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The Girl on Bloor
I'm a busy 20-something about town living in downtown Toronto and creating fun, easy recipes for those on the go!
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Tag Archives: oppression
Venus Noire, Video Vixens & Blackface
I recently attended a screening of a film called Venus Noire, which portrayed the life of an infamous South African woman’s life as the star of a 19th century freakshow in Europe, attracting attention because of her unique and “exotic” … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Perspective, Culture
Tagged Blackface, culture, discrimination, film screenings, Halloween, History, oppression, Pop Culture, Racism, sarah baartman, sexism, society, venus noire, Women's Issues
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Office Hours
Who else in university gets really nervous and ancy going to office hours? I have this one professor who is reaaaaaalllly cool and she just so happens to teach my favorite class which is about structural inequalities (think race, class … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Perspective
Tagged category, class, control, difference, discrimination, ethnicity, freedom writers, gender, hilary swank, identity, inner city, minorities, office hours, oppression, power, privilege, race, Regent Park, representation, stereotypes, student, student problems, Toronto, U of T, white privilege, whiteness
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How I Rediscovered My Love for George Orwell
I was doing the Monday night routine helping tutor my usual group of high school girls when one of them presents her essay assignment about George Orwell’s Animal Farm, wanting to brainstorm some of the key themes with me and … Continue reading →