October 13, 2018
07:00
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09:00
PM
Vivek Shraya: I’m Afraid of Men
Metro Cinema
8712 109 Street Edmonton, AB
With raw honesty, author Vivek Shraya delivers an important record of the cumulative damage caused by misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia, in turn releasing trauma from a body that has always refused to assimilate. Her latest book explores how masculinity was imposed on her as a boy and continues to haunt her as a girl—and how we might reimagine gender for the 21st century. I’m Afraid of Men is a journey from camouflage to a riot of colour, and a blueprint for how we might cherish all that makes us different and conquer all that makes us afraid.
Featuring a special guest performance with dancer Sean Giroux.
Choreographed by Sean Giroux, "waýawîstamâso", Cree translation "s/he goes to the bathroom" with dancers "Ayla Modeste, Sean Giroux, music by Jim Moore
An exploration through dance of the awkwardness of a transgender having to use a public washroom.