English & Literature Studies

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Crip Kinship

Crip Kinship

The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid

The remarkable story of Sins Invalid, a performance project that centres queer disability justice. In recent years, disability activism has come into its own as a vital and necessary means to … 201 View
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Crip Kinship and Cyber Love

Crip Kinship and Cyber Love

From: Crip Kinship

Topics discussed include kinship networks, online community, online romance, “crip emotional intelligence,” microcultures, and digital crip kinship during Covid-19. 15 $1.50 Add
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Crip Sex as Transformative Pleasure Universe

Crip Sex as Transformative Pleasure Universe

From: Crip Kinship

Topics discussed include crip sex and sexuality, sexual liberation, historical sterilization of disabled and racialized populations, pleasure activism, and desirability. 19 $1.90 Add
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Cry

Cry

From: Any Other Way

A poem from Michael Lynch’s collection These Waves of Dying Friends 1 $0.10 Add
Cure for Hate

Cure for Hate

A Former White Supremacist's Journey from Violent Extremism to Radical Compassion

How does an affluent, middle-class, private-school-attending son of a doctor end up at the Aryan Nations compound in Idaho, falling in with and then recruiting for some of the most notorious … 235 View
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Danger

Danger

From: Gender Failure

In this chapter, Coyote discusses the emotional toll of existing outside the gender binary. 4 $0.40 Add
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Day of Cargo
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Day of Cargo

From: Eyes Have Seen

In this chapter, Anderson expands on his experiences in Montreal’s Little Burgundy neighbourhood. 7 $0.70 Add
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Dear Family

Dear Family

From: Gender Failure

This chapter is Coyote’s letter to their extended family in Vancouver, in which they disclose their non-binary gender identity and their decision to undergo a double mastectomy. 8 $0.80 Add
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Delivered to a Stranger

Delivered to a Stranger

From: Hope Is a Woman's Name

In this chapter, Alh’jooj describes the final days before her wedding to Anwar in late July and early August. 5 $0.50 Add
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Desh Pardesh: A Cultural Festival with Attitude

Desh Pardesh: A Cultural Festival with Attitude

From: Any Other Way

Sharon Fernandez recalls the Rise and Fall of Desh Paresh, a popular cultural festival for Toronto’s LGBTQ community. 5 $0.50 Add
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Desire Lines

Desire Lines

From: Any Other Way

Jake Garrett discusses the practice of cruising for hookups in Toronto’s parks. 3 $0.30 Add
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Disability: A Fairy Tale

Disability: A Fairy Tale

From: Disfigured

Chapter 2 focuses on concepts of disability through time, discussing topics including the social model of disability and the medical model of disability, disability as something to be cured, … 28 $2.80 Add
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Discovering Canada
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Discovering Canada

From: Bit Player on Big Stages

In this chapter, Turene examines his reassigment to the Personnel Operations Division in Ottawa in 1969, where he secures a UNESCO posting in Paris. 7 $0.70 Add
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Disengagement

Disengagement

From: Cure for Hate

The author describes his slow disenchantment and disengagement with the white supremacist communities as his partnership broke up and he became a single parent. He examines how his shift in … 16 $1.60 Add
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Disengagement Is No Longer an Option: David Rayside

Disengagement Is No Longer an Option: David Rayside

From: Any Other Way

Rebecka Sheffield recounts the work of David Rysdale in advocating for queer rights in Canada. 3 $0.30 Add
Disfigured

Disfigured

On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space

A CBC BOOKS BEST NONFICTION OF 2020, AN ENTROPY MAGAZINE BEST NONFICTION 2020/21, AND A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK OF THE DAY (07/23/2022) Fairy tales shape how we see the world, so what … 257 View