Essays

When you can’t keep up with the world, make yourself a new one

Take off the rose-tinted glasses, Canada Words by Abi AkinladeIllustration by Helen Yu The Bible’s Book of Exodus refers to “a land flowing with milk and honey”; it alludes to an idyllic utopia in which its inhabitants never suffer from grief or hunger. According to the likes of Doug Ford and Don Cherry, Canada—the country

Comforting the Unseeable in a Brown-immigrant household

Mirage of Memory Words & Photos by Barbara AthanasoulasIllustration by Amie Leung I remember blankets of snow when my father died. But now, fourteen years later, I wonder how much of that memory has been filled in from bleak movie scenes. Does it matter if it snowed? I’ve lived with that memory long enough that