn’t Identify as Black

Pollyanna Rodrigues De La Rosa is Cuban and Panamanian—but only recently learned that she is also Afro-Latina

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