When we disappear
For us acrobats, it was a circus rule to choose our primary apparatus at the age of thirteen. The doors opened to the Big Top and I entered alone. The leftover sawdust on the floor stuck between my toes, the air scented with rain, instead of the usual smells of animal dung and stale popcorn. […] More »
Losing their religion
After leaving the faith, many ex-Mormons need to find community again. Psychedelics offer a way forward
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A love letter to Brown people in Vancouver
During this spike in racism, I hope we look out for each other
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The Gala Date
We met them first near the hot food. The catering staff were serving a dim sum shrimp dumpling on a bed of rice at the near end of the table. The caterers must have brought hundreds of ramekins to the venue that night, there was an endless stream of them, a new one for each […] More »
On the plus side
Rather than relying on fast fashion, fat folks are creating their own clothing economies
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Muscling through
Invasive mussels could soon enter B.C.'s waterways. If they do, it would be a disaster
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Liar
When I was eight years old, my parents entrusted me with $16 in the form of eight $2 coins, an allowance for a school field trip to La Ronde, Montreal’s amusement park. Until 1996, the year during which the $2 tender in Canada was converted from a paper bill to a coin, my parents would […] More »
Girl stuff
It’s silly that women get bullied just for liking things, but there’s a lot more to be said on the subject
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More than words
How Indigenous children are reclaiming their languages through immersion school
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The Eviction
The guy who bought the house next to my apartment is the heir to a chain of hardware stores. I saw him teaching a young woman about the stock market at a local coffee shop. I watched him as he leaned over the young woman’s laptop, his chubby index finger pressed into the screen, making […] More »