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		<title>We&#8217;ve Moved</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gender Focus has moved over to a wordpress.org blog, so update your links and find the newest entries at http://gender-focus.com -Jarrah Filed under: Can-Con<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jarrahhodge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8609969&amp;post=1360&amp;subd=jarrahhodge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How I Became a Feminist</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 04:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jarrahpenguin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading some personal accounts of how people became feminists, including  &#8220;The Fire Inside Me&#8221; by a grade 6 girl on the F-Bomb blog, which I linked to earlier this week, made me realize I&#8217;ve never written here about how I became a feminist. I never would&#8217;ve called myself a feminist before Grade 12, but I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jarrahhodge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8609969&amp;post=1352&amp;subd=jarrahhodge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FFFF: Lady Cops</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jarrahpenguin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Modern Lady Erin Gibson points out the traits it seems are necessary to be a lady cop character in primetime crime drama. Happy Friday! Filed under: feminism, Pop Culture<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jarrahhodge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8609969&amp;post=1292&amp;subd=jarrahhodge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Round-Up: Nov. 4, 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jarrahpenguin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kudos to the Ottawa-Carleton School District for announcing they will administer a survey to students from grades 7 to 12, which includes questions about sexual orientation and gender identity in order to identify areas for service improvements (via The Advocate). There&#8217;s sure to be debate on the fact the survey is confidential but not anonymous, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jarrahhodge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8609969&amp;post=1297&amp;subd=jarrahhodge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thursday Thought: Young Feminism</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an excerpt from the most inspiring blog post I&#8217;ve read this week, &#8220;The Fire Inside Me&#8221; at F-Bomb: Today, I am in sixth grade. The fire inside of me is burning more intensely than ever and it’s growing and changing everyday. I see things that make me mad and upset me. All the time [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jarrahhodge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8609969&amp;post=1294&amp;subd=jarrahhodge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Oatmeal&#8217;s Hits and Misses</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jarrahpenguin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[matthew inman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even if you don&#8217;t check it regularly, you&#8217;ve probably seen one of the comics from Seattle-resident Matthew Inman&#8217;s The Oatmeal. Covering a variety of odd topics like &#8220;The Crap We Put Up With Getting On and Off an Airplane&#8221; and &#8220;10 Reasons it Would Rule to Date a Unicorn&#8221;, The Oatmeal is occasionally hilarious, always [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jarrahhodge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8609969&amp;post=1285&amp;subd=jarrahhodge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fall 2010 Reads</title>
		<link>http://jarrahhodge.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/fall-2010-reads/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford&#8217;s Forgotten Jungle City by Greg Grandin. I would&#8217;ve liked to see more race analysis but Grandin does a good job telling the story of Henry Ford&#8217;s failed attempt to create a model midwestern city in the Amazon. Ford wasn&#8217;t a big fan of experts, so ended [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jarrahhodge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8609969&amp;post=1278&amp;subd=jarrahhodge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gains and Pains: Women&#8217;s Municipal Representation in Ontario</title>
		<link>http://jarrahhodge.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/gains-and-pains-womens-municipal-representation-in-ontario/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 14:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jarrahpenguin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday October 25, 2010 was Municipal Election Day in Ontario. While my Facebook news feed was full of people fearing the repercussions of a possible Rob Ford victory in Toronto, I was hoping for historic gains in women’s representation across the province. Prior to E-Day, women’s representation in municipal politics stood at just 23% (Canada-wide). [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jarrahhodge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8609969&amp;post=1268&amp;subd=jarrahhodge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FFFF: Babe Bennett on Politics</title>
		<link>http://jarrahhodge.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/ffff-babe-bennett-on-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jarrahpenguin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an oldie, from 1994, but in 16 years we&#8217;ve only gone from 18% to 22.1% of the seats in the House of Commons filled by women. Have a great weekend! Filed under: feminism, FFFF, Politics<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jarrahhodge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8609969&amp;post=1255&amp;subd=jarrahhodge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can Fraternities Change?</title>
		<link>http://jarrahhodge.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/can-fraternities-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jarrahpenguin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fraternities have been in the news a lot recently, publicized for promoting sexist chants and ﻿racist parties. College and University campuses should be safe places for students, regardless of gender, race, or sexual orientation, but some people feel frats inherently compromise campus safety. University of Victoria students recently upheld their campus ban on fraternities and sororities, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jarrahhodge.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8609969&amp;post=1257&amp;subd=jarrahhodge&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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