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Woman, be free from the myths we were fed! Here’s the truth of what it means when we say Freedom-45 for Women… I always heard when women hit the forty-year milestone life is a smooth ride to the end. We will be kinder, we will have less body image issues,…

I am ashamed to be Canadian, I live on stolen land, I took the lives of the babies, their land, their future, their children’s children…I live off their pain. Watching in horror the sadness being unearthed in Canada…mass graves full of the remains of babes…that shame, pain and horror we…

That day, when I looked at myself in the mirror, I saw perfection, a healthy human being standing on his feet, working his brain, more alive than ever. I decided that my dream wasn’t mine anymore, but all those young boys’ too. “Perfection: the condition, state, or quality of being…

There are still directors that avoid the sling shot effect, they dig deep and discover the abundance of diverse and unique stories and narratives for cinema             Two weeks into March, and the wintry atmosphere of the newborn year of 2020 was still present. The first wave of Corona had…

I spent the last ten years “doing hair”, from the south of France to Paris, from London to Montreal to Ireland to South Asia to California. I left my family, my people, my home, my life, I left it all behind searching, seeking, far away from riding dragons and saving…

But pandemic or not, we must be strong and resilient, because one day soon when “this plague” has passed we will recover and limp onwards, triumphant. Fifty+ years of being in and around kitchens and at the ripe old age of 52 I lost a part of my finger. Yes,…

Songs from a utopian dystopia…the room was filled with colours, voices and strings, a holistic sound bath; the dawn, the mist, the orange wall and a mosaic of craftsmanship How little did I know when I first eavesdropped to the rough mix of Chris Dahlgren’s latest album? Blissful and ignorant,…

Feminism is a religion. Fighting racism and injustices are our passions…should we be asked to choose our passions over our religion, we will always choose to defend and applaud women first. A woman’s life is strife with pain gained from lessons learnt against our will. We yearn for those unlearned…

When they were ‘arrested” they were quickly released as though the powers that be were apologizing for the inconvenience caused to them the chosen white racists godfearing face of America. Unite the White Like a dream, we watch this unfold. Helpless, hopeless “Clear them from the streets” “You ain’t seen…

Byron Dueck’s fluid-timeless make of this film is impressive. It is as gentle as taking a quiet walk alongside the river, and as deep as an epiphany in its lucidity FILMED ON TREATY 8 PROPERTY, Valley of the Southern North is a love letter to the Peace Valley and the…

There is a food revolution happening. It is louder, bigger, and more important that any other movement to date. Yet, most of us are not seeing this protest for what it is, mainly because we are disconnected to the very thing that keeps us alive. We see food as Styrofoam/plastic…