December 6th

Today is the bitter 18th anniversary of "the Montreal massacre", when Marc Lépine open-fired at a class of female engineering students at the École Polytechnique in Montreal. Lépine killed 14 of the students as he yelled out "I hate feminists!" among other spurts of anti-women banter.

December 6th is now Canada's National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, but that doesn't mean only Canadians can reflect. Today is as good of a day as any to reflect on the misogynistic violence that occurs in our everyday lives, and what we can do to stop it.