2016-2017

Another Black Life Taken by the Montréal Police

Another Black Life Taken by the Montréal Police

Collateral damage in a racist ‘war on drugs’ by Robyn Maynard   May be reprinted with permission. Bony Jean-Pierre, a 47-year-old...

The Men Who Loved My Body (And the Things They Said)

The Men Who Loved My Body (And the Things They Said)

By Caleb Luna He asks me about my first time ‘I think I was 23. It was a first date’...

Not Shaving Isn’t Always a Choice for Women of Colour

Not Shaving Isn’t Always a Choice for Women of Colour

By Paniz Khosroshahy Adopted from a piece first published in gal-­dem I don’t shave, because I believe that the hair removal...

Fat Body Politics

Fat Body Politics

By Anonymous I want to talk about the politics of being fat. I want everybody to have a serious self-reflexive...

An Open Letter on Black Lives Matter

An Open Letter on Black Lives Matter

By Helen Ogundeji I am hurting and I am healing and often it is very difficult to decide which state to...

Indigenous Sovereignty or There’s Nothing to be “Proud” About Canadians

Indigenous Sovereignty or There’s Nothing to be “Proud” About Canadians

By papâmâstêw-otipêyimisiwiskwêw Canada is a hostile occupying force that represses Indigenous nations. In spite of the national mythology that Canada...