Speaking through the Cracks: Syrian Women’s Prophetic Love under Siege
BY
Banah Ghadbian
ON
May 2, 2023
This morning it is Saturday, February 11. I am dancing in my living room. The room spins while I dance. I see the concrete grey floors of my apartment, but I also see grey piles of rubble from the video … Read More
The Colonial Games We Aren’t Meant to Win
BY
Hema Krueger Vyas
ON
March 15, 2023
“At last, it’s Shanivaar!”—a joyful phrase I heard weekly, signifying that my mother had made it to Saturday. Saturday was a busy day for our little family of three. My father would work two jobs that day—one in the morning … Read More
An Intimacy of Voice: A Conversation with El Jones on Abolitionist Intimacies
BY
Sanna Wanni
ON
February 6, 2023
El Jones is a poet, journalist, professor, and activist living in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She teaches at Mount Saint Vincent University, where she was named the 15th Nancy’s Chair in Women’s Studies in 2017. Jones was Halifax’s … Read More
Jin, Jiyan, Azadî! Women, Life, Freedom!
BY
Falgoush
ON
January 16, 2023
On Sept. 13, 2022, Jina (Mahsa) Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman was arrested by Iran’s feared morality police for showing too much of her hair. She died three days later after falling into a coma from head injuries sustained while … Read More
The Extraordinary Tara Kannangara
BY
Andi Schwartz
ON
October 1, 2022
On a rainy September night, I climb a dark set of stairs and step onto the bright set of Extraordinary People, the narrative film accompanying Tara Kannangara’s upcoming album of the same name. A tiny crew of … Read More
Revolution Road
BY
Abigail Matula
ON
July 1, 2022
It’s being called the “shadow pandemic.” After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of women and girls killed at the hands of male partners in Canada spiked by 50 percent, sounding alarm bells across the country. In 2019, … Read More
The Gospel of Breaking
BY
Boetumelo Julianne Nyasulu
ON
April 15, 2022
Jillian Christmas describes herself as an introvert and a pretty private person. The poet, whose collection of poetry The Gospel of Breaking has garnered much acclaim, opened up in our interview about her need to hold close the “parts that … Read More
How to Stop Cyber Misogyny
BY
Suzie Dunn
ON
January 15, 2022
Since the beginning of the COVID pandemic, many parts our lives have migrated online. We’re using Zoom video calls, WhatsApp group chats, iCloud and Instagram to keep in touch with our loved ones and to work from home. This technology … Read More
