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What Happens in Women's Prisons When No One Is Watching
Women’s prisons exist for a reason. This archival episode of North American Angst, hosted by Peeja and Carol, confronts what happens when that foundation is quietly removed.
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3 days ago3 min read


Free Speech Is Being Regulated Out of Existence in Canada— And Women Are on the Front Line
A constitutional lawyer exposes how free speech is being eroded across professions in Canada — from nurses to teachers to lawyers — and why women are being forced to fight back.
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Jan 72 min read


Love Letter to Nessie: A Story of Navigating Childhood Pet Loss, Loneliness, and a Lifeline
A childhood story of isolation, a grey giant named Nessie, and how one dog's unconditional love became the anchor that held me here.
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Jan 74 min read


Please Don’t Feed the Fears
Have you ever been afraid? Has that fear ever been so strong that it froze you in place and seemed to eat you up? Then this book is for you.
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Nov 20, 20254 min read


What does it involve to record an audiobook?
Where are the dramatic points? Where do I want to lead listeners towards? How about accents?
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Nov 14, 20252 min read


Open Letter: Why Compromise on Reality Is Neither Possible nor Strategic
It’s completely understandable to want compromise. But those of us who’ve been in this battle longer have learned through experience that compromise here doesn’t work.
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Nov 11, 20252 min read


Not In My Name
A fierce poetic stand against gender ideology, the erasure of women, the distortion of feminism, and the betrayal of truth. When reality was denied, some stayed silent—but others rose and said, not in my name.
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Nov 6, 20251 min read


The Greatest Show On Earth
Behind those who can wave their faces like banners and announce their names with the gusto of a game show host, there are hundreds—no, thousands—of women forced into the daily, death-defying act of tightrope-walking: The greatest show on earth.
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Oct 23, 20253 min read


A Call for Inquiry into Sexual Assaults within the UK National Health Service
This is more than a blog article; it's a call-to-action for Terf Island. We all contribute a small amount of money through National Insurance and the welfare system.
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Oct 16, 20252 min read


October: The Month When Grief Wears a Sweater and Cackles
It’s not the pumpkin spice or the fake cobwebs that haunt me, but the sight of fall jackets emerging from their closet hibernation, like bears roused by distant screams.
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Oct 14, 20254 min read


Life Isn’t Fair
My mom knew all about life being unfair. When she was 29 she had the flu, a pretty nasty one, they think it was Legionnaires’ disease.
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Oct 9, 20254 min read


Behind The Red Curtain
I’ve always suspected fate was less an invisible force and more like a bureaucrat with a clipboard, assigning people to the appropriate stations in life.
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Sep 11, 20252 min read


Caffeine, Cream, and Menopause: A Saga
My breasts became heavy, tender, super sensitive—basically, they were the drama queens I never asked for.
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Jun 23, 20255 min read
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[BREAKING] Danish Equality Minister Marie Bjerre Calls for Re-evaluation of Legal Gender Changes Amidst Rising Concerns
In a thought-provoking op-ed, Danish Minister for Digitization and Equality, Marie Bjerre, has sparked a heated debate.
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Aug 17, 20246 min read


To Marie, To all the women of the Earth, To men
Share this with someone who needs to read it. Merci, Manu.
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May 15, 20241 min read


Katia Bissonnette: Fighter withdraws from match upon learning by chance that her opponent is a trans-identifying male
Katia Bissonnette from Saguenay did not participate in the provincial boxing championship held in Drummondville last weekend.
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Nov 2, 20232 min read


Women Speak Out: An Inaugural Event in Ottawa
I could not care any less for a man in a dress, but I'm seeing a pattern, I must confess. #No2SelfID #KPSS
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Sep 17, 20232 min read


The Silent Women Of Bletchley Park
Ruth June Bourne, The Bletchley Bombe Machine, and WWII. Ruth June Bourne was one of the unsung heroes of World War II.
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Sep 8, 20233 min read
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