During the 2018 winter holidays, I finished season five of Someone Knows Something, a brilliant Canadian-made true-crime, murder mystery podcast … More
Category: Life & Culture
Queen Books embraces and propels inclusive storytelling, while building Toronto’s Leslieville community through writing, reading and events
In the spring of 2017, Queen Books opened its doors in Toronto’s Leslieville community. Since day one, co-owners and first … More
Justine Abigail Yu: On Living Hyphen magazine and on living in the in between
The first issue of Living Hyphen, Entrances and Exists, launched on October 12, 2018. The print magazine is an intimate … More
Ebbs and Flows: Podcast host Amanda Laird on professional development, #periodtalk and smashing the patriarchy
In September 2017, Amanda Laird launched Heavy Flow, a podcast about menstruation and reproductive health. A writer, Registered Holistic Nutritionist … More
Drunk Feminist Films throws necessary shade at oppression and breaks down patriarchal popular culture through comedy, community and collaboration
Drunk Feminist Films (DFF) produces events and multimedia that use (optional) cocktail-fuelled feminist commentary to dissect mainstream movies. They aim … More
SHAKTIBARRE: How combining energy, ballet movements, yoga breathing and positive messaging do more than tone muscle
Located in New York City, SHAKTIBARRE is a fusion yoga-barre studio and community space that provides unique exercise and movement … More
Human Sightings: A personal desire to create space-themed comics turned into an international art brand, impacting global audiences
Evelyn Basch of Bristol, UK started Human Sightings in 2017. It’s an independent art platform that stems from Evelyn’s experiences with … More
Illustrator and writer Hana Shafi talks being weird and influential on the Internet
Hana Shafi, also known as Frizz Kid, lives in Toronto and works as an illustrator and writer. From a rude … More
Naz Rahbar is an Iranian-Canadian artist, educator and business-owner exploring queer-immigrant identity, orientation and intersectionality
Naz Rahbar is a Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist, educator and entrepreneur. Naz says her passion and drive to create is more … More
The Meraki Sole: One Toronto woman’s mission to commemorate a traditional South Asian shoe
Eman Bachani is the Founder of Meraki Design House, a globally inspired fashion and lifestyle e-commerce brand that launched on … More
Becoming the Didihood: A collective of South Asian sisters influencing Canada’s media landscape
Arti Patel, Online Lifestyle Reporter at Global News, Nikkjit Gill, Managing Editor at Post City and Roohi Sahajpal, Case Manager … More
Margeaux Feldman: A teacher, writer, community-builder and safe-space producer
Margeaux Feldman is an educator, a PhD candidate, a writer, a queer woman, an event producer and a person who … More
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