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|Kate Macrae| Since I was young I’ve wanted to make a difference in this world, have my voice heard, have my voice matter. My parents taught me to be kind, compassionate, and treat others the way I wanted to be treated. They nurtured me into the strong and confident woman I am today. I thought…

|Sofia Caycedo| Growing up in Canada, I have never forgotten where I came from; my parents made sure. With most of my family back home in Colombia, events that occur still hit close to home. To begin with, it’s rare for social justice issues from Latin American countries to reach Western or mainstream media because…

|Megan Sieroka| The COVID-19 pandemic has invoked a revealing test of global leadership. When looking for successful leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic, six countries stand out in particular. The women leading New Zealand, Germany, Finland, Denmark, Taiwan, and Norway have demonstrated how early lockdowns and strong communication can flatten the curve. These results suggest a…

|Rida Chaudhry| On November 7th, 2020 not only did the first woman but the first woman of colour to hold a seat in the United States presidential office walked on stage in a stunning white pantsuit and a silk pussy-bow blouse. Kamala Harris walked with pride and promise across the stage, understanding what her nomination…

|Solana Pasqual| Society’s perception of young girls’ bodies needs to change, starting with dress codes Trigger Warning: Rape, Sexual Assault, Pedophilia, Slut-Shaming As a collective, we have conditioned and been conditioned to encourage and force girls to become little women. I am using the term in the very literal sense: girls as physically small womxn.…

|Erica Johnson| The fight for gender equality in the sports industry is far from over The first place my parents took me after I was born was a soccer game. Needless to say, sports became a large part of my life.  My parents put me in house league when I was six years old, and…

| Kate Macrae | How the Different Candidates’ Language Demonstrate Double Standards for Women Note to reader: QFLIP is a non-partisan organization. Partisan-based blog posts are written from the perspective of contributors. Watching the first Presidential debate of 2020, I had a lot of thoughts, worries, and overall confusion like many others. To quote CNN’s…

| Anna Brabender | As I’ve been completing my environmental science degree and have been working with groups who advocate for environmental justice, my passion for environmentalism has flourished. So as I sat down to write for this blog, I felt out of place. It wasn’t the writing that felt daunting as I’ve written multiple…

| by Sofia Pennacchietti | Why institutional changes cannot happen until we abandon negative judgmental bias in our everyday life. Over the past year —seeing the rise of various social justice movements, being involved in QFLIP, and gaining a better overall understanding of social issues —I have come to realize that most people view themselves to…

| by Josée Lalonde | How my family conversations around not wanting children opened me up to unwarranted criticism I still remember the conversation I had with my grandmother that brought her to tears. It was in the evening while we were sitting around the television when the topic of having children in the future was…