The Cultural Politics of Softness
"We are collapsing under the pressure to be chill, to be detached"
Culture
Laughing in the Dark: Watching Melanated Films with White People
Films for and about Black people and people of colour are worthy of celebration. The experience of watching these films as a person of colour, however, depends on who else is in the theatre.
On Seeing Chinese Mothers On-Screen
Lorraine C reviews Meditation Park
What is Slut Island?
Slut Island co-founder Sultana Bambino opens up about the impossibility of a safe space, and what not to miss during the festival, currently running in Montreal.
An Interview with Austra
Katie Stelmanis of Austra on NIN, learning to write lyrics, and anti-capitalist possibilities.
Meet Sadziky
An interview with Sadziky, the Toronto DJ bringing together DIY culture and Arab Electronic music.
Femme Kinship is Magic
"There are potent magics, sometimes dangerously so, in the innumerable manifestations of femme" - Brett Cassady Willes reviews Kai Cheng Thom's Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars