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Saturday, May 31, 2025

FLOOD THE STREETS AND DEMAND SAFETY FOR WOMEN AND GIRL

🚨ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: TIME TO FLOOD THE STREETS AND DEMAND SAFETY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS🚨

By Zipolita aka Tina Winterlik

I am sickened. Enraged. Heartbroken.

A 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted at knifepoint in broad daylight in Vancouver, and the man arrested was already on probation for another sexual assault. Let that sink in.
He was out. On the streets. Free.
And now a young girl has to carry that trauma for the rest of her life.

Where is the justice?
Where is the protection for women and girls?
Where is the outrage?

We used to march.
Women used to organize and walk at night to Take Back the Night. We knew the streets belonged to us too, and we weren't going to be afraid.
Now? The predators are let out over and over, and we’re told to stay vigilant, carry pepper spray (which is illegal here!), and avoid walking alone.

But when do they face consequences?

There have been a string of sexual assaults in Stanley Park and other parts of Vancouver lately, and it feels like no one in power is doing a damn thing.
We’re gaslit into thinking things are "mostly safe" — while women and girls are being hunted in public spaces.

I used to feel safe. I don’t anymore.
And I know I’m not alone.

So here’s my call:
Let’s flood the streets again.
Let’s organize.
Let’s rise up like the women before us did.
Let’s TAKE BACK OUR CITY.

March. Scream. Hold signs. Demand change.
Because if we don’t, they will keep letting them out — and more girls, more women, more people will be hurt.

DEMANDS TO START WITH:

Mandatory psychological assessment reviews before parole for violent or sexual offenders
Real consequences for breaching probation
Transparency from the justice system about high-risk offenders in our communities
Immediate public forums and safety plans from local government
Restore and increase funding for women’s shelters, trauma support, and legal advocacy

That young girl — she could have been any of us.
Any of our daughters, sisters, nieces, or friends.

This city has failed her.
Let’s make sure it doesn’t fail anyone else.

#TakeBackTheStreets
#JusticeForSurvivors
#NoMoreSilence
#VancouverSafetyNow

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Honoring #MMIW & Girls on Oct 4 2016 at Vancouver's Peace Park

These photos & video were inspired by The REDress Project - created by Jaime Black. I took these photos to help raise awareness and keep the spotlight on the #MMIW

http://www.theredressproject.org/
The REDress Project, focuses around the issue of missing or murdered Aboriginal women across Canada. It is an installation art project based on an aesthetic response to this critical national issue. The project seeks to collect 600 red dresses by community donation that will later be installed in public spaces throughout Winnipeg and across Canada as a visual reminder of the staggering number of women who are no longer with us. Through the installation I hope to draw attention to the gendered and racialized nature of violent crimes against Aboriginal women and to evoke a presence through the marking of absence.

#SistersInSpirit #MMIW #NoMoreStolenSisters March & Vigil

https://mylangaratrccarvingjourney.blogspot.ca/2016/10/sistersinspirit-mmiw.html

Monday, March 14, 2016

#IStandUp against Objectification of Women in Advertising

#IStandUp Against the Harm Caused By Objectification of Women in Advertising

#WomenNotObjects

Saturday, January 9, 2016

Powerful Words- Powerful Women- Poetry in MOTION!!

3 Girls Perform 'Somewhere In America'
3 girls went on national television and raised the bar for America. Fearless...
Posted by Omeleto on Thursday, January 7, 2016

THE POWER OF SPOKEN WORD SPEAKING TRUTH BY YOUTH!

Thursday, January 16, 2014

What Makes You Feel Beautiful?

Blog post by Tina Winterlik © 2014
zipolita@gmail.com
http://zipolitazstudioz.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/#!/zipolita @zipolita
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So something I have never really talked about on my blog is bodyweight. I have struggled ....oh my God how I have struggled....but mostly in the past...I am happy with my body image for the most part now...but it took years.

The first time I thought I was fat was when I was about 12 maybe and I had a little tiny tummy bulge and a friend of my brother's called it a spare tire..until then it never occurred to me. That started it..I had this friend in school whose mom had a yoga tv show and this girl did fasting and they suggested try it. Insanity. It started me on this terrible rollercoaster of not eating for a day or two and then of course as soon as you cave I would bing.

My weight fluctuated most of my teens between 5-20 lbs over what is considered "normal" by those stupid charts...

I remember I had all these stupid diaries...they were diet diaries,,...every page was crossed out..tomorrow I will start again...

In my 20's I went on this liquid, chocolate bar diet, you know those dum meal replacement things...oh I lost weight alright, I went down to like 105 and I was so happy, but then something happened, I had to quit my job due to tendonitis and I was depressed and I also quit smoking(a very nasty habit that I am so glad I beat) and I gained....I was 150lbs. It's hard to believe looking back.

I remember how critical all my friends from back then were of people who were not as slim as they thought they should be. I remember one saying "I would kill myself if I got that fat!!" What a terrible sad thought...

Needless to say I had to get away from all that and I moved to the Kootenays and started college as a mature student. I met someone and he didn't mine my love handles and with routine of school and being loved for who I was, I did slim down again.

When I came back to the coast and went to school here well living on student budget and packing heavy photography equipment everywhere I got pretty slim again.

And I felt good for a long time about my weight. I didn't diet anymore I just tried to eat healthy. When I got pregnant at 40 with my little cherub I gained about 45 lbs but it was all good...after I had her it took a few years but it all came off.

It was when my mom passed away (we'd moved back to the Kootenays) that I got really really thin, every day I would shovel snow to get rid of the stress of my mom being sick and then when I was in mourning after she passed. I was like a 100lbs.

One day, I think it was Angel's birthday I looked in the mirror ...at my neck and YUCK!! I thought, my God I look awful...my boobs were all saggy and seriously FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE...I thought I am too thin.

When my mom was alive mom would always tease and call me "Ana" short for Anorexia...she was trying to make me recognized in the nicest, gentlest way to cut it out and eat more.

Anyways, that was a turning point. I like to have a little meat on me...and if I gain a bit, hey I know it's okay I can walk it off. I never count calories or anything...I just try to eat healthy and walk a lot.

Sometimes things have been tough and I wouldn't eat so well, so that my kid could but hopefully that won't happen any more.

Do I have a tummy, yes, but I don't care anymore. I am so glad to be free of all that ugly stress. It worries me to see so many girls and women still struggling with this...

I am so glad people are talking about it, I've spoken with my daughter about it and I think she understands it all. She is just in her tweens and I've shown her many videos on the topic, just as I will show her this one.

I'm not sure where we are in this battle with the media and our culture it is all still really warped out. How can we teach people to love themselves. With education and talking about it, with videos, and apps about medititation...

It's going to take a lot of work...we have a long long way to go but it's great to see videos like this. Thanks for sharing your stories, thanks for the poem Natalie, thanks Soulpancake....keep up the good work.

Now Repeat After Me. I LOVE MYSELF JUST THE WAY I AM!! I AM BEAUTIFUL!!
Because your really are. We all are!!...

I tried to find some old photos to show you but there's nothing on this computer...so they must be in storage

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Published on YouTube Jan 15, 2014

SoulPancake partnered with Darling Magazine to have a series of conversations about some of the issues that women face on a daily basis. Our first one is a glimpse into beauty and body image. When do you feel the most beautiful?

To continue the conversation visit http://darlingmagazine.org
and for daily inspiration @darlingmagazine on Instagram

Special Thanks To
West Elm
Dominique Generaux

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http://www.natalieispoetry.com/

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