A Prairie Homo Companion

A Prairie Homo Companion

canada

politics + activism

A Prairie Homo Companion: First Nations on the Prairies

These are three of the amazing Indigenous female writers, activists, and artists I’ve been reading this week. I may not be the best person to write about Indigenous issues, but…

Malaika —

Apr 25, 2013

A Prairie Homo Companion

canada

first person

A Prairie Homo Companion: How Being A (Very) Mixed-Race Canadian Prairie Weirdo Complicates “POC” For Me

This is my unique perspective on being a half-black, half-white human who sometimes feels uncomfortable using the term Person of Colour to refer to myself.

Malaika —

Apr 18, 2013

A Prairie Homo Companion

feelings atrium

first person

A Prairie Homo Companion: Prairie Homo Brain Freeze

Sometimes a prairie homo has nothing to write, so she writes about it.

Malaika —

Apr 11, 2013

A Prairie Homo Companion

Lists/Top 10s

pop culture fix

A Prairie Homo Companion: Top 5 Queer Prairie Places on the Great, Wide Web

Check out this list of queer prairie sites to visit when you’re not reading A Prairie Homo Companion.

Malaika —

Apr 4, 2013

A Prairie Homo Companion

Lists/Top 10s

first person

A Prairie Homo Companion: 50 Things I’ll Miss if I Leave the Prairies

In anticipation of my future homesickness, I’ve compiled a list of 50 things (in no particular order) I’ll miss should I leave the prairies.

Malaika —

Mar 28, 2013

A Prairie Homo Companion

body image

first person

A Prairie Homo Companion: Prairie Homo Spring

This spring, as you shed all the layers of winter, it’s important to love your prairie homo skin and not feel bad about its colour, its stretch marks, or whom…

Malaika —

Mar 21, 2013

A Prairie Homo Companion

event

community

Prairie Homos Should Check Out the University of Alberta’s Pride Week!

From March 13-22nd, it’s the University of Alberta’s first ever Pride Week, and you should go!

Malaika —

Mar 14, 2013

A Prairie Homo Companion

interview

music

Prairie Homo Tegan Quin: The Autostraddle Interview

In which Tegan lets me know that her songs are like her babies, she has a tea-drinking schedule, and she doesn’t want you to build a shrine to her in…

Malaika —

Feb 28, 2013

A Prairie Homo Companion

regular

first person

A Prairie Homo Companion: Prairie Homo Racisms

Since I easily dismissed the strange looks people gave my white mom and her three brown-skinned little kids and the questions about where I was from as just ignorant things…

Malaika —

Feb 21, 2013

A Prairie Homo Companion

prairie homo companion

book features

A Prairie Homo Companion: 5 Prairie Homo Writers You Should Know

Welcome to the latest instalment of A Prairie Homo Companion, in which I proudly inform you that the prairie homo literary movement is indeed here, queer, and fantastic.

Malaika —

Feb 7, 2013

A Prairie Homo Companion

personal essay

first person

A Prairie Homo Companion: Prairie Homo Catholic Contradictions

“I took a long bus ride to the “good” school where I could learn how to speak French and be Catholic, where the girls, instead of pretending to be dragons…

Malaika —

Jan 31, 2013

A Prairie Homo Companion

basketball

lgbt history

A Prairie Homo Companion: Edmonton Basketballers Didn’t Play By Women’s Rules

A prairie homo herstory lesson! The Edmonton Grads revolutionized the sports’ world by demonstrating that women, just like men, could be athletic champions.

Malaika —

Jan 25, 2013