(she/her) Settler in Mi'kmaki Educator and content creator working in sexual violence prevention. Contract faculty in Women's and Gender Studies.
*This is a fictional story. CW: scenes describing sexual violence and misogyny, though not in graphic detail. Welcome to Rape Culture: The Opera. It’s opening night. The controversial and much talked about show has been shrouded in mystery, already sold out months in advance. Brad is attending with Lisa, an attractive younger woman he had … More Rape Culture: The Opera
Image above by Chris Webb. March 28, 2017 This Friday from 7 to 10 PM The Ali Mustafa Memorial Collective will be hosting a photo exhibit entitled, Towards the Unknown: Refugee Journeys, at the Second Floor Gallery of the Gladstone Hotel. We will showing the work of photographer Tanya Bindra who is also our first ever recipient … More Reflections on My Work With the Ali Mustafa Memorial Collective
March 7, 2017 Note: This essay is in no way meant to speak for everyone facing precarious labour. I recognize that I am drawing mainly from personal experience. This essay is instead, a personal attempt, at working through some of my own issues with precarity and uncertainty. Death and an uncertain future stalk the working … More Scattered Notes on Precarious Work
Thursday February 2nd, 2017 Yesterday evening, following protests on the UC Berkeley campus against alt-right (read: fascist) spokesman Milo Yiannopoulos, a gory photo of a young, beautiful, white woman covered in blood went viral. The image, originally tweeted by the “Conservative Nation” account, was paired with the text, “Here’s what happened to a female Trump … More When Women Bear the Nation’s Honour: Fascism and the Woman-as-Symbol Under Trump
Revolutionary Anamnesis 