Our Sunday Links

Vivek Shraya asks: how did the suffering of  marginalized artists become so marketable?

Men have no friends and women bear the burden

Self-made Métis

Dayspring, from Anthony Oliveira

“I am a woman and I am fast.” On the racist and cissexist underpinnings of the IAAF’s decision on Caster Semenya.

nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up – Lindsay Nixon reviews the new documentary by Tasha Hubbard

Just transition means returning Indigenous land – but that might look different than you think

An interview with Carmen Maria Machado

Nail art is bigger than ever – why aren’t Black women getting any credit?

“All we have is the present moment, the emergent life that we create together. What would it mean if we said “I’m sorry” more to each other? If we were braver to face injustice, not just the injustice that we experience but the injustice that we do to others? If we made space for everyone to be held in their precarity: victims, perpetuators, and bystanders?” This week we published Repair, by Gwen Benaway – it’s such a powerful piece of writing, please read it if you haven’t yet.

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