dress codes
Restaurant Dress Codes Have Long Been a Tool for Racist Discrimination
These policies continue to serve as a thinly veiled way for bars and restaurants to discriminate against Black patrons.
An Adult Pointing out Exposed Parts of Your Body Can Haunt You For a Lifetime
Sexist leering is especially harmful when young people are made to think it’s their fault.
How High Heels Became a Political Issue in Canada
BC’s premier is the latest to join the footwear revolt, supporting a bill against gender-based dress codes.
A Restaurant Is Under Fire for Banning People with Face and Neck Tattoos
An attorney for Little Woodrow’s clarified to a local CBS affiliate that the now-cancelled policy only prohibited face and neck tattoos.
Toronto Nightclubs Have a Problem with Racist Door Policies
Insiders reveal the secret profiling practices used to restrict entry to people of color.
Cry-Baby of the Week: A Girl Was Sent Home From School Because Her Collarbone Was Showing
Also this week: A bunch of people got annoyed because something online ended up being more expensive than they'd hoped.
Oppressive Office Dress Codes Need to Go
Dress codes disproportionately target not just teenage girls in school, but people of color, LGBTQ students, and overweight people.
High School Crop-Top Dress Codes Send the Message That School Is for Boys
Dress codes focus primarily on girls' bodies, but young women across Canada are mobilizing to fight the sexist policies.
Cry-Baby of the Week: A Woman Pulled a Gun On Some Kids Who Were "Pestering" Her Dog
Also this week: A high school banned female students from wearing yoga pants because they make them look like prostitutes.