Content warning: ableist language It’s interesting how certain insults are connected with certain types of issues. For example, when I… Read more [insert insult here]
Author: nadinenakagawa
some cheese with that whine?
Terminally whinyWhiny means having an unpleasantly complaining tone, but it is also associated with having a kind of high-pitched voice.… Read more some cheese with that whine?
on being ANTIFA
ANTIFA really only means anti-fascist, but it is also connected with anti-racist activism primarily in the United States. Fascism is… Read more on being ANTIFA
Snowdrops
The soil is frozen and dusted with a layer of frost, but as much as a single burst of sunlight… Read more Snowdrops
Opting out and showing up
I sit here amongst my collected cedar boughs and feather mobiles on International Women’s Day and think about what it… Read more Opting out and showing up
Tough as nails
There’s something I want to be honest about: I’m not tough as nails. I’ve cried three times in council meetings.… Read more Tough as nails
Statement on Black Lives Matter’s demands for justice
June 10, 2020 As a city councillor in BC’s oldest colonial city, still known as the Royal City, and as… Read more Statement on Black Lives Matter’s demands for justice
The emperor’s new clothes
The system has been exposed. The emperor’s new clothes is a fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson in which the… Read more The emperor’s new clothes
Stories in stone – confronting colonial monuments
On February 20, I gave a City Talks lecture on Stories in Stone. If you’d prefer to read rather than… Read more Stories in stone – confronting colonial monuments
The audacity of courage
One year ago, I walked into Wild Rice on unsteady legs, wearing a tutu skirt and a t-shirt that said… Read more The audacity of courage
