Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing

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Women’s Work
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Women’s Work

From: Up the Coast

Chapter Nine focuses on women’s work, food orders, defending the camp and children from bears when the men are away, the authors stash of nanaimo bars attracting bears, laundry and the … 37 $3.70 Add
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Wood-Wellesley and the 'Mystery Block'

Wood-Wellesley and the ‘Mystery Block’

From: Any Other Way

Mark Obaldeston describes how the pressure of new building developments is reshaping and erasing historically queer spaces in Toronto. 3 $0.30 Add
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Woody Point

Woody Point

From: No Place For A Woman

Getting My Bearings Again – Building My House on the Hill – The Electricity Kerfuffle – Jinny-Down-by-the-Bow – Spring: Back Home Again – A Summer of Wonders – … 60 $6.00 Add
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Work Alone

Work Alone

A New App That Helps Sex Workers

From: Rock Paper Sex, Volume II

This short chapter describes an app that helps protect workers and clients at Blue Door. 2 $0.20 Add
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Work & Play & Food
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Work & Play & Food

Part Five

From: Earthkeeping

Part Five contains the sections: Down to Earth, A Salmon for Supper, Of Seals and Cod and Us, Oatmeal Shenanigans, Part Surgeon, Part Seamstress: A Fly-Tying Memoir, Dike-Land Rambles, Chaga … 51 $5.10 Add
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Work, Travel, Study

Work, Travel, Study

From: Pilgrim Souls

deals with our careers, travel and the lifelong learning in which we engaged, eachin our own way. 38 $3.80 Add
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Working Girls

Working Girls

From: No One to Tell

In this chapter, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo discusses the RCMPs response to prostitution, and how it reflected deeper systemic sexism in the organization. The chapter also covers … 11 $1.10 Add
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Working Long

Working Long

From: No One to Tell

In Working Long, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo describes her work schedule and a typical work day, as well as more instances of sexism as they occur throughout her example work day. 11 $1.10 Add
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Working Short

Working Short

From: No One to Tell

In Working Short, former RCMP officer Janet Merlo discusses staffing shortage patterns, as well as evidence of any sexual harassment she was experiencing at work. The chapter also discusses how … 16 $1.60 Add
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Works Cited

Works Cited

From: You Only Live Twice

Works Cited ; 2 $0.20 Add
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World Upside Down

World Upside Down

From: The Wheel of Things

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I want Her So Much I Feel Sick: An Interview with Rough Trade's Carole Pope

I want Her So Much I Feel Sick: An Interview with Rough Trade’s Carole Pope

From: Any Other Way

Jane Farrow interview’s musician Carol Pope. They discuss the impact that Pope’s music had on Toronto’s queer community. ; 4 $0.40 Add
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Writing Apace and Returning to Social Action

Writing Apace and Returning to Social Action

From: No Place For A Woman

The opening sections of the book provide a brief biography of Ella Manuel, describing her Newfoundland upbringing, travels, and relationships throughout her life. 4 $0.40 Add
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xenofobie/xenophobia
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xenofobie/xenophobia

From: Alfabet/Alphabet

On Dutch words with no English equivalent, and the impossibilty of some translation. 4 $0.40 Add
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Yamnuska
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Yamnuska

From: My Mother, My Translator

Follows conversations and experiences between Singh and his sister in the wake of their mother’s death. 18 $1.80 Add
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Ball Culture

Ball Culture

From: Any Other Way

Stories and photos from Toronto’s ballroom subculture, which traces its roots to Harlem in the 1980’s. 3 $0.30 Add