Photos by: Vanessa Heins

Check out the I’m Afraid of Men takeover of the Penguin Shop (Toronto). 10% of all shop sales during August 28–September 26 will be donated to the Tegan and Sara Foundation.

“I like the idea of weaponizing one’s entitlement for those who don’t have it, but entitlement is often connected to the self. If I feel entitled, it’s often for me, and seldom on behalf of a group of people. And if people with power feel entitled to act or speak on behalf of a marginalized group, perhaps they shouldn’t (there is an important distinction here between using your privilege to amplify or support marginalized voices, and feeling entitled to do so). While privilege is often an advantage that is bestowed, entitlement, however unconscious, is socially and self-constructed. And so, unlike privilege, the work around entitlement should be less about redirecting it and more about destroying it altogether.”

Full interview.

“We internalize the misogyny we experience and we take it out on each other.”

Full interview.

“Vivek Shraya Transforms Her Long-Festering Fears of Men into Cultural Rocket Fuel”

Full interview.

“A literary catalyst for self-reflection and change…it just takes one voice, like Shraya’s, to start the conversation.”

Full review.

“I am curious [about] what would happen on a communal level if queer and trans people didn’t constantly have to bear the burden of claiming to be resilient on top of experiencing oppression. What if saying ‘I’m afraid’ was just as much of a statement of resilience as ‘I’m not afraid?'”

Full interview w/ Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore.

Starts next week. More info.

Featuring I’m Afraid of Men.

“I’m Afraid of Men is an invitation to consider the possibility of personal freedom in a genderless world.”

Full review.