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Reflections on identity, justice, and community resilience, on top of whatever else happens to cross my mind.
When Institutions Demand Our Labour but Not Our Voices
There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from being invited into a space only to realize that your presence was the priority, not your voice. The expectation was that you would show up, fill the quota, sit on the panel, make the institution ...
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The Weight of Absence
There are moments when absence carries more weight than presence. When the space someone leaves behind doesn’t just signal distance, but a rupture. A confirmation of something you hadn’t yet said aloud. Not all harm is loud. Some betrayals unfold in si...
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Joy, Survival, and the Refusal to Be Broken
As Saidiya Hartman reminds us, Black life moves through the tension of mourning and survival, a condition intensified for Black queer and trans people whose very existence challenges the terms of the social order. In a world structured by anti-Blacknes...
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A Gesture of Hate
In the aftermath of Elon Musk’s unmistakable Nazi salutes at Donald Trump’s inauguration on 20 January 2025, much of the media coverage has predictably veered toward obfuscation, excuse-making, and, most disturbingly, a kind of ableist scapegoating. In...
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Urgent Call for Dalhousie to Divest from Companies Complicit in Israeli Occupation
Dear Members of the Dalhousie University Board of Governors, As a current doctoral student at Dalhousie University, I feel compelled to speak out on an issue that goes to the very heart of our shared values as an academic institution. The university’s...
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The Power of Reading in Ballroom Culture
In ballroom culture, reading is essential—a practice that challenges, critiques, and connects us. It’s not just about being sharp or witty, though it can be both of those things. Reading is about truth-telling, and sometimes that truth stings. It’s not...
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Social Work, Black Joy, and the Kiki Ballroom Scene
As a social worker committed to anti-oppressive, community-driven care, I can’t ignore the violent history of this profession—a history tangled with state control, surveillance, and intervention in marginalized communities. I often think about what it...
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