Two weeks ago marked the second annual Women’s March, and a number of Check Your Head’s finest came out to march in solidarity with millions of other women world wide.
Women’s March Global aims to promote social change in the …
Labelled as an epidemic, sexual violence is an issue that has been garnering increasing attention in the last few years, especially at post-secondary institutions. Columbia University student Emma Sulkowicz sparked a movement in 2014 when she began carrying her …
Labelled as an epidemic, sexual violence is an issue that has been garnering increasing attention in the last few years, especially at post-secondary institutions. Columbia University student Emma Sulkowicz sparked a movement in 2014 when she began carrying her …
We all recognize the importance of (inter)national observances that are celebrated annually: brimming with earnest intentions, these observances allow people to take a moment out of their days to recognize how far societies have progressed and how much further we …
I was sitting in class once and the topic of gender inequality came up. Students were asked to discuss whether equality between genders could ever be achieved. Immediately, people began giving examples of differences between men and women in the …
NOTE: Spoilers below!
So ever since I saw Frozen last weekend, I’ve been raving about it to all my friends. It totally blew me out of the water and has made its place among my favorite Disney movies of all …
So apparently, a real-life Barbie exists. In 2012, Valeria Lukyanova, a young model who reportedly spent half a million dollars to look like a Barbie doll, shocked many because her striking resemblance to the toy. Articles reporting on her have …
On March 2nd, millions of viewers will be tuning in to watch Ellen DeGeneres bring some laughs to the Oscar stage. Whether or not you support the Oscars, it prompts us all to think about film: how it challenges our …
The prevalence of social and environmental justice activism among the youth of this generation has been remarkable. There are millions of youth who often go unrecognised for their day-to-day hard work and kind acts towards making this world more socially …
This is a guest post by CYH volunteer Lyon.
Trigger warning: This blog post discusses sexualized violence and the violent chants used during frosh week at Saint Mary”s University and UBC.
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If you didn’t know already, rape culture is …