Identity
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Spirits, myths and memory in Black film
In curating Cinematheque’s latest film series, distribution coordinator Mahlet Cuff sought to answer the question: “where can Black folks turn to for knowledge about their history?”
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Women talking about women talking
Do nothing, stay and fight, or leave?
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Diagnosed as female
The film doesn’t matter, although I’ve only seen a handful in theatres over the past few years.
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Turning 24
January 2023 hit like a ton of bricks, and something else is on the way: my 24th birthday.
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City briefs
Rapid Access to Addiction Medicine (RAAM) clinic// Local Black History Month events// Carbon Tax Relief Fund cheques// Community tree-planting program// McLaren Hotel transforms// Sexual-assault nurse examiner program expands
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Lost and found again
Barb Bottle and Briony Haig aren’t afraid to ask the big questions.
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Out of the closet and into the streets
The term “safe space” can be traced back to lesbian and gay bars in the 1960s.
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City briefs
Volunteer at Festival du Voyageur// CF Polo Park development plan// Millennium Library to reopen Monday// Provincial campaign to end school absenteeism// Affordable Indigenous housing coming to Young Street// First Nation-led feasibility study expected in March
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‘Trying to make Black History Month 365 days in a year’
There’s more to celebrate this February than just Groundhog Day or the successful passage through another dreary January.
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Winnipeg lesbians and their ‘ring of keys’
Alison Bechdel, a lesbian graphic novelist, published her memoir Fun Home in 2006, where she both processes her grief over her dad’s death and notes moments where she comes face-to-face with her dad’s queerness and her own budding sexuality.
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Pleasure is power
I first wrote about pleasure activism in September of 2020 for my first Mother of Goo column.
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City briefs
Treaty knowledge centre opens at The Forks// Record numbers for pedestrian fatalities// De-escalating violent situations workshop// Initiative to increase campus safety and awareness// First Nation-led committee to study feasibility of landfill search// Freedom Convoy reunion confusion
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City briefs
Treaty knowledge centre opens at The Forks// Record numbers for pedestrian fatalities// De-escalating violent situations workshop// Initiative to increase campus safety and awareness// First Nation-led committee to study feasibility of landfill search// Freedom Convoy reunion confusion
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Favourite local grassroots group
1. Bear Clan Patrol
2. Winnipeg Police Cause Harm
3. Mutual Aid Society Winnipeg -
Time to pretend
Some people are taking a more practical approach to media escapism, beyond video games or virtual reality.
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Sex work laws in Canada reek of moralism
The term “prostitute/prostitution” is used in Canadian law, but the preferred terminology is sex worker/sex work.
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PROFile: ‘A positive perception of North American Indigenous people’
Born in Dortmund, Germany, Roland Bohr remembers his mother reading him the biography of Sitting Bull, the Lakota spiritual leader from South Dakota.
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Courage, defiance and the sea
Stanley Wany is an Afro-Caribbean artist. His work For Those Who Chose The Sea is a multimedia installation that engages with the past, present and current effects of the transatlantic slave trade.
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The rising tide of Indigenous Storytellers
Shortly after confederation, the Red River Resistance saw Indigenous peoples in Manitoba organize and take action for their rights in the face of the Canadian state.
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The Northern sun also rises
Forty years ago, Hinode Taiko planted roots in Winnipeg following an inspiring Folklorama performance.
