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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...

Temporary Recruitment Agencies, Immigrant Labour and Labour Precariousness in Montréal

Temporary Recruitment Agencies, Immigrant Labour and Labour Precariousness in Montréal

By Viviana Medina & Manuel Salamanca, Members of the Temporary Agency Workers Association (TAWA) of Montreal Few people in Montréal...

Québec’s Student Movement: People Power on Campus

Québec’s Student Movement: People Power on Campus

By Joël Pedneault For decades, Montréal has had a strong tradition of street protests. Unions, communities, feminist groups, and leftist...

But Disability is Different…

But Disability is Different…

By AJ Withers Time and time again, people make the argument that disabled people don’t have to be included in social...

Bees-Ness in Montréal

Bees-Ness in Montréal

By Cameron Stiff – lesabeillesdespossibles.wordpress.com It was spring of 2007 when I saw the headline: “Millions of bees mysteriously vanish....

Creating the World I Want

Creating the World I Want

By Juniper Glass It is a cold morning after a huge snowfall. I have an early meeting with a potential...

Assurance-Chômage : encore un clou dans le cercueil

Assurance-Chômage : encore un clou dans le cercueil

Par Hans Marotte — Mouvement Action Chômage de Montréal macmtl@macmtl.qc.ca Depuis la fin des années quatre-vingt, les gouvernements fédéraux ont...

Transformative Justice 101

Transformative Justice 101

from the revolution starts at home: confronting intimate violence within activist communities. chen, ching-in, jai dulani, and leah lakshmi piepzna-samarasinha,...

Prisoner Solidarity

Prisoner Solidarity

Printed alongside Why Should I Become a Pen-Pal to a Queer Prisoner? What’s Prison Abolition? The experiences of those who have...

Being Fat is Okay

Being Fat is Okay

from thepursynurse.tumblr.com “Bodies are inherently valid” – Mark Aguhar (calloutqueen) Fatphobia is a term for the systems of oppression in...

Law 35 in Québec

Law 35 in Québec

By Gabrielle Bouchard, Peer Support & Advocacy Program Coordinator at the Centre for Gender Advocacy On April 17, 2013, the...

Gateway Showdown Might Dwarf Idle No More

Gateway Showdown Might Dwarf Idle No More

extracts from an article by Will Braun (Mar. 4, 2013) Chief Theresa Spence is back home in Attawapiskat and Idle...

Concordia to Open Sexual Assault Resource Centre

Concordia to Open Sexual Assault Resource Centre

By Bianca Mugyenyi, Campaigns Coordinator at the Centre for Gender Advocacy Since the spring of 2011, the Centre for Gender...

Sexual Health: Barriers and Beyond

Sexual Health: Barriers and Beyond

By Jos Porter, Health Services Coordinator at Head & Hands Protection… If you’re having penetrative sex, condoms protect against most sexually...

Radical Health

Radical Health

By Jos Porter, Health Services Coordinator at Head & Hands When we talk about health, thoughts of how many colds...

DIY Emotional Well-Being Tips

DIY Emotional Well-Being Tips

taken from the 2009 Slingshot Organizer Fighting oppression is hard work, both physically and emotionally. Too many activists burn out...

You Don’t Need Prison Walls

You Don’t Need Prison Walls

The following is an excerpt from Beyond Amnesty, an anonymous text from the UK. it is an exploration of the...

L’Inconnue

L’Inconnue

She hovers on the fringes, casting doubts with her eyes while bodies circulate, grinning and laughing, swelling with the talk...

GENTRIFICATION … WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT?

GENTRIFICATION … WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT?

[This is an excerpt from the pamphlet Gentrify This!, an analysis of current processes of gentrification in Montreal. As real...

P-6 in Montréal

P-6 in Montréal

By Macho Philipovich This year, the tool of choice used by the Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM)...

Student Strike, 2012: A Brief History

Student Strike, 2012: A Brief History

By anonymous From February to September 2012, the longest student strike in the history of Quebec took place. Over the...

Bonjour-Hi? A Teeny-Tiny History of Language Politics in Québec

Bonjour-Hi? A Teeny-Tiny History of Language Politics in Québec

By Joël Pedneault New France was forcefully incorporated into the British Empire in 1760. The linguistic conflict this created can be...

A Brief History of Union Organizing in Montréal

A Brief History of Union Organizing in Montréal

By Tyler Lawson* Labour organizing in Montréal began with the formation of decentralized craft unions in the early 19th century....

The Quest for the Promised Land: How Canada and Israel Perpetuate Settler Colonialism

The Quest for the Promised Land: How Canada and Israel Perpetuate Settler Colonialism

By Margaret Gilligan The settler-colonial projects of the states of Canada and Israel have willingly participated in the dehumanization and...

Fight for Nothing. Some Thoughts on Queer Nihility

Fight for Nothing. Some Thoughts on Queer Nihility

By Edith Doyle Forward- Before we begin, the writers of this piece would like to acknowledge a number of factors...

Against Marriage Equality

Against Marriage Equality

By Ryan Conrad With the recent passage of gay marriage nationwide in the United States by a narrow June 2015...

