ISSUE
6
1997
If
you
haven't
been
paying
attention
to
any
of
the
media
lately
then
you
have
missed
hearing
about
the
stormblizzard
of
1996.
The
main
focus
of
any
and
every
news
reporter,
locally
and
nationally,
has
been
the
terrifying
monstrous
dump
of
snow
in
the
Vancouver
area.
Schools
were
closed,
highways
were
closed,
nobody
dared
to
venture
out
into
the
unknown.
This
was,
in
its
own
definition,
classified
as
a
national
emergency
worthy
of
military
aid.
Now,
does
this
not
completely
blow
our
northern
minds!
What
is
a
couple
of
feet
of
snow
anyway?
In
a
good
year,
we
are
lucky
if
we
don't
have
that
much
snow
by
Hallow
een!
If
only
it
would
stop
there!
And
what
is
this
we
hear
about
buildings
caving
in??
Do
the
architects
in
Vancouver,
just
nine
hours
away
from
Prince
George,
build
with
styrofoam?
How
can
a
couple
of
feet
of
snow,
wet
or
not,
possibly
collapse
a
wooden
building?
Is
this
not
the
city
that
is
supposedly
prepared
for
earthquakes?
There
is
such
a
thing
as
being
prepared
for
anything.
Apparently,
those
on
the
coast
have
never
heard
this
expression,
and
if
they
have,
don't
believe
it.
And
as
far
as
feeling
sorry
for
them,
there's
no
sympathy
here.
We're
just
getting
tired
of
hearing
about
it!
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Todays
F
Word
f
Erin
Wilmot
Feminism
is
a
pretty
hot
topic
these
days,
so
it
is
with
some
anxiety
that
I
am
going
to
tackle
the
subject.
The
feminist
movement
instills
fear
and
anger
in
many
men
as
well
as
a
growing
number
of
women
who
have
turned
their
backs
on
the
movement
because
they
believe
that
it
has
gone
too
far.
Now,
I
will
admit
that
some
women
have
gone
overboard,
however,
it
is
unfortunate
that
the
whole
movement
has
become
characterized,
in
the
minds
of
most
people,
by
the
extreme
views
of
a
few,
outspoken
women.
Only
a
fraction
of
feminists
fit
the
stereotypical
image
of
the
angry,
man-hating,
divorced,
embittered
radical
feminist
who's
main
goal
is
to
rid
the
earth
of
all
men.
Because
of
these
few
feminists
who
have
gone
too
far,
the
whole
movement
has
earned
a
bad
name.
I
am
surprised
at
the
number
of
women
attending
the
college
who
say
that
they
are
not
feminists.
It
is
as
if
they
do
not
realize
that
they
are
standing
on
the
shoulders
of
countless
earlier
feminists.
Women
today
are
indebted
to
earlier
feminists
for
things
that
we
often
take
for
granted,
such
as
the
opportunity
to
obtain
an
education
as
well
as
being
able
to
work
outside
of
the
home.
Feminists
have
been,
and
continue
to
strive
for
equality
between
the
sexes.
With
this
in
mind,
I
do
not
see
how
any
woman
can
deny
that
she
is
a
feminist;
to
do
so
is
to
say
that
she
does
not
believe
in
equality
between
men
and
women.
Surely
people
do
not
believe
equality
has
been
achieved,
thus
feminists
still
have
a
great
deal
to
achieve,
even
though
we
have
come
a
long
way.
It
disturbs
me
to
see
that
many
women
refuse
to
identify
themselves
with
the
feminist
movement.
I
sincerely
hope
these
people
will
come
around
to
see
that
extreme
feminism
is
only
one
of
the
many
parts
of
the
movement.
Being
a
feminist
is
not
the
same
as
being
a
freak.
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