White fragility, the panel
I forget how it started but it was probably on Twitter. Amanda Parriag got in touch to ask whether I’d like to take part in a panel on white fragility November 10,
5. Gender
On feminist foreign policy
On Monday, at the invitation of the lovely folks at the German Embassy, I attended a panel discussion on feminist foreign policy at the Global Centre for Pluralism on Sussex. I had lots
The pride of Ottawa
Pride 2022 was the first one I’d ever attended in Ottawa. I took my kids to experience it and there we were, being loud and proud with an impressive collection of stickers
Why we tolerate sexual violence in politics
The first thing that hit my face as I walked out of the Seattle-Tacoma International airport was the haze. It was thick, pasty, greyish white and three-dimensional. Make that 4D, actually, on account
Burn, baby burn
The news out of Iran is terrifying. You can die, totally entirely by accident on purpose, for defying the authority of those whose entire raison d’être is to control what women, girls,