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EVERYONE HAS A STORY.
Femme Cabal seeks to empower women by providing them with a voice and a safe space to share. Expression through written word can provide catharsis to heal and empower. The stories you will find here in our blog are from real people in your community who have decided to share their experiences.
If you have a story you would like to share, please fill out the form on this page. All stories are kept anonymous, unless we are asked to sign it with a name.
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I Achieved Confluence: Being on the Receiving End of a Mat Leave Notice
Imagine this: you tell your boss you're going on mat leave, and they are TOTALLY COOL ABOUT IT. Whaaaat?!!? (jk we hope this happens often)
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Call to Action: Write a Letter to Protect Abortion Rights in Canada
How the FUCK is abortion still a topic of discussion in Two Thousand Fucking Nineteen?
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A Partnership for the (Teen)Ages: Femme Cabal and AGENTS
Femme Cabal was honoured to take part in the Alberta Girls Engineering & Technology Summit (AGENTS) as a community sponsor. This annual...
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A boy called my daughter a bitch the other day...
“Mom, something happened today,” my daughter said as she looked across the kitchen at me. I was chatting with my 12 yr. old daughter...
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I Have Been Complicit.
I have been complicit. I have been privy to, laughed at, ignored, and even co-conspired in bad behaviour, particularly by men. I have...
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Not-So-Natural Birth
I have been asked by a friend to share my first birth story. As a mom, we talk about the day quite often and I guess at some point you...
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Why We Still March in Edmonton
The 2nd Annual Women's March occurred in Edmonton on January 20th, 2018. I was asked more than once, with an incredulous tone, "Why are...
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A Day in the Life of a Stay At Home Mom in Edmonton
Lately I have found myself apologizing a lot for not getting things done. Or prioritizing the wrong thing (according to someone else)....
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In Defence of Miranda Jimmy
Recently candidate for Ward 5 city councillor Miranda Jimmy created a firestorm when she dropped an open letter to the victor of the hard...
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Breast is [Not Always] Best
I stopped breastfeeding my second child after three months of trying really hard to stick with it. With my firstborn I also really...
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Your Dream is Not My Own
I would like to get something off my chest. I don’t actually hate children. I don’t hate pregnancy. I have been lying to you. I have been...
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Women's March on Washington: Why I March
On Saturday, January 21st, 2017, women from around the world will unite in solidarity to stand for the protection of women’s rights,...
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Not Always a Sisterhood: The Craziest Stuff Kellyanne Conway Has Said
Kellyanne Conway is coming to Alberta.* If you're a woman and not rejoicing about this you've probably had some comments thrown your way...
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President-Elect Pussy-Grabber: Normalizing the Abnormal
Editor's Disclaimer: If you feel that "Pussy-Grabber" is too vulgar, we sincerely apologize for refusing to censor ourselves. However,...
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Staying at Home After 10 Years of Not...
This is a story about me being a recent domestic engineer to two elementary school aged children and how this stage of family life seems...
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Absolutely, Positively Trying to Accept My Body
"Body positivity at its core represents this wild idea that all bodies are good bodies. All bodies are worthy of self love, self care,...
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5 Ways to Let A Guy Know You're Not Interested
Now that we have a bonafide pussy grabber as the leader of those weird neighbours in our basement - the old faithful’s like "No" or "I...
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I’m Quitting My Job to Raise My Kids…. Now what?!
Maternity leave. By the time it’s half over, you find yourself playing the pro’s and con’s game of whether or not to return to work. And...
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My Graduate Supervisor Came Onto Me
Editor's note: Minor details have been changed to protect the identity of the complainant. Meeting My Supervisor In early May, the sun...
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Bye Bye Stay-At-Home-Mom, Hello Domestic Engineer
That term just smacks of a world view that understands nothing of what it looks like to be one. It conjures an image of a woman in a...
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