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Editorial 21: Waste

mel — Tue, 01 May 2012 02:07:50 +0000

This is the Waste issue.

Waste as in:

To fail to use.
To neglect to care for.
To consume carelessly.
To gradually destroy.
To wear down the body.

The passing of time.
A barren land.
Futility.

Zero waste, get wasted, to …

Two Poems, from Lyric Sexology – Trish Salah

mc — Tue, 01 May 2012 01:20:22 +0000

distance scorns

temporarily impure as (“testes-souls”); dress you in rays
recover nerves, sleep on it
it wants to, to repeat, disappear the impure.

we specify special measures to exclude
the recurrence of such existence for mechanical fastening,
technique of a …

The Expanded Ecologies of Sarah Anne Johnson – Momoko Allard

mc — Tue, 01 May 2012 01:08:41 +0000

Beginning with her summers tree planting in northern Manitoba, Sarah Anne Johnson has been using photography mixed with other media to capture and interpret the firsthand experiences of her journeys and the people and environment around her. In the most …

What it’s Worth – Yaya Yao

mc — Tue, 01 May 2012 00:24:10 +0000

what it’s worth

what it is is not a waste
it is
is not
a waste what
it is is not a waste
it is not a waste
what it is
is not a waste is not is
not is …

The Waste Landfill: Up Close and Personal – Gisèle Trudel

mc — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:07:26 +0000

Garbage dumps began to appear in a more massive way alongside the demographic explosion on the margins of urban centres, shortly after the industrial revolution. The dedication of a precise location to the burying of waste begins at the same …

Scarred Fruit/People – Frank Suerich-Gulick

mc — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:40:38 +0000

J’ai commencé à faire de la récup pour des raisons d’écologie et de santé. Je voulais manger local et végétarier le plus souvent possible, mais c’est très difficile à faire pendant la majeure partie de l’année à Montréal à cause …

Gruesome Bodies and Wasted Desires – Liz Brockest

mc — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:38:46 +0000

I have had the very lucky opportunity to be one half of the Fat Femme Mafia for about six years now. My feelings and politics about fat activism have continued to morph and change substantially throughout this time. However, FFM …

Gay Marriage Hurts My Breasts – Yasmin Nair

mc — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:38:06 +0000

I. Making it through

I am at the first checkpoint. I can’t help feeling that I really shouldn’t be there. At any moment the smoothly coiffed blonde woman with the discreet earrings and the beautifully manicured hands will look at

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Peregrine Landfill: Gabrielle Théroux and the Falconry of Filth – Jordan Coulombe

mc — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:33:44 +0000

In a landfill, just outside of town, birds of prey circle above pyramids of waste. Gabrielle Théroux calls one to her with a piece of meat outstretched, and the raptor grips her gloved arm with its pointed talons. The workday …

Who Are They? Coco Riot & Elisha Lim Discuss the “They” Movement – Coco Riot & Elisha Lim

mc — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:15:53 +0000

“Call Me They” is a weekly blog that Coco Riot and Elisha Lim update every Thursday with illustrations, stop motion animations, letters to newspaper editors, a talk show, a petition and every imaginable ingredient for a happy, robust trans community.…