Trans Rights & Trans Lives in Montréal

Trans Rights & Trans Lives in Montréal

By Kama La Mackerel In December 2013, the Québec National Assembly adopted Bill 35 which modi ed Article 71 of...

Tips for Making Your Event More Accessible

Tips for Making Your Event More Accessible

Excerpted  from QPIRG Concordia’s Accessibility Guidelines 1. Compensate all contributors fairly. If at all possible in cash, and at the...

Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter

By Helen Ogundeji In a society where white bodies are prioritized and those of any other variation are marginalized, violence...

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...

Heart of Joy and Pain

Heart of Joy and Pain

by Maria Trujillo

A Molt in the Afternoon

A Molt in the Afternoon

By Anna Vail I have my red fruits to eat today, in time for your going. All peel and pile...

Curtain (White)

Curtain (White)

By Jess Goldson Sounds clatter, Drowning out the waves that wash over me. Crowded landscapes lose meaning, Undefined by the...

My Afro

My Afro

By Jess Goldson My afro grows up toward the sun like tulips in the spring. Up, up, my curls defy...

Prisons in Canada

Prisons in Canada

By The Termite Collective cw: racism, prison industrial complex, incarceration, state brutality, capitalism, settler-colonialism, anti-blackness, settler-colonialism, mental and bodily wellness,...

Panic Attacks + Tips for Calming Down

Panic Attacks + Tips for Calming Down

Excerpted from Nailbiter: an anxiety zine Panic attacks are an exaggeration of the body’s ‘normal’ response to fear. The chemical adrenaline...

The Limits of “Tenant’s Rights” Based Advocacy

The Limits of “Tenant’s Rights” Based Advocacy

By Catherine Jeffery cw: bureaucracy, ableism, classism, racism, gentrification, capitalism, neoliberalism, tenant-landlord power dynamics, state brutality What do tenants’ rights...

Condo Culture

Condo Culture

by Andira Hernandez

Trans Affirming Resources in Montréal

Trans Affirming Resources in Montréal

Excerpted from the zine Trans 202: Trans-Affirming Resources in Montréal and Basic Terminology by Raphaële Changing your name or mention...

Deer Woman

Deer Woman

by Chief Lady Bird

Dealing with the Police

Dealing with the Police

By the Collectif Opposé à la Brutalité Policière An excerpt from “Guess What: We’ve Got Rights?!” Also available in french....

Tips for Making Your Online Content More Accessible

Tips for Making Your Online Content More Accessible

Tips taken from QPIRG Concordia’s Accessibility Guidelines + various online sources. 1. Social media platforms are harder to make accessible,...

Emergency February Party

Emergency February Party

By moohk CW: self harm The great grey beast February is trying to eat us alive. It is a monstrous...

Janet Mock Colouring Page

Janet Mock Colouring Page

by Ens

How to Get Called Out on White Privilege

How to Get Called Out on White Privilege

By Anonymous Hey fellow white people! We white folks are the beneficiaries of white supremacy, a powerful and complex system...

Patches

Patches

by Fat Kitty Rising      

A Few Tips + Thoughts Regarding Drugs + Raves

A Few Tips + Thoughts Regarding Drugs + Raves

By Anabasine Also check out the trippin’ zine from Head & Hands for more drug information. Know your drugs There...

Go Home

Go Home

by Hikaru Ikeda

RECIPE: Banana Eggs

RECIPE: Banana Eggs

All you need for this perfect breakfast and/or midnight snack is 1 egg and 1 overripe banana. Mash the banana...

Selected Ideas for Creating Safer Spaces

Selected Ideas for Creating Safer Spaces

By Politics + Care excerpted from Safer Spaces pamphlet SAFE(R) SPACES are created to make spaces accessible to everyone in...

Sylvia Rivera Colouring Page

Sylvia Rivera Colouring Page

by Ens

Why Should I Become A Penpal to a Queer or Trans Prisoner?

Why Should I Become A Penpal to a Queer or Trans Prisoner?

By The Prisoner Correspondence Project Prisons function by removing people from their communities, using isolation to punish people for committing...

Nuclear Plant Workers

Nuclear Plant Workers

by Ai Ikeda

Nothing About Us Without Us

Nothing About Us Without Us

Reflections on Black and Indigenous Community Building and Healing Through a Local Harm Reduction Alliance’s Practise  By Chloe Cavis-Haie cw:...

Intersectional Feminism

Intersectional Feminism

By Cera Yiu cw: anti-blackness, LGBTQIA2S+ phobia, classism, transphobia, misogyny The term “intersectionality” was coined by Black legal scholar Kimberlé...

Self-Care as Political Warfare

Self-Care as Political Warfare

By Anabel Khoo cw: capitalism, academia, mental health and bodily wellness We live in a neoliberal capitalist system that often...

Appropriation and Redskins/Redmen

Appropriation and Redskins/Redmen

By Molly Swain and Lindsay Nixon An excerpt from Decolonization 101 cw: racism, cultural appropriation, slurs tanisi kahkiyaw awiyak, Molly...