HeyJaredQueer Feminist Tragicomedy
Writing news, unsolicited opinions and bits of hope and humour from Mary Fairhurst Breen
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Guerilla Craft Project Number 2 (opens the original)
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I have no idea who picked up last month’s concrete candle holder, which I left hanging from a bike rack, but I hope they’re enjoying it.This month, I took a denim dress that no longer fits and cut a long strip to crochet with. The trick to cutting up fabric to make yarn is to create one long piece, rather than many short ones (creating lots of annoying ends to sew in later). I did it by cutting in a big circle starting from one corner of the dress. I’m not really one for following patterns (or r
Bonus: Toronto Star article (opens the original)
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I had another opinion piece in the Star today.<img alt="breen-illo.jpg" class="sizing-normal" height="500" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mqs6!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.
And now for something completely different (opens the original)
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Exactly a year ago, I started this Substack as a way to share writing and filmmaking news away from social media. Thank you for reading!The We Were Here project is over for now, though I’m hoping there’s another film in its future. I’ve been submitting op-eds and creative nonfiction pieces on various topics hither and yon, but I don’t have a specific writing project occupying my brain and time. During the year leading up to my 50th birthday, I took it upon myself to try 50 new things, and blogge
Chris Aucoin (opens the original)
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This is the final story in the We Were Here series, about one of the many resilient and remarkable men who survived AIDS and remains an activist to this day.All the stories from this series are now available to download, print and share (with credit) from my website. I hope the We Were Here project will have another phase, but it all depends on funding (of course).At the end of July, I’ll b
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