Our Brilliant Friends

Written by Frankie Barnet

The number of female lawyers in Canada today is at an all-time high, with women-identifying students now outranking their male counterparts in law schools across the country. But while your faculty or workplace might revel in touting these sorts of statistics come International Women's Day, it's important to remember that demographic shifts don't necessarily lead to immediate cultural improvements. 

Today, more and more young women may even find themselves cringing at the idea of something like International Women's Day, having grown cynical from diversity initiatives that either seem to begin and end with lip service or, worse, replicate the same power hierarchies that they claim to oppose. Toxicity in a pantsuit, anyone?