a tribute to my favourite book, The God of Small Things. Sort of what happens when you can’t tell the difference between the book and your own life. these names are sacred. on their backs they carry the weight of histories & generations, they travel through time and geography. in their depths they hold the […]
Author Archives: shaunga tagore
cross-posting from the unapologetic burlesque website. don’t miss the performer deadline! LOST and FOUND uncovering the spirit of pride consensual. anti-racist. unapologetic. not your average burlesque. PRIDE EDITION!!!! TWO NIGHTS! tuesday june 18 and wednesday june 19 Gladstone Ballroom Sliding Scale $5-25 PWYC ( No one turned away!) Doors: 7pm Show: 8pm – 10pm All […]
It’s spring, it’s spring! (I don’t care, I don’t caaaarre that it has snowed in the last couple days…) It’s Aries Season and I’ve already made the switch in my mind, body, and spirit. It will be my first spring and summer living in my new apartment and neighborhood, and I can’t wait to stroll […]
Look, it’s a whole new updated website! With a new look and new adventures sprinkled all throughout. I think that when I look back on 2012-2013, I’ll remember it as a time when a lot happened. A lot ended, a lot changed, a lot solidified, a lot fell away, a lot began. Endings and Beginnings. […]
(yes the title is alanis lyrics. and a throw to all my gemini loved ones during gemini season!!) i need someone to tell me i’m beautiful i need someone to think it, feel it, believe it i need someone out there whose heart will flutter when i flash my charming mischievous smile whose pulse will […]
got a physical reminder through my mailbox today that the straight-white-male-grown-up world continually makes it so hard to believe in the value and importance of your art and work, and by extension your self-worth, if your art and work is impossible to separate from your sense of self (that is, unless you are a straight, […]
got a random surprise email from someone, i don’t know them very well, we just recently met. it was short and sweet…”…i just want to say that i can definitely feel your writing…its honestly beautiful “ i remember just over two years ago hearing words swung at me like steel wrecking ball. “i just don’t […]
the only thing i can do is be true to myself. the only thing i can do is commit to always be honest and devoted to what i believe, in thought and in action. giving my beliefs respect means giving them room to breathe, grow, change, expand. it means allowing space for reflection, question, challenge. […]
cross-posted on http://www.shamelessmag.com I feel blessed and honoured to be a part of the anthology, Feminism for Real: Deconstructing the Academic Industrial Complex. (Also see the follow up event here!) Not only because it gave me space to put down in print and solidify forever my XTREME-RAGE-AGAINST-GRAD-SCHOOL, but for many other reasons as well. As […]
For most of my pre-teen-early teen life my dream was to become an adored and award-winning famous actress. When I was about 14 years old, I remember reading 17 Magazine (daily tradition at that age) and came across an article that declared girls usually stopped growing about 2 years after they first get their period. […]
