writer, researcher, gay icon
“Each Death is a Preventable Tragedy” is the cover story for THIS Magazine’s Pride issue. It tells the stories of five trans women lost in the city of Toronto, and exposes the role of police and other city institutions in denying them justice.
Read More Each Death is a Preventable Tragedy | THIS MagazineI wrote for A.Side about how makeup isn’t feminist—but it doesn’t really need to be—and how “empowerment” works as a cool grab for cash.
Read More Is the culture around makeup an expression of feminism? | A.SideI wrote for A.Side about what your media diet says about you, and how your relationships map out on TV.
Read More Can watching British gardening shows turn you into an adult? | A.SideCan writers make amends in the real world for wrongs made in their work?
Read More On Allegory: Antisemitism, JK Rowling, and Telling Jewish StoriesHot Take-Aways on the media of the minute, on Indigenous land rights, women’s health, and diasporic identity.
Read More Hot Take-Aways with Alex~ 13/4/18Hot Take-Aways: unjust detention, Palestinian protest, and podcast recs. The best media of the week.
Read More Hot Take-Aways with Alex~ 6/4/18Hot Take-Aways: artists under surveillance, critiquing erasure in research, and overusing online anachronisms.
Read More Hot Take-Aways with Alex~ 30/3/18