Posts by RJ Vandrish
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In the Blog
Should “women’s spaces” include non-binary people?
Now that winter is starting to settle in, I’m trying to cope by thinking of warmer times. As I bask in memories of this past summer, I think mostly of my warm and sunny week in Halifax, performing in the Queer Acts Theatre Festival. During the festival’s conference portion, we discussed the state of queer theatre in Canada, the trend of the one-person show and about the experiences of queer women in theatre. The latter section … READ MORE
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In the Blog
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Film Review: Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives
Framed through fictional narrative styled after the pulp lesbian novels of the 1950s, Forbidden Love features interviews from a handful of queer women who came of age in the middle of the 20th century. READ MORE
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In the Blog
Review: Queer Bathroom Stories
It’s difficult enough to find a place to pee in Toronto without having to buy something first. If you’re queer or trans, when you do eventually find your way to a public washroom, you still have to navigate the heavily gendered politics of the “male” and “female” divide. In Queer Bathroom Stories, playwright Sheila Cavanagh brings such a necessary issue of queer and trans experiences from the washroom to the stage. READ MORE
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In the Blog
Review: What It Was, at the Inside Out 24th Annual Toronto LGBT Film Festival
Is this the real life, or is this just memory? READ MORE
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Blog Series
Dear Teen Me
Dear Teen Me: I know you might not recognize the name, but this is a letter from future you — me. There are some things I want you to know; things I really wish I knew at your age. READ MORE
