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The Green-Eyed Monster: navigating jealousy
I’m lounging in my PJs watching Gossip Girl as my partner’s heels click down the corridor towards me. She bursts in – a vision of femme cougar hotness – and kisses me goodnight on her way out for a date …
I’m lounging in my PJs watching Gossip Girl as my partner’s heels click down the corridor towards me. She bursts in – a vision of femme cougar hotness – and kisses me goodnight on her way out for a date …
Visual artist Naz Rahbar had never been to Rhubarb, so we asked them to come and share their experience of the festival here on the blog. What we got is this amazing set of illustrations capturing week one of the …
If there is anyone who knows the deepest depths of heteronormative relationships, it’s me. Let me explain. Back in the early 2000s I was a conservative national newspapers’ Nuptials Columnist. While you may be amazed by this notch in my …
In a week’s time, the Rhubarb Festival is going to come out, guns blazing, on its 37th mission to bewitch, bewilder, and bemuse. Artists will emerge from the bunkers of feverish creativity, trancelike as they present their otherworldly imaginings. Over …
czech playwright karel čapek’s 1921 text insect play is one of many weird pieces of aesthetically radical writing to come out of inter-war avant-garde in europe. the allegory is a bit obvious—even pixar has ripped it off by now—it …
In the context of Canadian culture, I tend to associate heritage with “Dr. Penfield, I can smell burnt toast.” That is, institutionally-endorsed moments wherein Canadians prove themselves to be somehow exemplary—especially compared to Americans and the British. Heritage has a …
When did I know I was getting old? Hmmm. Perhaps it was back in 2008 when I was selling stuff on facebook and kijiji. I posted a pic of my CD tower hoping it would get nabbed. Not knowing a …
Trigger Warning: This blog post deals with coming out and it may be traumatic to some, especially during the holidays. This article, as well as its exercise attempts to do over a coming out process with a positive result. Please …
With all appropriate fanfare and celebration, we are super excited to announce the artists who will be part of this year’s Rhubarb Festival! Look for full programming and the festival schedule right here on January 4. More Rhubarb info is on The …
I recently attended the Naked Heart Festival hosted by Glad Day Bookshop, as both a student and panel speaker/reader. So blessed was I to be amongst us LGBTQ folks fresh from being the co-winner of the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop’s …