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Transgender Artists Help Make Transformative Art

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

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George Heymont

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TEDwomen 2010: "Reshaping the Future"

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Empowerment, World Pulse, Tony Porter, June Cohen, Madame Callista Mutharika, Women's Issues, Dina Kaplan, Shirin Neshat, Chris Anderson, Madeline Albright, The Palely Center for Media, V-Day, Suheir Hammad, Pat Mitchell, Tyrone Hayes, Sia Nyama Koroma, Gender Equality, Technology News, Malaya Pinas, Nancy Pelosi, Eve Ensler, Ted, Penelope Jagessar Chaffer, Hillary Clinton, TEDWomen Conference, Beverly & Dereck Joubert, Johanna Blakley, Stephen Lewis, Technology Entertainment Design, Naomi Klein, tedwomen2010, Technology News
Marcia G. Yerman

When it was announced that the TED enterprise -- which features global conferences with idea innovators and change agents -- was gearing up to present a TEDwomen conference, there was immediate push back.

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Toronto Fashion Week Needs a Spring in its Step

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peta, Joe Miman, Prada, Toronto Fashion Week, Scouts Canada, SS11 Shows, Toronto's LG Fashion Week, Stephen Lewis Foundation, Isabel Marant, Girls Gone Wildlife, Denis Gagnon, Peta Protest, LG Fashion Week, Toronto Fashion, Dare to Wear Love, Canadian-Designers, Joe Fresh, HIV/AIDS Africa, Stephen Lewis, Givenchy, Style News
Marissa Bronfman

At LG Fashion Week, a few new young designers made admirable efforts and stylish stalwarts received their regular reviews, but the only designer that really got people talking was Denis Gagnon.

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Broadening the Definition of Security

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ike Geist, Rosaline Presence, Stephen Lewis, Wendy Drummond, g20, World News
Craig and Marc Kielburger

For Rosaline Presence, security isn't about $1.2 billion. It's about $10. In South Africa, food security takes precedent over riot police and tear gas for 1.5 million people.

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Toronto Fashion Week: Fun Fashion and Glamorous Garb Rules the Runway

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marissa Bronfman

Friday arrived far too soon but featured some wonderfully creative creations and the Dare to Wear Love show wrapped up the week with a blowout show that proved fashion and philanthropy are just as beautiful, glamorous and meaningful as ever.

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Robert Mugabe Loyalists Raped Women During Vote, Say AIDS-Free World Group

AP | CELEAN JACOBSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zimbabwe, Mugabe, Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe, AIDS-Free World, Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe, Robert Mugabe, Stephen Lewis, Movement for Democratic Change, World News

JOHANNESBURG — Supporters of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe used rape to terrorize the political opposition during last year's contested ele...

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Even New Radicals Get The Blues

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Activists, Kindness, Careers, Social Entrepreneurs, Good Works, Stephen Lewis, Books, New Radicals, Julia Moulden, The Giving Life, Healthy Living News
Julia Moulden

Maybe we need to acknowledge to ourselves - and say aloud to one another - that it's hard to be out on the edge all the time. That exhaustion comes hand-in-hand with exhilaration.

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Toronto Fashion Week Wrap Up: Jeanne Beker, Robin Kay and Stephen Lewis Talk Passions for Fashion

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marissa Bronfman

I was lucky enough to catch the imitable high priestess of Canadian fashion, Fashion Television host Jeanne Beker, for an exclusive one-on-one chat about Toronto Fashion Week spring/summer 2010, Canadian designers and the future of fashion.

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The Never Ending War

Eve Ensler and Stephen Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congolese Children, Congo War, Rape, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eve Ensler, Congo, Congo Violence, War in Congo, Stephen Lewis, World News
Eve Ensler and Stephen Lewis

If rape is a weapon of the Congo's war, then treat it with the gravity afforded every other weapon. Until the sexual violence ends, the world has no right to speak of peace.

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