I won an award!

“University College introduced the Young Alumni of Influence Award in order to recognize the achievements of graduates who are in the early phases of their careers. The prize honours UC alumni under the age of 35 who have demonstrated exceptional leadership in their fields and communities.”

Bossip includes my most viral tweet ever in their coverage of this very important controversy:

“T-PAIN WEIGHED IN ON THE APPLE BOTTOM JEANS/BAGGY SWEATPANTS QUESTION, THIS IS WHY I LOVE THE INTERNET, THIS IS WHY I CAN NEVER QUIT TWITTER. https://t.co/J6DGv3gLrl”

Podcast librarian and writer Ma’ayan Plaut interviews me for this two-part piece about podcast strategy. We talk about getting good guests and treating them right.

Oakland Magazine lists the live artist interview I conducted with Ghost Ghost Teeth (Simon Tran) at Compound Gallery. His work is bright and multilayered and this is the third time I interviewed him!

Garvin Thomas profiles Barry Horwitz of Theatrius, the theatre review site to which I contribute reviews about feminist plays, dance, and performance art. I was so happy to attend a production of The Cardboard Piano (New Conservatory Theatre) with Barry and Garvin for this short feature.

It was a busy weekend of protests against alt-right meetups in the Bay Area that weekend. My daughter and I dressed up and carried a sign that said ‘Princess VS Nazis’. Chosen as one of 24 most creative signs from the protests that weekend by Alix Martichoux.

My daughter and I appear, in the midst of this hysterical article, to be having a great time in our anti-Nazi princess dresses. Photo by Jim Wilson.

Another Nazi-fighting princess picture!

New York Times reporter Katie Rogers interviewed me about my holiday card and how it addressed, in some small way, the results of the 2016 election. This piece includes the narratives of other women making similar gestures toward resistance.

Lauren MacDonald writes about the workshop Maggie Downey (CSW) and I presented about our take on Motivational Interviewing at the Bay Area Doula Project. April 1st 2016.

Interview by Riaz Behra and Maddy Anders about Women Who Tell, in which I wrote about my experiences of sexual violence for 29 consecutive days as published on rabble.ca and inspired by the Jian Ghomeshi trial. Interview starts at the 30 minute mark. February 29th 2016. *No longer available online

Dr. Lucia Lorenzi called my project about sexual assault, Women Who Tell, 'incredible'. March 20th, 2016.

Jeff Perera, a member of Canada's National Speakers Bureau and founder of the annual 'What Makes a Man' conference, discusses my project Women Who Tell in his talk about gendered violence, presented to a range of audiences. Ongoing.

Annie, who runs an excellent personal narrative and resource blog called Rebel Recovery, shared some of my thoughts on the impact of remaining friends with and enabling known abusers. February 26th, 2016.

User hurdy gurdy girl shared her thoughts on my project, Women Who Tell, sparking a discussion about the Jian Ghomeshi trial and its impact on Canadian women. February 9th, 2016.

Two Canadian media guys named Kevin misrepresent my work as a 'tort of unhappiness' but they do call me plucky, so I guess that's something. Starts at the 1:18 mark.

A senior member of A Voice For Men calls me a silly chick and tells me to stop going out. He didn't really like Women Who Tell. February 12th, 2016

Quoted by Brittany Jezouit in talking about public broadcasting in Canada. February 16th 2016.

Interview by Aela Mass. We talk about the inaugural Birth Without Fear conference in Arlington, TX,  where I presented a talk on postpartum care. October 12th, 2013.

User greenkozi entered my community activism/relational aesthetic project Pots Over Temescal (POT) into the Oakland Local Wiki. The project helped people to feel neighborly and caring in response to the rise in muggings (and increasing trends of employing private security to patrol the streets) in my Oakland neighborhood. Pots Over Temescal culminated in an anti-mugging march. October 7th, 2013.

Alina Maizel, with whom I co-founded Studio Béluga in 2009, answers Melanie Hadida's questions about the work and exhibition collective. Includes lots of great photos. April 13th, 2012.

Caitlin Leroux wrote about HEIR/LOOMS, an exhibition on which I worked as a curatorial consultant. Curated by Nicole Dawkins at Studio Béluga, the show explored the connections between textile, work, and memory. August 30th, 2011.

Laura Kenins wrote about the Happiness Project installation in which I participated for Artist Bloc at POP Montreal, as part of her paper's Scene and Heard series. October 5th, 2009. 

Peter Matthews reviewed the project to which I contributed for Pop Montréal, a set of art and installations organized by Artist Bloc for Charles Spearin's award-winning album The Happiness Project (Arts & Crafts). A photo of the piece I contributed is included. October 4th, 2009.

Robin Sharp describes a visit to the house taken over the Happiness Project, to which I contributed a series of ice sculptures. October 2nd, 2009.

CTV News covers one of many vigils for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women supported by, among other organisations, Missing Justice. Missing Justice (Justice en Attente) is a grassroots activist collective of which I was a committed member from 2009-2011. 

Bryn Weese reports on reactions to the Canadian government's refusal to fund the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. The article also describes the sit-in I helped to coordinate at Indian Affairs Ministor Chuck Strahl's Parliament office. March 29, 2010.

CBC Ottawa, CBC Yellowknife, and CBC North reported on the sit-in that I and other members of Missing Justice (Justice en Attente) coordinated at Chuck Strahl's Parliament office after the Canadian government's refusal to fund the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. March 29, 2010. *No longer available online. 

Interviewed for Liquid Lunch on ThatRadio.Com (now ThatChannel.com) by Milena Vigliotta and Hugh Reilly. We talked about the fairytale in which a woman's husband unties the ribbon she wears around her neck and her head falls off. *No longer available online.

Interviewed on Cat & Taylor's Spiritual Feast about my experience of sexual exploitation in a Buddhist monastery. I also wrote about the experience for Pathologize This II, a zine about mental health curated by Sarah Tea Rex (Montréal) and on rabble.ca. 

Discussed my upcoming scar narrative workshop for Java Knights at the Gladstone Hotel on Sex City: Aural explorations of sexuality, culture and politics. *No longer available online