Out of Sight, Out of Mind: the Niqab Debate and Ableism
The Quebec niqab thing keeps going and going (ugh), and I’m still avoiding talking about media coverage of the issue head-on, mostly because I think I’ll explode if I think more about the absurdity of...
View ArticleAction Alert: Quebec’s Bill 94
The provincial legislature of Quebec, Canada, is currently considering a bill that would refuse key social services to anyone wearing a face covering if made into law. Political discussions around...
View ArticleNiqabs, Media, and Taking Action
Today is the Day of Action on Quebec’s Bill 94, which I wrote about last week. In honor of this, I wanted to share a video of a community dialogue on the bill, which took place in Toronto in early May....
View ArticleRevealing Democracy: A Conference on Bill 94 (Part I)
Quebec’s Bill 94, which would deny access to public services to women who wear niqab, is back in parliamentary hearings and, by all accounts, likely to pass. This past weekend, an international...
View ArticleRevealing Democracy: A Conference on Bill 94 (Part II)
(See Part 1 here.) I didn’t make it to the Friday panels because of schoolwork, but I was able to catch the talks on Saturday (November 20). The first panel was called “The Theoretical and Analytical...
View ArticleDecember 3: Day of Action Against Bill 94
In case you haven’t heard enough about Bill 94 from my two posts this week, I wanted to let you know that today, December 3, is a day of action against the bill. Below are some suggested actions from...
View ArticleRe-Humanize Me: Risky or Repetitive?
A couple weeks ago, I was walking with a friend, when she abruptly stopped listening to me and turned to look at a bulletin board we were passing. I followed her gaze, and… oh. Uh. Wow. Poster image...
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