Herizons Magazine

Reach for the Stars By: Cindy Filipenko Fall 2006 Fair-skinned girls who want mainstream acceptance aren’t singing about gender politics or First Nations’ issues, either, but that’s exactly what makes Kinnie Starr stand out.... MORE >	Mary Walsh: Queen Of Comedy Stands Up For The Disenfranchised By: Monica Kidd Summer 2006 Herizons: Historian Shane O’Dea said of you that: “Ms. Walsh has an agenda of speaking for the marginalia, those people consigned by power elites to burial in the footnotes of history... MORE >
Pump up the Volume: Tanya Tagaq Adds New Sound to a Centuries-Old Women’s Cultural Tradition By: Megan Perry Spring 2006 Throat singing isn’t a sound that’s easy to describe, even for Tanya Tagaq, so she relies on comparisons. “It’s breath, it’s rhythm. To be very, well, pompous... MORE >	Tanks R Us: Sarah Beck On The Fine Art Of Self Defence By: Roewan Crowe Winter 2006 Sarah Beck is a cultural activist. The Saskatchewan-based artist makes crystal-clear connections between themes of consumerism, the militarization of daily life and the mass marketing of armaments... MORE >
Tattoos More than Skin Deep By: Alexis Keinlen Fall 2005 When Patricia Roe was 46, her 20-year-old son, Adam, died while mountain climbing in Guatemala. Several of Adam’s friends got tattoos to mark the loss of their friend. A few weeks... MORE >	A Complicated Kind of Author By: Di Brandt Summer 2005 Herizons: I’m so delighted to be able to chat with you about A Complicated Kindness. I imagine this book took a lot of courage to write. Can you talk about that a bit? MORE >