When I get really angry, I cry. I’m not talking about a quick-flash-of-outrage anger or momentary-eye-rolling-exasperation anger; I mean anger that is so deep and pervasive and overwhelming that it’s almost numbing. When I’m experiencing that kind of anger, tears come a’splashing and I stop talking while I grind my jaw, trying to calm myself the hell down.
I hate having this reaction. In my ideal world, I wouldn’t cry when uber-angry. Crying is so often perceived as a sign of weakness. Crying is distracting—it makes people think my feelings have been hurt, not that I am furious. But when something happens that is so absurd that it defies logic, that I can’t argue against because it simply doesn’t conform to the laws of reality, I cry. Read more...
Monday, December 14, 2009
(This is second article detailing my meeting with the Guerrilla Girls. Yes, I wrote multiple articles. Cause they really are that fantastic. I promise, there’s only one more account coming your way, once it’s published in January.)
This fall, I stood in the Acadia University Art Gallery, incredibly excited and, frankly, terrified. I was there to meet a pair of artists who had just launched their exhibition—two women who are not only internationally recognized artist-activists, but personal heroes of mine: The Guerrilla Girls. Read more...
Thursday, October 22, 2009
“Pray to end abortion.”
That’s the mantra of the religious, anti-abortion campaign that’s currently taking place across the United States and Canada, including an effort focused on Fredericton’s Morgentaler Clinic.
The campaign, 40 Days for Life, began in a lone Texan town in 2004, but has grown significantly since then. Now, anti-choice activists in cities across the U.S. and Canada and a few overseas adopt the bi-annual campaign and simultaneously carry it out in their own locality. The campaign, based on the biblical theme of 40 days as a time of transformation, involves 40 days straight of fasting, praying, awareness raising, and constant prayer vigil outside of facilities that provide abortions. This fall campaign began September 23 and carries on until November 1. The campaign has a singular goal: to end abortion. Read more...