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Lizzo was in Vancouver this month and she gave a special plug to the Vancouver Black Library, supporting the city's BIPOC community.

On January 24, 2022, an orange, purple, and magenta mottled square popped up across Vancouverites’ Instagram feeds with bolded text in the bottom right corner: What is Van Black Library? And why?The post continues to introduce Van Black Library (VBL) and solicit donations for its (then) $6,000 goal. “Right now Van Black Library is, as you can imagine, a library. But also, even from the beginning, it’s supposed to be a community center and community hub for Black people and BIPOC people with a focus on fostering an environment for Black people in so-called ‘Vancouver,&rs...

A new funding target for the GoFundMe by Maya Preshyon has been set, with Vancouver Black Library targeting a spring or summer opening.

September + October is that smonky mag from CiTR 101.9 FM, and we celebrate issue #420 with luscious features such as Liquidation World, Puddle Popper Collective, KICCC, Amanda Sum and more. Parthuman, part animal, part software, part performer, part disability, partsorcerer, part romantic, and all fury. Yours truly — D.

When I first met Simon Grefiel — in queue for coffee — I was excited to talk to someone I didn’t know. For the most part I dread the light, informal conversation which emerges between strangers in lines — neither of us exactly sure when to cut the conversation off and say, “okay, well, I better order now!” Mostly, I dread the supply of adages and tropes I will relax into when I don’t know someone very well, which is something I can’t abide as someone who never really feels smart enough. For whatever reason, this didn’t happen with Simon. Wh...