This year, I began writing to save my life.
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CBC Nonfiction Prize Shortlist – “The Long Driveway
We don’t even trick-or-treat on this road because there aren’t enough neighbours. Instead, we drive 20 minutes into town and go in someone else’s neighbourhood, where the houses are close enough together that we can walk. We have to leave this house to feel joy.
She Speaks: Yes, we really call you cidiots, but as a term of endearment
There are people who have lived in this town their whole lives and haven’t been to one of the more upscale restaurants. There are homeless folks here who live in tents hidden from sight who’ve never stayed in Algonquin Park. There are people who haven’t taken the Portage Flyer, or one of the cruises, or seen a concert at the Algonquin Theatre.
She Speaks: Who are you really mad at?
We aren’t going to get rid of drugs. We shouldn’t want to get rid of people who are addicted.
She Speaks: Justice begins with a word
Genocide.
She Speaks Collection
She Speaks: Let’s expect – and demand – more from our leaders She Speaks: At last women are done being silent She Speaks: don’t believe everything you think She Speaks: Walk in my shoes; March in yours She Speaks: Show Up, Don’t Give Up She Speaks: Lorena Bobbitt, Tonya Harding, and Monica Lewinsky walk intoContinue reading “She Speaks Collection”
Table of Contents for Woman in Iceland!
Woman in Iceland – Part 1 Woman in Hawai’i – Part 2 Woman in Iceland – Part 3 Woman in Iceland – Part 4 Woman in Iceland – Part 5 Woman in Iceland – Part 6 Woman in Iceland – Part 7 Woman in Iceland – Part 8 Woman in Iceland – Part 9
Woman in Hawai’i – Part 7
. Immediately, I began to take shallow, gasping breaths – I couldn’t breathe. A panic attack swept over me and it was everything I could do to quell it before it overwhelmed me.
She Speaks: Abortion will never be unthinkable, but denying it must be
Spontaneous abortion, or miscarriage, is an incredibly common occurrence, so common especially early in pregnancy that we don’t actually know how frequently it occurs because it presents as a late or even regular period. There is nothing unnatural about women, and our bodies, deciding we are not willing or able to complete a pregnancy.
