Wanda Waterman is a poet, spoken word artist, blogger, cultural journalist, and digital nomad. She’s been writing regularly for The Voice Magazine since 2004, not long after she began studying psychology at Athabasca. Her poetry has been published in Descant, The Talking Leaves, Chizine, Our Times, The Best of Tigertail, and Pottersfield Portfolio and her articles in Design is Political, Rawckus Magazine, Coastal Life, The New Internationalist, This Magazine, and in her blog, The Mindful Bard. She grew up in Nova Scotia, but after having lived in New Hampshire and North Africa she’s now settled in Montreal.
Film: Son of Saul Director: László Nemes Writers: László Nemes and Clara Royer “Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answers to its problems and to fulfill the task which it constantly sets for each individual.” – Viktor E. Frankl If you imagine that your people have been rounded up and placed… Read more »
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Mouths of Babes is an Americana folk duo made up of Ingrid Elizabeth (formerly of Coyote Grace) and Tylan Greenstein (formerly of Girlyman). Their recordings and live appearances have won passionate praise from across the continent. they’re currently working on their first full-length album, Brighter in the Dark, due for release early next year and… Read more »
Now that you’re in university you’re expected to lay aside childish things, to take life a little more seriously, and to apply yourself to the pursuit of higher knowledge. The problem is that every so often all the seriousness weighs so heavily it clogs your neural pathways. If you don’t consciously inject a little stupidity… Read more »
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Book: Showdown! Authors: Rob Kristofferson and Simon Orpana (Graphic Novel) “Workers in there are still afraid.” “What they’re afraid of losing we’d all stand a better chance of gaining if we stood together.” -from Showdown! Showdown! is a small piece of a huge puzzle. It distills the story of the North American labour movement by… Read more »
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In southwestern Nova Scotia in the eighties such wallpaper was a common relic of a bygone era. I like chrysanthemums; they’re lovely, in their place. But massive chrysanthemums blazing from the walls of a small kitchen get old fast. Unfortunately, my five-year-old adored them. “Please, please don’t tear down this wallpaper!” he pleaded. He had… Read more »
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