What is a Shrew? In literal terms, a shrew is a small mouse like creature, that is known to bite and release venom. I’m going to be talking about the lesser known definition of a shrew, used during the Elizabethan era, and popularized by the Shakespeare play: The Taming of the Shrew.  The name “shrew” was given to a woman who portrayed “non-ladylike” characteristics. As during this era, a woman…

Introduction Throughout our humanities studies, we’ve gone all over the map. From Albuquerque, to Japan, to Germany, and all the way back to Northern British Columbia. For this project, we focused on our own community of Deep Cove. Similar to any location in history, theres a whole array of stories, archives, and events waiting to be discovered. Considering historical perspective was a huge part in the success of this project,…

This week I learned that some politicians have the audacity to slut shame other candidates. This week, a recording of a BC Liberal’s party zoom call was leaked. This zoom call exposed all of the attendees as bystanders to Jane Thornthwaite’s sexist slander against NDP candidate Bowinn Ma. Once this recording was leaked, people responded, and were disgusted. They showed this by sharing the clip on twitter and other social…