Here I go...

Mostly I try to be lighthearted on my blog because there's a lot of bad news around and also I think that I can be pretty funny sometimes - no one laughs harder at my jokes than me!

But as I get older I appreciate more and more what our mothers and grandmothers have done for future generations of girls and women and am also reminded that we have so so far to go. It seems to me that everyday I read some news story or overhear some remark that negates my contributions to the world for the simple fact that I sit when I pee. So I've resolved to start posting some instances of irritating, enraging and often ludicrous examples of why women and the men who love us should never stop being feminists. If you stop, then the forces that would (and do in many parts of the world) keep girls uneducated and unable to be effective members of society will incrementally take that power back.

First up, at a forum to discuss how to stay safe at York University, which seems to be the rape capital of Canadian universities, a police officer told the audience not to dress like sluts to avoid being assaulted. It's not their fault - perverts just can't turn away from cleavage and a mini-skirt.

Cop apologizes for ‘sluts' remark at law school