A GRAPHIC ESSAY
Michelle Martin and Hannah Schneider illustrate their experiences of street harassment and sexual assault in Edmonton—the worst city in Canada to be a woman
Lives
WOMEN WHO ABORT
I have never felt like I should say, “I decided to have an abortion because,” or, “I had to have an abortion because.” I have only ever said, “I had an abortion.” Katie Lew on writing beyond choice
SURGERY
"Are you getting the surgery?" A collaborative video series by Sarah Hill, Creighton Baxter, and Bug Davidson examines the coercive questioning of trans* bodies
WILD ACTS
"The identities encoded in our physical selves affect our politics, our viewpoints, and the ways that we interact with the world." Kaleigh Trace reflects on disability, sex, and the politics of our bent desires
THAT STAYED
How do we find the words to express sexual trauma, when traditional "rape narratives" don't seem to apply? An intimate dialogue between two friends
ON ROUGHING IT IN THE BUSH
An Ontario forest firefighter reflects on the limitations and contradictions of current anti-discriminatory directives in an outdoor workplace
DO WHAT FEELS RIGHT
Lindsay Blewett on working as an escort and negotiating a polyamorous relationship