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Editorial 19: Issue

mel — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:25:28 +0000

Welcome to the Issue issue.

Issue as in:

To go or come out.
To be born or be descended.
To terminate or result.
To cause to flow out; emit.
To enter into controversy.
To take an opposing point of view; …

AIDS ACTION NOW: FUCK POSITIVE WOMEN – Allyson Mitchell, Jessica Whitbread & Alex McClelland

mel — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:12:35 +0000

It is 30 years into the AIDS epidemic, and we are still struggling. New forms of AIDS-phobia, discrimination, and inequality continue to emerge, including the increasing criminalization of people living with HIV. In Canada, the climate of fear and austerity …

Riding the Wet, Wet Wave: An Interview with A.K. Burns and A.L. Steiner on Community Action Center – Anthea Black

mel — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:09:52 +0000

After the late-night screening of Community Action Center at Frameline International LGBT Film Festival in San Francisco, I stood outside the Roxie Theatre with about 30 others from the largely gay-male audience, vigorously discussing the movie. That night, I was …

Trending Homonationalism – Natalie Kouri-Towe

mel — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:50:45 +0000

Homonationalism has quickly become one of the hottest concepts circulating in queer spheres across North America, Europe, and the Middle East. From queer activist projects such as Pinkwatching Israel,[1] the No Homonationalism campaign in Germany,[2] and the array of …

Elisha Lim and Rae Spoon: Talking Shop

mel — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:57:32 +0000

Elisha Lim: So Rae, I’m thinking to myself, so much of the art that I make is hustle. Just hustling to get it out, to make a name, to push myself.

Rae Spoon: You have to hustle.

EL…

The Women Tell Their Stories, and other poems – Ching-In Chen

mel — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:00:41 +0000

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kundiman, blue-wire postcard

Detroit-bound, US Social Forum-bound, Phoenix airport, waiting to board an overnight.

My mother calls to bring news of the dying. Passing through the gateway of dawn, half-breaths.

“Fifty Different Tulips,” says Kim-An Lieberman’s book peeking

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“Whether thatʼs audio art or sound art, honestly I would say I couldn’t care less”: A conversation with Nancy Tobin – Owen Chapman

mel — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:59:11 +0000

Excerpt from interview with Nancy Tobin:

I interviewed Nancy Tobin in the context of a residency on audio art that I conducted at the Oboro new media center (oboro.net) during the summer of 2011. The residency was focused on writing …

Switching Power: An Interview with A.L. Steiner – Anthea Black

mc — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:50:16 +0000

Anthea Black: Your photographs are part of a practice that also includes large installations, activism with Working Artists and the Greater Economy (W.A.G.E.) and many collaborations with other artists. Let’s start by talking about working in a holistic way.

A.L. …

Claude Cahun – Eloisa Aquino

mel — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:08:20 +0000

Eloisa Aquino was born gay in São Paulo, Brazil. There, she was already making zines and working as a journalist on the side. She then moved to Canada to pursue a master’s in media studies at Concordia University, writing and …

Cripping Community: New Meanings of Disability and Community – Eliza Chandler

mel — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:14:07 +0000

As a noticeably disabled “walkie” who frequently traverses the streets of my city, Toronto, I have a strong sense that ableist logic dominates and circulates (Clare, 2007, p. 127). This sense comes from the ever-present possibility, or indeed actuality, of …