Art and our salvation from the ravages of conflict
While news media generates ideology-informed stories during conflict, literature tells stories of beauty and paradise in the absence of war.
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Tomas Maldonado
Jan 17 min read
When in Times of Writer’s Block, Harness Your Inner Negative Capability
By Tomas Maldonado “We’re instructed to do the negative; the positive is already within us.” Franz Kafka As we enter 2024, I can’t help...
Andrea EBJ
Dec 23, 20235 min read
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline: Why Indigenous Language in Literature Matters
Elizabeth BJ looks to Dimaline's novel, 'The Marrow Thieves,' which serves as a poignant exploration of indigenous language supression.
Chao Shete
Dec 22, 20233 min read
Ink and Solace: The Comfort of Literary Escapes
I have come to realise in the solitude of a good book, I find sanctuary for introspection and self-discovery.
Euzette Fermilan
Dec 21, 20236 min read
Depths of Winter
"It is that time of year when the white silence allows me to look inward and outward. And to me, wintering is a knife disguised in icicles."
Catherine Owen
Dec 19, 202310 min read
“crumbling into every digressive”:A week of thinking about beauty & empathy
'“crumbling into every digressive”:A week of thinking about beauty & empathy' by Catherine Owen
rabhelanimguni
Dec 12, 20234 min read
The Complicity of Silence and Indifference: Is the Age of Idols over?
Art is about reality but our idols' silence on the Israel-Palestine conflict does not reflect that reality.
firstnamecarmenx
Dec 2, 20238 min read
Canadian Coffee
In which CX writes/daydreams about a coffeeshop they want to go back to, again and again.
A. L. Sarino
Dec 1, 20236 min read
Essay: 'Anak' and 'Distance' on Agency and the Filipino Mother in the 21st Century
As movies, Anak and Distance illustrate two opposite extremes of the challenging reality of motherhood in the Philippines.
Terry Trowbridge
Nov 30, 20232 min read
I Am So Worried About How Coders Describe Us to the ChatGPTs
"I Am So Worried About How Coders Describe Us to the ChatGPTs," writes sociolegal researcher, writer, and plum farmer, Terry Trowbridge.
Chao Shete
Oct 31, 20234 min read
Essay: Procrastination - A Journey of Self-sabotage, Doubt and Attaining Perfection
I believe procrastination must torture. It must lead to feelings of doubt and failure, ultimately it doesn't count unless it's self sabotage
Amanda O'Dell
Oct 27, 20232 min read
Essay: Chronically Tired and Thankful
"Grieving who you were before and where you imagined you would be can be draining."
devonfwebb
Oct 24, 20232 min read
WEAPONISED INCOMPETENCE
If voting changed anything they would abolish it /
if this system was liberating we wouldn’t uphold it
Terry Trowbridge
Oct 24, 20236 min read
Essay: Canadian abuse of Jamaican migrant farm workers is an international issue, what can be done?
An essay breaking down and criticising Canada's abuse and "systemic slavery" of Jamaican migrant farm workers
rabhelanimguni
Oct 19, 20234 min read
Essay: Tower of Babel
"By listening, churches would have abated the paranoia of homophobia and saved lives."
nabghashahid19
Oct 17, 20233 min read
Essay: Slipping Through the Cracks; the “Hostile” Woman of Pakistan
"The Woman was my alter-ego, my pretense in Pakistan where I had to force myself to submerge deep within the homogenous mix I lived in."
Devanshi Panda
Oct 4, 20234 min read
Essay: Ma's Hair
Ma has always hated her hair.I think Ma often feels like she is her hair. Untameable, prone to flare-ups, old, decisively indecisive.
Gokul KP
Sep 20, 20236 min read
Opening Up: A Personal Exploration of Asexual Identity
A personal essay delving into the writer's narrative as asexual, from the initial confusion to the empowerment that accompanies visibility..
Tomas Maldonado
Sep 18, 20239 min read
Essay: El Paso, That Place with All the ‘Greasy Mexicans’
A cultural essay exploring the dysphemism and a controversy that occurred in the 80s in El Paso, Texas.
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