By Dorothy June Fraser Elisha Lim’s work makes me think in whispers. Their voice, narrating videos or voicing claymation figures, is coy and intriguing. Their most recent work, however, focuses on different voices: those of Queers Who Pray. Lim “loves to praise God,” even though...
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Vancouver’s Litany reading thrills audience
This review posted with permission from Coastal Spectator. Litany Reading Series Gallery Gachet, Vancouver Sunday, April 7 Reviewed by Dorothy June Fraser The first Litany Reading of the year (back in January) was so well-attended it almost burst the small comfy surroundings of the Rhizome Cafe on...
The Importance of Writing About Queer* Sex
By Theodosia Henney It was the final semester of college. I was sitting with one of my advisors in her office, and we were reviewing my most recent batch of poems and flash-prose; two of them were about having sex with a woman. Yes, they were big, queer, gay-ass poems imbued with desire and...
Looking Back: Lesbian Bar Culture in the 20th century
by Andrea Routley The histories of any marginalised group are a difficult thing to uncover. We can reinterpret literature, search through diaries donated to archives, find some legal records of those convicted of “lewd behaviour” or “perversions” . . . For this reason, many...
Expect Expectations: Reading “Ethnic” Literature Through a Multicultural Lens
By Fazeela Jiwa | Guest Post from a Straight Ally My Indo-African Muslim childhood in Canada was one of dissonance. It meant being invited to share samosas with my class on “multicultural days,” but feeling embarrassed of my non-sandwich curry lunches on every other day. The teacher’s enthusiasm...
Occidental Paradise: Bo Luengsuraswat on Intercepting Misrepresentation
Bo Luengsuraswat © 2006 Interview by Dorothy June Fraser Occidental Paradise is an experimental film that questions constructions of racialized and gendered lived experience. An early work of interdisciplinary artist Bo Luengsuraswat, this film pulls pop cultural references into the entanglement...
