Crowdfunding : Help Montreal Slam Poet Rabbit Get to Verses Vancouver
“You can’t be a word nerd and not into poetry,” Rabbit says. We want to send this slam poet to the Verses Festival. Find out more here.
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Through My Brown Gay Zootopian Lens
Animated film praised for handling difficult topics suffers from its own prejudices and stereotypes.
Photojournal: Montreal Marches for Women on International Woman’s Day
International holiday for women’s rights strongly represented in Montreal with annual march.
Through my Brown Gay Lens : Whitewashing and My Creative Freedom
Is the solution to Hollywood’s “whitewashing” problem to hire more actors of colour or is it to eliminate colour and normativity as deciding factors in casting?
Moby Dick : A Classic Tale Retold
With gender-blind casting, Moby Dick transforms the classic tale and lets actors’ talents shine.
Rae Spoon Reflects on Armour
Trans artist Rae Spoon talks about the making of Armour and performing in barns in Alberta.
Sex with Ariane: All Alone on Valentine’s Day
Our new sex advice column tackles Valentine’s Day for singles.
Swan Lake Subversive
Dada Masilo reinvents the classic by mixing ballet and African dance, but the challenges in this excellent show don’t stop there.
Wake Up Sleeping Beauty Revises the Fairy Tale
Why should sleeping beauty sleep her way through her starring role? Rosaruby Kagan and Julia Ainsworth let kids rewrite the story at this production.
When Men Were Ladies: Compleat Female Stage Beauty
Play by Pesephone Productions explores when women were allowed to take the stage for the first time, upturning the lives of male actors who played female roles
Through my Brown Gay Lens : Drag Kings and the Case for Un-gendering !
The performance of a drag king prompts self-reflection on the limitation of gender binaries.
Through My Brown Gay Lens #1: Introductions
When Sinj came to Montreal to be a filmmaker, he wondered if and where he would find his people.
Get Around Me is the Show You Must See About Sports and Sexual Assault
Australian Rules Football is a tough sport, so Team Canada player Gillian English wasn’t going to be put on the shelf after a sexual assault.
Review: Hosanna Identity, Gender, and Sphinxes
A humiliating incident becomes a meditation on human relationships.
It’s Only Love: Trans-fusion Cleared Up
Transsexual vs. Transgender? Celina outlines what these terms mean this week.
Cinema Politica Line-Up Showcases the Best Docs from Gaza to Home
This winter’s lineup at the Concordia branch of Cinema Politica has films about refugees, the justice system, and gender. Get inspired and get informed.
The Eye of the Abused. Tom à La Ferme Review.
Dark and documentary-like, Xavier Dolan’s new film pits a homosexual man against his cruel and inhumane abuser.
The Labor of Being JD Samson and MEN
Feminist, dj, and artist, JD Samson talks about making Labor, involvement with freeing Pussy Riot, and the relationship between writing music and activism.
The Curator of the Gendered .gif
Visual and new media artist Jennifer Chan curates .gifs by 25 international artists as part of .dpi 28 Gender(ed) Culture on the Internet launch.