news
6 BREAST IMPLANTS BACK ON MARKET
by Shari Graydon
8 FEMINIST PASSINGS
by Noreen Shanahan
12 COURT REFUSES NIXON APPEAL
by Robin Perelle
13 IWD PRAYER AFFIRMS MUSLIMS
features
18 BAR NONE
Julia Sudbury’s powerfully persuasive Global
Lockdown decries prisons as international human
warehouses. In this interview, she expounds upon her
portrait of a political economy of criminal injustice
that disempowers women of colour in particular.
by Sarah Cassidy
24 THE UGLY SIDE OF THE BEAUTY INDUSTRY
Ingredients in everyday products from deodorants to
nail polish have been linked to a host of reproductive
disorders, including breast cancer.Will labelling
products reduce women’s exposure to chemical toxins?
by Misha Warbanski
29TO BEND BUT NOT TO BOW: SHANI MOOTOO
by Maya Khankoje
32 A FUNDAMENTAL CONCERN
The mountains of Tajikistan are not the only
barriers keeping women in this former Soviet
country isolated. A growing fundamentalist
influence in the country’s political system and a
ravaged economy are among the forces pushing
women further and further backward.
by Lauryn Oates
