This anthology is a collection of works inspired by EMMA Talks, an annual event that invites BC women to share their anticolonial, Indigenous, queer, and other perspectives on women’s lives. The formats are essays, art, and poetry, contributed by community activists, journalists, and historians. Readers will realize that there are many perspectives that encompass the feminist community. Furthermore, as the authors narrate the barriers and experiences that have shaped women’s lives, the concept of intersectionality, where gender, race, class, sexual orientation, and other identities overlap to create systems of oppression, becomes apparent. There are many curriculum connections possible with this book, including how stories deepen our understanding about identity, historical injustices in Canada and the world, and how social justice issues are interconnected.

224 pp., 5.5 × 8.5", b&w illustrations

Source: Association of Book Publishers of BC - BC Books for Schools (2021-2022)

carla bergman is an independent scholar, filmmaker, and producer. She is the co-director of EMMA Talks, a mini-art festival and speaker’s series by women, co-editor of Stay Solid: A Radical Handbook for Youth, and co-author of Joyful Militancy: Building Thriving Resistance in Toxic Times. carla lives in Vancouver, BC on Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh lands.

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