Sep 10What is Post Growth Entrepreneurship?by pk mutch Nov 2022 If you read the news, you can see why post-growth economics has been gaining a lot of traction. From Kate Raworth (Doughnut Economics) to Tim Jackson (Prosperity without Growth), and with news this month that the earth’s population had reached 8 billion combined with disappointing…2 min read2 min read
Sep 10Rae’s Wayby pk mutch, April 2022 Looking around in her rural community, Shauna Rae noticed that 95% of the faces surrounding her were white. But things are changing. And Rae was changing too. “I rarely saw BIPOC folks at community events but I did see people of colour at the grocery…Feminist3 min readFeminist3 min read
Sep 10LiisBeth on the Ontario Election Trailby pk mutch, May, 2022 It will be Election Day on June 2, 2022 in Canada’s largest province, Ontario. The signs are on lawns. The local news is full of campaign Batman-style biffs, baffs and promises. There are two new right-of-centre conservative spin-off parties, the New Blue party and…Ontario Politics3 min readOntario Politics3 min read
Sep 10Don Valley Girls Lighten the Loadby pk mutch, July 2022 We could all use a laugh or two right now! Good thing Toronto’s Don Valley Girls emerging sketch comedy troupe delivers laughs and more. …1 min read1 min read
Sep 10Member-onlyNew Report Shows Canadian Chambers of Commerce are Social Change Laggardsby pk mutch (originally published in LiisBeth) Economic and Marxists theorists refer to small business owners, artisans, retailers, trades folks, service providers, restauranteurs, and basically any self-employed folks as the ‘petite bourgeoisie’. …Feminism3 min readFeminism3 min read
Sep 10Surviving the Death of a Feminist Founderby pk mutch (originally published in LiisBeth.com) When Inanna Publication’s Editor-in-Chief Luciana Ricciutelli died suddenly at the age of 62 in December 2020, Inanna Publishing, Canada’s longest-running feminist book publishing house, was thrown for a Wonderland Behemoth rollercoaster size loop. …Feminist Media2 min readFeminist Media2 min read
Aug 6WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS “NEVER GOING BACK”According to the recently released State of Women Entrepreneurs 2023, the gap between men and women are getting narrower. LiisBeth Media has been a supporter of the women’s entrepreneur StrikeUP conference since the start. Why? …3 min read3 min read
May 24FAR FLUNG FEMINIST FUTURES: FOUR REALLY DOPE CANADIAN SCI-FI BOOKS YOU CAN’T MISSThese four Canadian dystopian sci-fi novels will inspire you and your activist priorities for 2023. At this time of year, media becomes preoccupied with predictions for 2023. But why stop at 2023? Especially given economic (recession) and political (more unrest) forecasts for the year are especially gloomy. Instead, why not…SciFi7 min readSciFi7 min read
May 24FINDING YOUR WAY HOMEA career in policing for a Black woman leads to liberation — and a new business. As a child, Toronto-born Keda Edwards Pierre wanted to do something many intelligent, artistic kids dream of doing; create buildings. “In elementary school, I wanted to be an architect. I was recognized to be…Policing7 min readPolicing7 min read
May 24UNIONIZING FREELANCERSThe first Freelance Summit was held on Friday, February 3 in Toronto at Metropolitan University. Participants discussed the crippling erosion of freelance worker well-being in Canada–and if working together was part of the answer. The number of freelancers is growing. But are freelance unions growing? If not, why not? …6 min read6 min read
