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WE’VE BEEN FEATURED!

Dreams for Women was selected as part of September’s featured stories over at the IMOW‘s online exhibition Women, Power, and Politics. The focus for September is on women and voting and one of the questions explored is whether or not all women want the same things and/or vote the same way on issues. Also featured is an exclusive with journalist and author Melinda Henneberger, who writes on women’s voting trends in the US, and who thought that our postcard piece would be a great art-centric compliment to the discussion!

We’re so excited and humbled to receive positive public recognition, but most of all we’d like to thank everyone who made (and is making) it possible: our postcard creators, loyal subscribers and blog readers, and Renee Gasch over at IMOW.

Read our article here.

Keep those postcards coming and have an awesome day :)

Women, Power and Politics

The untold stories of women claiming and exercising their power around the world and throughout history come alive in I.M.O.W.’s global online exhibition Women, Power and Politics.

From March 8 to December 31, 2008, Women, Power and Politics is available to audiences worldwide in Arabic, English, French and Spanish. We focus on one provocative new topic each month and ask the questions no one is asking. Like never before, women and men are focusing on issues of substance concerning women’s political participation. Visit the Women, Power and Politics exhibition to learn, speak and act to transform our world.

Dreams for Women – 16th Week!

Here is the 16th week of the Dreams for Women art project with even more postcards from the University of Toronto at Scarbourough. I want to particularly thank Jenna Hossack, who sent them in and was kind enough to make a donation to Antigone Magazine of $25!!! We appreciate it so much Jenna! The ladies at the University of Toronto at Scarborough totally rock! We’ll be seeing more of their work in the coming weeks!

You gals have been doing such a fabulous job!

Thanks to all those who submitted… and keep it up… spread the word! I just wanted to remind readers that we currently only post postcards every second week! We’re hoping to post them every week but we need your help! So get some friends together and make some postcards and send them in!

Week 1-4

Week 5-8

Week 9-12

Week 13-16

Videos!

What Are Your Dreams for Women? 1

What Are Your Dreams for Women? 2

Antigone Magazine is launching a Feminist Postcard art project! We want to know what your Dreams for Women are.What are your own dreams for yourself, your friends, your sisters, your daughters? Paint, draw, write, sketch or decoupage your dreams on a postcard and send it to the address below:

Antigone Magazine

C/O WILLA UBc

Box 61-6138 SUB Boulevard

Vancouver, BC, Canada

V6T 1Z1

OR

antigonemagazine(at)hotmail.com

With your postcard submission, we ask that you make a donation (if you can!) to Antigone Magazine for anywhere from $1 to $10. You can send your money along with your postcard or donate on our blog: http://www.antigonemagazine.wordpress.com/ .

But don’t worry… if you don’t have the money, just send along the postcard and tell people about this program.

What is Antigone Magazine? We’re a grassroots national magazine that works to encourage young women to get involved in politics in Canada. We work to empower young women to engage politically and civically and to actively take part in leadership roles.We are raising the money in order to help launch the Antigone Foundation, a national foundation that will encourage young women aged 10-30 to get politically and civically engaged. Help support Antigone as we help to make the dreams of young women come true!

WELCOME…

… To our new home!!!

Back at blogspot, we knew it was time for a change. Of course, we’ve imported all our old posts here so you can still enjoy them. We hope you enjoy the brand new format, features, and layout. Have a fabulous day, everyone, and come back soon!

Yours truly,

Antigone Magazine

Dreams for Women – 15th week!

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Dreams for women

Here is the 15th week of the Dreams for Women art project and I want to again thank the University of Toronto at Scarbourough for sending up the many postcards that they made at their International Women’s Day Celebration. I want to particularly thank Jenna Hossack, who sent them in and was kind enough to make a donation to Antigone Magazine of $25!!! We appreciate it so much Jenna! The ladies at the University of Toronto at Scarborough totally rock! Check out past postcards on the Dreams for Women page.

Antigone Magazine is launching a Feminist Postcard art project! We want to know what your Dreams for Women are.What are your own dreams for yourself, your friends, your sisters, your daughters? Paint, draw, write, sketch or decoupage your dreams on a postcard and send it to the address below:

Antigone Magazine
C/O WILLA UBC
Box 61-6138 SUB Boulevard
Vancouver, BC, Canada
V6T 1Z1

OR

antigonemagazine(at)hotmail.com

Female senator told to “stick to making tea”

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ageism, sexism

Yup, that’s correct. Liberal Nova Scotian MP Robert Thibault, in an article published in the Hill TImes, was quoted saying that Conservative Sen. Marjory LeBreton “should go back to making tea for Brian Mulroney and stay out of serious people’s business.”

Now this is not the first time the Honourable Robert Thibault has been accused of putting his foot in his mouth. Indeed, last week he was accused of making ageist comments. Apparently he alluded to the fact that his Conservative rival in his riding was too old for the job, saying that Greg Kerr, 60, is trying to enter politics at an age when people start considering their retirement plans. The spryer 49-year-old Thibault is being called upon by the Canadian Association of Retired Persons to withdraw his remarks, which he has so far refused to do.

Now here I have a confession to make: I’m just not that bothered by the latter remark. Maybe because I have yet to experience the horrors of ageism, compared to my wide experiences with sexism. Or maybe because questioning someone’s age seems like a legitimate angle in political campaigning. Much like the Hillary Clinton ads asking ‘who would you rather answer the red phone?’ I think it’s perfectly fine to ask ‘do you want your MP to statistically be at higher risk for a variety of memory and physical impairments, not to mention the need for Early Bird dinners?’ What I don’t find fine is equating being an “idiot”, as LeBreton is accused of being, with upsetting traditional gender roles.

Therefore: Am I an ageist? Am I only centered on political matters that pertain to me? Or am I willing to stand up and say that being politically correct means not being a bigot, but yes, it can go to far? I guess I’ll get my answers by the amount of hate mail that enters my inbox…

Dreams for Women – 14th Week!!

Here is the 13th week of the Dreams for Women art project and I want to thank the University of Toronto at Scarbourough for sending up the many postcards that they made at their International Women’s Day Celebration. I want to particularly thank Jenna Hossack, who sent them in and was kind enough to make a donation to Antigone Magazine of $25!!! We appreciate it so much Jenna! The ladies at the University of Toronto at Scarborough totally rock! We’ll be seeing more of their work in the coming weeks!

You gals have been doing such a fabulous job!

Thanks to all those who submitted… and keep it up… spread the word! I just wanted to remind readers that we currently only post postcards every second week! We’re hoping to post them every week but we need your help! So get some friends together and make some postcards and send them in!

Antigone Magazine is launching a Feminist Postcard art project! We want to know what your Dreams for Women are.What are your own dreams for yourself, your friends, your sisters, your daughters? Paint, draw, write, sketch or decoupage your dreams on a postcard and send it to the address below:

Antigone Magazine

C/O WILLA UBc

Box 61-6138 SUB Boulevard

Vancouver, BC, Canada

V6T 1Z1

OR

antigonemagazine (at) hotmail.com

With your postcard submission, we ask that you make a donation (if you can!) to Antigone Magazine for anywhere from $1 to $10. You can send your money along with your postcard or donate on our blog.

But don’t worry… if you don’t have the money, just send along the postcard and tell people about this program.

Check out previous postcards here.