Needs No Introduction

This year, 2014, has seen the return of the debate on gender equality to the public consciousness. Yet some fear that when popular campaigns proclaim that "feminism is for everybody," the ubiquity of the term undermines its anti-oppressive potential. As the ongoing issues around feminist politics enter into the collective consciousness, have we lost sight of what feminism is for? How does the feminist movement maintain momentum while resisting being co-opted by those that would use the movement to meet ends that are indifferent and even hostile to feminism? This past October, these issues were discussed at the Women's Forum in Ottawa. Now in its third year, the forum focused on articulating "the feminist agenda." Asking how we can express a feminist vision of our individual and collective existence, the forum explored diverse understandings of gender inequality to provide ideas on how to move forward. In this panel, the issues discussed were as diverse as the speakers themselves. Moderated by Kate MacIntruff,