This picture explains my entire journey to Canada to explore the options of expressing myself as a feminist and a woman. My quest for women's advocacy and women's rights got drowned by the patriarchy and male dominance of Nigerian society. I come from a country where women are not heard but seen, and their cries are neither heard nor attended to; instead, they keep quiet or face the consequence of being persistent…

If you know me than you know that basketball is a huge part of my life and my identity. Basketball has taught me countless life lessons and introduced me to lifelong friends and people I would not have met without this beautiful game. For this reason, the picture I chose to use is a picture of me playing basketball at Grande Prairie Regional College…

When first hearing about this project, I was terrified. I was convinced that I wouldn’t be able to find an example of gender in my every day. Through the process of this project and self-reflection, I can confidently say gender is a part of my every day. I had a professor once tell me that the questions we ask inform the answers that we will get, if we don’t ask about gender, we won’t find gender…

The first time I ever attended a pride parade was through the company I was working with at the time. I went in solidarity with other friends who I worked with who were part of the LGBTQ+ community to show support. I always thought I was just an ally to the community, but never fully part of the community…

I used to live down the street from a 7/11 corner store. Throughout my late teens and early twenties, I must have made that short two-minute walk from my house to the store a hundred times. No matter the time of day, whenever I wanted to, I would simply walk out the door without a second thought…

This specific white t-shirt represents a wall that I have been hiding behind for many years. What you do not see is that this t-shirt is triple my normal size; it is also made for men, and this is what I feel most comfortable in. For years I have struggled with wearing women’s clothing, specifically due to the inconsistency of sizes in specific pieces of clothing and the opinion of others in society…

This social media post was created using a public media advertisement designed by the Sri Lankan branch of the Unilever PLC under one of their popular brands ‘VIM’ dishwash cleaner. It simply says that ‘teach your daughters / young girls (only) how to clean dishes using Vim’…

As a bisexual woman, I undergo discrimination resulting from both my gender and my sexuality on a daily basis; yet, when I consider the unique matrix of oppression that I am subject to, one experience in particular comes to mind that most clearly exemplifies the nature of this discrimination…

While growing up, I went through a lot of challenges, I was lucky not to get damaged in the process. I could not speak up because of the fear that I would not be heard. Thus, I realized the societal norms in favor of the ideology of patriarchy which I see as being contributory factor to the gender binarism…

I picked a picture of a sports bra. To me, the sports bra represents the constraints and challenges I endure due to my femininity. It was not until I got older and into middle school that I realized gender had such a significant impact on my life, how I was treated, how I came across, what people thought of me…

The concepts of gender and sexuality can be observed in expansive spheres of everyday life. This extends from at-home interpersonal familial and social relationships and interactions to economic related activity as well as in the broader political world…

“Cunning” was admittedly my initial thought when I drove by this sign on a quiet light industrial street in Fort St. John, British Columbia. It was my first out-of-town trip for a position I recently started with Northern Health that focused on better understanding and managing the health impacts associated with resource development…

On a summer day, when you ride your bike to go shopping, or to work, or just to enjoy the nice weather with your friends, or with your family, or even alone, can you imagine that somewhere in the world, in the twenty first century, women face penalties if they do the same?

I have been told, and I have read, that I am violent. I have heard that I am an agist, a misogynist, a homophobe, a disablist, a classist, and an atheist. I am accused of being prejudiced and racist, and worst of all, sexist. In the same breath, I have been discriminated against, belittled, lied to, passed over, assaulted, and injured…

I am woman,
I am Indigenous.
Why do such things matter in today’s society?
Can I be seen as more?

I'm upset. I'm very upset. My feet hurt, my long nails irritate me, and my fake lashes won't stay out of my eyes, so I'm a little frustrated. But I'm more upset because I'm doing these things not because I want to, but because my mother insists…

All my life I have struggled to understand the oppression of women and other genders within our society. As a cis white man, understanding how the patriarchy impacts another gender can be very hard to come by, if even possible…