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“Falling in love with another human is terrifying. As our language insists, romantic love is always preceded by a fall, the necessity of losing control and potentially hurting yourself in the process of connecting with another”
― I'm Afraid of Men.
― I'm Afraid of Men.
“There are times when so much talk or writing, so many ideas seem to stand in the way, to block the awareness that for the oppressed, the exploited, the dominated, domination is not just a subject for radical discourse, for books. It is about pain – the pain of hunger, the pain of over-work, the pain of degradation and dehumanization, the pain of loneliness, the pain of loss, the pain of isolation, the pain of exile... Even before the words, we remember the pain.”
― Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black
― Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black
“We make the revolutionary history, telling the past as we have learned it mouth-to-mouth, telling the present as we see, know, and feel it in our heats and with our words.”
― Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black
― Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black
“When we were children, everything scared us. The harmless dragonfly, for example, was called 'the devil's darning needle.' The creature hovered all around us int he summertime, ready to sew up the ears and lips of disobedient children. To us, even a common snipe, owl, or bittern calling from the marsh, might be a voice from the other side.”
― Spirited Away: Fairy stories of old Newfoundland
― Spirited Away: Fairy stories of old Newfoundland
“First Nations and science fiction don't usually go together. In fact, they could be considered rather unusual topics to mention in the same sentence, much like fish and bicycles.... To me, sci-fi was a world of possibilities. As a fan of writing, why shouldn't my fascination extend to such unconventional works? It was still writing, still literature in all its glory, but here they used different tools to explore the human condition, be they aliens, advanced technology, or other such novel approaches.... I wanted to take traditional (a buzzword in the Native community) science-fiction characteristics and filter them through an Aboriginal consciousness.”
― Take Us To Your Chief And Other Stories
― Take Us To Your Chief And Other Stories
Sadleir House Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Club
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— last activity Mar 01, 2013 04:26PM
Sadleir House in Peterborough, Ontario, is hosting a fortnightly science fiction and fantasy bookclub. This is where we meet in cyberspace.
I Love Canadian Authors
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Fans of canadian authors and Canadian authors here on Goodreads: This is a group for fans and authors to meet and discuss their favorite canucks and t ...more
Arsenal Pulp Press
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— last activity Nov 04, 2012 10:28AM
Arsenal Pulp Press is a book publisher in Vancouver, Canada with over 200 titles currently in print, which include literary fiction and nonfiction; cu ...more
ChiZine Publications
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— last activity Jun 27, 2014 02:42PM
To discuss the great books of ChiZine Publications, or any similar dark, quality literature. Or to discuss rock and roll. Or sex. And drugs. But mostl ...more
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