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posted Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Skater Boy is a pop punk debut about queer romance and destroying labels, as a teen risks everything to write his own story. Stonebridge High’s resident bad boy, Wesley “Big Mac” Mackenzie, is failing senior year—thanks to his unchecked anger, rowdy friends, and a tendency to ditch his homework for skateboarding and a secret photography […]
posted Tuesday, January 30, 2024
The Cure for Drowning is not only a brilliant, boundary-pushing love story, but a Canadian historical novel that boldly centres queer and non-binary characters in unprecedented ways.It’s evocative, magical and luminously written. Born Kathleen to an immigrant Irish farming family in southern Ontario, Kit McNair has been a troublesome changeling since, at ten, they fell […]
posted Wednesday, January 24, 2024
We all have our idols and mine is Nicki Minaj. I could pen a PhD level thesis explaining Nicki’s impact on hip-hop and reviving the female rap industry. Her new album, Pink Friday 2, became certified platinum, the fastest album to hit platinum this decade by a black female artist, only behind SZA’s SOS. Charting […]
posted Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Milwaukee is a fun vibrant city with its own unique identity. Just ninety miles north of Chicago, it was settled by Germans, and their influence persists today. Milwaukee is so well run the Mayor of Portland recently visited to get tips on dealing with the homeless. The historic Third Ward and nearby Walkers Point have […]
posted Saturday, January 20, 2024
In 101 Fascinating Canadian Music Facts, author and historian David McPherson shares 100 tales gathered from his more than 25 years working in the music industry. Did you know that Serena Ryder played the quietest concert ever from the ocean floor during low tide at Fundy National Park? Or that “I’ll Never Smile Again,” the hit […]
posted Wednesday, January 17, 2024
In On Community, author Casey Plett explores the need for community to live, but questions what does it look like, and why does it often feel like it’s slipping away? We are all hinged to some definition of a community, be it as simple as where we live, complex as the beliefs we share, or […]
posted Tuesday, January 16, 2024
In She’s a Badass: Women in Rock Shaping Feminism, music journalist Katherine Yeske Taylor interviews twenty significant women in rock, devoting an entire chapter to each one, taking an in-depth look at the incredible talent, determination, and humour they needed to succeed in their careers (and life). Feminism has always been a complex and controversial […]
posted Monday, January 15, 2024
There’s always something new to do in Palm Springs, California and this trip was no exception. The city is the premier LGBTQ vacation destination and just received a 100% rating from the HRC, and is part of eight cities in the Coachella Valley. WHAT TO DO Visit the new Agua Caliente Cultural Museum in downtown […]
posted Friday, January 12, 2024
In The Form of a Question is an exploration of what it means to ask questions of the world, and of yourself. Its an inspirational and bold memoir from Amy Schneider, the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy! In eighth grade, Amy was voted “Most likely to appear on Jeopardy!” by her classmates. Decades […]
posted Friday, January 12, 2024
In 1987, I visited the island of Hawai‘i for the very first time. My mother and I decided to join other family members on the vacation of a lifetime. Hawai’i had always been my mother’s dream vacation, so she was eager to go. Being seven years old at the time, I don’t remember much about […]
