This open letter to Senator St. Rose Greaves was sent to Verna St. Rose Greaves by the CatchAFyah Caribbean Feminist Movement while she was still Minister of Gender, Youth and Child Development and a Senator in the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. The Network, which is a regional group of feminists, wrote to Verna St. Rose Greaves … Continue reading
“I have sex, just like you. I just have it for money. You don’t do that? Really? So how did you get that Blackberry? That fancy car? Or that fancy dinner I heard you talking about last night?” This is an imaginary conversation that came out of a session that was held during a media … Continue reading
How would you feel if every time the media spoke about people in your community, they used words like “victims”, “contaminated” and “sufferers”? Wouldn’t you then hesitate to tell people that you were part of that community, even if you knew that this could be potentially hazardous to those you come into contact with? … Continue reading
I felt oddly liberated this weekend. I sat in a room of media personnel and advocates for minority communities such as LGBT people, sex workers and persons infected with HIV and AIDS. What struck me, in addition to the fact that these people were willing to put their faces out there on behalf of these … Continue reading
gulftoday.ae | Gina Barreca: Everybody is a feminist http://ow.ly/c1qZu Rather, in my opinion, we all should be trying to be feminists. There is no denying that there are men and women who firmly believe that a woman’s place is in the home and “who believe women’s only place is in the home, with her mouth … Continue reading
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve found myself questioning some of the things that I was taught when I was younger and even beliefs that I have held as an adult. I have realized that as adults we each need to think for ourselves and find our own beliefs, regardless of what society wants us to … Continue reading
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