We spent the day at workshops put on by the travelling feminist group Sister Spit. Concordia University was hosting them, so we got to go to the workshops for free. I went to the Radical Voice and Movement workshop, which was so wonderful, and the DIY FilmMaking which was interesting, and made me want to make a short film. Esme attended them with me, while Roska went to a 'zine making workshop. In the evening, Sister Spit, which is made up of maybe 6 feminist artists (poets, writers, 'zine makers, filmmakers...) put on a show at El Matore, a venue on Jean-Talon. The poetry by poet Lenelle Moise was particularly powerful, and I practically fell in love with the strength and passion in her poems.
Although it was may, we had a sudden fall of snow that day (which lasted no longer than one day). Esme had just bought a pair of boots and apparently the glue on the soles wasn't waterproof because they peeled entirely off the shoes and she ended up walking in socks in the slush. She lasted a full block, then I gave her a piggy back ride until I couldn't anymore. Although we were only three or four blocks from the metro, she felt she couldn't do it any more, so we hailed a cab. Above, that's Esme on the left, and Roska on the left.
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