Summer 2023

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HERIZONS MAGAZINE, 37.2, SUMMER 2023
Table of Contents

news

BILL C-35: BUILDING A FOUNDATION FOR A NATIONAL EARLY LEARNING AND CHILD CARE SYSTEM
by Corine Anderson

THE UNDAUNTED SARAH JAMA
by Doreen Nicoll

 

features

THE PLEASURE AND PRIDE OF INDIGIQUEERNESS: PAINTINGS FROM A QUEER NDN BABY
Natalie King, a queer Indigenous painter reflects on her arts practice and the people in her community who inspire her work. Through vibrant colours, empowering regalia, fruits, and medicines, painting is the artist’s way to represent the past, present, and future and a way to honour and celebrate life outside the tropes and expectations of Indigeneity within “Canadian art.”
by Natalie King

BLACK WOMEN UNDER STATE
Idil Abdillahi’s book, Black Women Under State: Surveillance, Poverty & the Violence of Social Assistance centres on the realities of Black women, both in-process and theory, who are living at the intersections of race, poverty, surveillance, and social services. The article highlights the experiences of Black women in academia, positioning epistemology (the theory of knowledge) as a narrow set of criteria that limits and excludes the voices of Black women.
by Ella Taylor

WOMEN TALKING: LEAVING ISN’T THE HARDEST PART
In the film Women Talking, a story unfolds concerning a group of female survivors living in an isolated religious community where women have no voice. Through an analysis of Women Talking, this essay weaves between the stories that inspired the film and a personal reflection that recalls the writer’s own experience of the aftermath of living in a cult.
by Tamara MC

 

arts & ideas

ART

Brings to Light by Jaimie Isaac, reviewed by Janell Henry

Ladykiller the Maneater by Alison Bremner reviewed by Mariana Muñoz Gomez

 

BOOKS

Shapeshifters by Délani Valin, reviewed by Emily Zarevich

Waves by PJ Thomas, reviewed by Kim Fahner

The Whole Animal by Corinna Chong, reviewed by Susan Sanford Blades

Queer Little Nightmares edited by David Ly and Daniel Zomparelli, reviewed by Alex Hall

The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr, reviewed by Evelyn White

Dancing in Small Spaces by Leslie A. Davidson, reviewed by Bonnie Klein

Good Mom on Paper by Stacey May Fowles, reviewed by Ayesha Mian Akram

On Opium by Carlyn Zwarenstein, reviewed by Deborah Ostrovsky

 

MUSIC

Mascarade by Gayance

Narrow Line by Mama’s Broke

Reviews by Rosie Long Decter

 

FILM

Call Jane by Phyllis Nagy, reviewed by Deb Singh

Le Roi n’est pas mon cousin (The King is Not My Cousin) by Annabelle Aventurin, reviewed by Bouchra Assou

 

columns

PROTECTING COMMUNITIES FROM BOOK BANS
by Christina Hajjar

WHAT AIN’T BROKE
by Daysha Loppie

HERE IN THE KITCHEN
by Kyla Pascal + Kathryn Lennon

CHOOSE BEAUTY
by Sanna Wani