Get That Freak: Homophobia and Transphobia in High School

Book review of Get That Freak: Homophobia and Transphobia in High School, by Rebecca Haskell and Brian Burtch. From Fernwood Publishing.

Published in Lambda Literary, November 22, 2010.

Crystal Pite: choreographer explores terra incognita in "Emergence"

Preview of Crystal Pite's dance piece Emergence.

Published in Nightlife, September 28, 2010.

Fashion POP: Fashion for passion

Preview of Pop Montreal's Fashion POP competition.

Published in Nightlife, September 1, 2010.

2fik: The camera loves this gender-bending artist

Interview with Montreal artist 2fik.

Published in Nightlife, August 31, 2010.

Kim Noble: walking a fine line between side-splitting art and psychological scarring

Interview with UK artist Kim Noble.

Published in Nightlife, July 14, 2010.

Lesbians on Ecstasy tour Canada with their new sound

Interview with Montreal band Lesbians on Ecstasy.

Published in Xtra.ca, June 16, 2010.

Marianne Larochelle: local photographer celebrates drag's explosive energy

Interview with Marianne Larochelle about her book Glam Gender.

Published in Nightlife, June 10, 2010.

Oceanic Fantastic / Immaculate Gelatine Vision

Two blurbs previewing upcoming plays at the 20th edition of the Montreal Fringe Festival.

Published in Nightlife, June 7, 2010.

How to Get Fabulous Muslces: The Bob Mizer Work-out Routine

Essay about Bob Mizer's Athletic Model Guild and beefcake culture.

Published in Lickety Split #8, June 4, 2010.

Retail is Desire

Short essay about my experience working in retail.

Essay published in Lickety Split #8, June 4, 2010.

Socalled: Putting the Pieces Together

Interview with Montreal musician Socalled.

Published in Nightlife, May 3, 2010.

Nadia G: All Up in your Grill

Short interview with Bitchin' Kitchen's Nadia G.

Published on Nightlife, April 21, 2010.

Love is a Ballad that Eviscerates

A narrative review of a selection of solo performances given by Diamanda Galás.

Published by Empty Mirror Books, March 20, 2010.

Swan Song of a Queer Decade

Ruminations on my favourite moments in queer sound from the past decade.

Published on Xtra.ca, January 21, 2010.

Haunted Hillbilly comes alive on stage

Theatre review of the Sidemart Theatrical Grocery production The Haunted Hillbilly.

Published on Xtra.ca, December 8, 2009.

Lickety Split readies its eight volume of pansexual smut

Interview with Sarah Beall, editor of Montreal pansexual smut zine Lickety Split.

Published on Xtra.ca, January 15, 2010.

Our dark materials: inside The Haunted Hillbilly

Book review of Derek McCormack's The Haunted Hillbilly.

Published on Xtra.ca, December 2, 2009.

Hauntingly Familiar: Stevie Nicks is following me

An essay about how Stevie Nicks, her classic Landslide, and thoughts on what makes a song attain perfection.

Published on Xtra.ca, November 27, 2009.

Sarah Schulman discusses homophobia, family, and her new book Ties that Bind

Interview with American author and playwright Sarah Schulman about her newest work of non-fiction Ties That Bind: Familial Homophobia and its Consequences.

Published on Xtra.ca, October 28, 2009.

My body is a Mix Tape

A eulogy for cassette tapes, mix makers, and a way of listening to music.

Published on Xtra.ca, October 28, 2009.

George Michael is an Aphrodisiac

A confession about the erotic potential of music, in this case, the music of George Michael.

Published on Xtra.ca, October 2, 2009.

Diamanda Galás brings her songs of exile to Montreal

An interview with the legendary musician Diamanda Galás, on the eve of her first show in Montreal over two decades.

Published in Xtra.ca, September 27, 2009.

Homo Sonic: Introduction to a Diva

The first column of Homo Sonic.

Published on Xtra.ca, September 7, 2009.

The Signal is Jammed: A Confession

An essay exploring the relationship between sound and desire.

Published in the Lambda Literary Award finalist I Like It Like That, Arsenal Pulp Press, Vancouver BC.
September 2009

Chick Lit is a Death Sentence

An editorial about why I find the term and genre "Chick Lit" to be so pernicious.

Published on Cliteraturejournal.com, Volume 12, June 2009.

The Queer Voice of Antony and the Johnsons

An essay about the voice of Antony Hegarty.

Essay published in Subversions: Journal of Gender and Sexuality, vol. 5/Spring 2009.

My Body is a Mix Tape: Music and Desire in the Sound Sex Project

This is the written component of my Master's Thesis Project in the Media Studies program at Concordia University in Montreal. It focuses on two distinct parts. The first is the Sound Sex Project (www.soundsexproject.blogspot.com), which was the germ of this thesis. The second half of the writing focuses on my practice of mix tape making, and the performative aspect of creating and giving away mix tapes as art objects.

Thesis completed August 2008.

An Ode to Sarah Connor: The Cyborg Has Failed

Thoughts on the feminist potential of the Sarah Connors character in the film Terminator 2: Judgement Day.

This essay was written for the "Beyond Human" theme of Lickety Split #7.

Published by Lickety Split, November 2008.

Electric Blue Aural Body

This essay was the inspiration behind the more fleshed-out version featured in the Arsenal Pulp Press anthology I Like It Like That.

Essay published in Lickety Split #7
2008
Winner of Montreal Expozine Best Zine 2009 Award

Book review of Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner’s Women Composers and Music Technology in the United States

A book review of Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner’s Women Composers and Music Technology in the United States.

Published in Intersections/Canadian Journal of Music, 26/2, 2006.