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The meaning of the word “slut”

Natascia Lypny — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:05:22 +0000

The Halifax SlutWalk seeks to shift the blame of sexual assaults from the victim to the perpetrator

Slut or slattern is a pejorative term applied to an individual who is considered to have loose sexual morals or who is sexually promiscuous. The term is generally applied to women and is an insult or offensive term of disparagement, meaning “dirty of slovenly.”

—Oxford English Dictionary

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Tenth MMC Radio Segment/Dixième segment radiophonique de la CMM

Natascia Lypny — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:22:16 +0000

Tuesday, August 23 on CKUT's Off the Hour

The Work Group on Urban Agriculture starts a petition to request the City of Montreal hold a public consultation on the state of urban agriculture in Montreal.
The Under Pressure festival puts an artistic and educative spin on graffiti.
Fondation Émergence's new campaign "Pour que veillir soit gai" seeks to aid services, businesses, organizations and groups ta

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A “Culture of Silence” Around Sexual Assault

Natascia Lypny — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:52:09 +0000

Concordians for a Safer University Community campaigns for a sexual assault centre on Concordia's campus

Concordia University does not have its own sexual assault centre, nor does it have an exclusive and explicit policy addressing sexual assault. These two facts are little known to Concordia students but all too obvious to those who have been victims of such abuse.

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Ninth MMC Radio Segment/Neuvième segment radiophonique de la CMM

Natascia Lypny — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:04:18 +0000

Wednesday, August 10 on CKUT's The Wednesday Morning After

Features: Moving on out—out of doors, that is

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Eighth MMC Radio Segment/Huitième segment radiophonique de la CMM

Natascia Lypny — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:10:56 +0000

Tuesday, July 26 on CKUT's Off the Hour

News brief

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Seventh MMC Radio Segment/Septième segment radiophonique de la CMM

Natascia Lypny — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:36:47 +0000

Tuesday, July 12 on CKUT's Off the Hour

News briefs

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Homelessness: society’s failure

Natascia Lypny — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 15:01:42 +0000

A new report indicates little progress has been made in eliminating social profiling

“On a besoin de faire un ménage,” says Bernard St-Jacques of the homelessness problem in Montreal, which amounts to 25,000 to 30,000 people according to the Réseau d’aide aux personnes seules et itinérantes de Montréal (RAPSIM).

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Sixth MMC Radio Segment/Sixième segment radiophonique de la CMM

Natascia Lypny — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:30:18 +0000

Tuesday, June 28 on CKUT's Off the Hour

News Briefs

Advertising agencies bring their billboard battle to the Supreme Court
RAPSIM releases a groundbreaking report on the social profiling of Montreal's homeless

Features: The City of Montreal sits down to negotiate

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Fifth radio segment of the Montreal Media Co-op/Cinquième segment radiophonique de la Coop média de Montréal

Natascia Lypny — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:55:40 +0000

Tuesday, June 14 on CKUT's Off the Hour

News Briefs: a week in protest

Montrealers cry police brutality in face of recent shootings
Saint-Henri residents protest the growing gentrification of their neighborhood
Formula 1 is denounced for supporting a car-dependent society

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La marche pour une moratoire d'une génération arrives in Montreal

A march toward a new chapter in Quebec environmentalism

Natascia Lypny — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:35:18 +0000

As La marche pour une moratoire d'une génération arrives in Montreal, we reflect on what 2011 has meant for the Quebec environmental movement

“Building a new movement doesn’t come without ruffling some feathers,” says Philippe Duhamel, the spokesperson for La marche pour une moratoire d’une génération. He has already walked more than half of the 637 kilometres from Rimouski to Montreal in protest against the shale gas industry.

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Fourth radio segment of the Montreal Media Co-op/Quatrième segment radiophonique de la Coop média de Montréal

Natascia Lypny — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 02:38:15 +0000

Privatizing Montreal

Natascia Lypny — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 02:15:38 +0000

Community groups get ousted from a historic building to make way for luxury condominiums

Originally published on Spacing Montreal

Twenty-nine community groups are facing eviction from a public institution this month that has served Villeray-Saint Michel-Parc Extension for nearly 100 years.

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Art from behind bars

Natascia Lypny — Tue, 31 May 2011 02:41:46 +0000

Female prisoners find their voice in first-of-its-kind art project and exhibit

Prison: a place whose very name incites a chill at the thought of being behind bars. But what if the conditions of incarceration could be understood without a criminal record? Agir: art des femmes en prison allows that very experiencing of the haunting realities of female incarceration in a unique multi-media exhibit.

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You can’t have it both ways

Natascia Lypny — Wed, 18 May 2011 21:07:03 +0000

The effectiveness of public transportation depends on making cities less car-centric

“The car has been a vehicle of the socialization of costs and privatization of profits,” said Yves Engler Tuesday evening at the Divan Orange on St. Laurent.

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