Reflecting on the Oscars 2023
The displays of wealth on the red carpet exhaust me, but there was a lot to celebrate this year!
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There’s a Baby Within the Beast
There’s a Baby Within the Beast words by Kalliopé Anvar McCallillustration by Chelsea Wang For the children of Iran. I wrote this poem after I saw a baby in a demonstration in Toronto while protesting the murder of Jîna Mahsa Aminî . The protest was very difficult emotionally; everyone was crying, screaming, grieving in
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The Order of Colonial Violence
Why did David McKay, the CEO of the country’s dirtiest bank, RBC, receive the Order of Ontario?
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A question for T.S. Eliot
Illustration | Jennifer Fong Li Mr. Eliot, sir, you who taught me about men, and death, and growing old, About cold comings, balding Magi, and trousers rolled, Time has demanded of me to wonder, having lost the innocence of a kid, Time to ask you, ‘Why do dads die, like Dad’s dad did?’ Mr. Eliot,
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Defending the right to boycott
A conversation about the documentary Boycott
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Artists rewrite history
What Spike Lee gets right and wrong in his show, She’s Gotta Have It
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Take to the streets, not the red carpet
Performative celebrity activism at the 2021 Met Gala
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