I confess to being at loss for words this year as I commemorate the 1989 massacre at École Polytechnique in Montréal. So much stuff — so many incidents of male violence against women — have been layered over it since then. And indeed two generations of children have been born
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cmkl.ca: December 6th: it’s been two generations
I confess to being at loss for words this year as I commemorate the 1989 massacre at École Polytechnique in Montréal. So much stuff — so many incidents of male violence against women — have been layered over it since then. And indeed two generations of children have been born
Continue readingcmkl: December 6th: post until it’s fixed
I wrestled with the idea of writing yet another December 6th post. When I worked for uniondom, the copy-paste platitudes we posted every year on this date and many others really frustrated me. And yet here I was contemplating the same thing. And I think I decided that I would
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Lest we forget.
Continue readingcmkl: December 6th: Constant progress, constant retreat
We take consolation in disasters from the idea that society might learn something and that the horror might never recur. The war to end all wars, the massacre to end all massacres. We want to see progress to encourage ourselves to keep pushing for change. And yet we don’t want
Continue readingApril Reign: December 6th. Just a date.
Re-posting as unfortunately it is still relevant 6 years on. December 6th. Just a date. Maybe an early Christmas party or a school play. Perhaps a time to start putting out decorations or maybe – a time to purchase candles and roses. A purchase not made in anticipation of a celebration but one made in […]
April Reign – In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
Continue readingPostArctica: December 6th, 1989
on December 6th they died fourteen women many others wounded but fourteen died Everyday women are killed women are killed women are killed women are killed on December 6th, 1989 fourteen women were killed in Montreal Canada we grieve and tomorrow again, we will grieve
Continue readingWalking Turcot Yards: December 6, 1989
I was sitting by myself in a small classroom at Concordia Fine Arts finishing off some booze from a party we were having on the last day of school. It had been a very interesting semester and I was pretty happy. Across town at the Universite de Montreal 14 women
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