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Worldtown Hearsay :: The Poetry of Revolt
February 7, 2011 – 1:23 am | No Comment
Worldtown Hearsay :: The Poetry of Revolt

There is nothing unusual about poetry playing a galvanizing role in a revolutionary moment.

Day 14. Each day dedicated to a claim. To reprise the movement. Day 14 was the “Day of Martyrs”. Despite these bleak …

Real talk about body image: A call-out
December 24, 2010 – 11:27 am | No Comment
Real talk about body image: A call-out

Call-out for an online and printed zine about dealing with body/hair/size/fat phobia for and by Indigenous peoples and people of colour. The title is still a work in progress, but here you can find all the details on submitting & how to get involved.

Worldtown Hearsay :: The Year in Race
December 20, 2010 – 2:39 am | No Comment
Worldtown Hearsay :: The Year in Race

From our friends at ColorLines, a video by Jorge Rivas documenting “The Year in Race - Disasters, Deportations, and DREAMS Rising.” It’s a bleak portrait of the frustrations abound in 2010 from Tea Party antics …

“With Love, Magic and Art, We Shall Overcome”
December 16, 2010 – 11:05 pm | One Comment
“With Love, Magic and Art, We Shall Overcome”

These words symbolize the power of writing and art on a wall. In this TED Talk, Estria Miyashiro’s speaks about his youth mural group repainting a faded old mural of Martin Luther King, Jr., in a …

Popular Culture Continues to Exoticize Africa
December 4, 2010 – 5:03 pm | No Comment

The latest courtesy of Victoria Secret…. African Fantasy much?  (via Africa is a Country).

   

Worldtown Hearsay :: Maclean’s “Too Asian” Debacle
November 14, 2010 – 3:15 am | No Comment
Worldtown Hearsay :: Maclean’s “Too Asian” Debacle

Maclean’s magazine published a story in their November 10th issue asking whether Canadian University Campuses are “Too Asian”.  In effect, the publication reinforces ready stereotypes positing that the presence of Asians on campus may be developing into …

Worldtown Via Londtown :: Poetry International 2010
November 4, 2010 – 7:17 pm | No Comment
Worldtown Via Londtown :: Poetry International 2010

Poetry International, the biennial festival of - you guessed it - international poetry returns to London this weekend. The festival itself features poets, readings, music and translations from over twenty countries, but the emphasis this …

Shadeism
October 28, 2010 – 12:53 pm | One Comment
Shadeism

For women of colour, shadeism is an ever-present reality of daily life. Four young girls detail their own struggles with the embedded discrimination of shadeism in this documentary: Shadeism.

Shadeism from Shadeism on Vimeo.
   

Worldtown Hearsay :: In memory of Jimmy Mubenga
October 19, 2010 – 9:42 pm | No Comment
Worldtown Hearsay :: In memory of Jimmy Mubenga

Jimmy Mubenga, a Zimbabwean national seeking asylum in Britain, collapsed dead on the plane ride deporting him back to Zimbabwe. His memory is another addition to the countless asylum-seekers facing brutal conditions and grave uncertainty …

Worldtown Happenings :: Dead Prez
October 11, 2010 – 2:59 pm | No Comment
Worldtown Happenings :: Dead Prez

At long last, Dead Prez land in Vancouver performing to a sold-out audience. Features Contributor Fathima Cader covered their hyped gig at Fortune Sound Club on September 27th, 2010, with Vancouver finally getting a hit of, arguably, hip-hop’s most politically charged tour de force.