Gersande La Flèche

19 July 2019 Travel Notes

Mes voyages d'été et un atelier sur le thé japonais traditionnel

On est parti en vacances entre le 29 juin et le 11 juillet, et on s'est eclaté! J'ai arrêté complètement de travailler (incluant tout mes petits projets d'écriture personnels) et décrété que mon

19 July 2019 Travel Notes

Summer travels and a traditional Japanese tea workshop

I was on vacation from the 29th of June until the 11th of July — and it was so nice! I was really fortunate to get a bit of travelling done last fall, but

21 June 2019 biweekly round-up

Brief round-up of interesting things for the 21st of June 2019

My motto lately is fuck toute. So let's skip the intro and get right into it.

21 June 2019 biweekly round-up

Assortiment bref de trucs intéressants pour le 21 juin 2019

Ma motto dernièrement: fuck toute!!! Je vous dispense l'intro, on s'y lance.

15 June 2019 tea

A serene moment at Salon de thé Cha Do Raku

ANNOUNCEMENT: I HAVE FOUND A NEW FAVOURITE TEA SHOP!!!

7 June 2019 biweekly round-up

Assortiment bref de trucs intéressants du 7 juin 2019

Le blogging challenge est de retour pour le mois de juin. Féminisme décolonial, remuements politiques québécois, un superbe debunking de Jordan Peterson, et enfin le rapport sur le génocide des femmes et filles autochtones au Québec et Canada.

7 June 2019 biweekly round-up

Brief round-up of interesting things for the 7th of June 2019

The blogging challenge is back for the month of June! Decolonial feminism, political changes, a superb debunking of Jordan Peterson, and the report on the genocide of Indigenous women and girls in Québec and Canada.

27 May 2019 Bandes dessinées

Cinq trouvailles au Festival BD de Montréal

Leif et moi étions en train de profiter du soleil dans le parc La Fontaine quand on a découvert par hasard le Festival BD de Montréal. Voici les 5 BDs que j'ai déniché ce samedi !

27 May 2019 Bandes dessinées

Five Finds at the Festival BD de Montréal

Leif and I were taking advantage of the sun in La Fontaine park when we stumbled upon the Festival BD de Montréal. So here are the 5 BDs that I found on Saturday!

29 April 2019 Life Updates

Après l'hiver

Terminons le mois d'avril — et cet interminable hiver — avec un billet de blogue sur ce que je fais dernièrement.

29 April 2019 Life Updates

After Winter

Let's wrap up April — and this interminable winter — with a blog post about what I've been up to these past few months.

29 April 2019 science fiction

Thoughts About Endgame

(Warning: Spoilers) Here are some extremely disjointed notes about the themes and character arcs in in Avengers: Endgame.

26 April 2019 biweekly round-up

Assortiment bref de trucs intéressants — 26 avril 2019

Cette semaine, on regarde le balado déchirant de Ryan McMahon sur les meurtres non résolus des ados autochtones à Thunder Bay, un débat sur l'existence du « racisme d'état » en France, et nous terminons avec le poème extraordinaire : « The Palace » de Kaveh Akbar.

26 April 2019 biweekly round-up

Brief Assortment of Interesting Things — 26th of April 2019

This week, we look at Ryan McMahon's rending podcast about the unsolved murder of Indigenous teenagers in Thunder Bay, a "debate" on the existence of "state racism" in France, and end with the extraordinary poem "The Palace" by Kaveh Akbar.

17 April 2019 Books

Reading Notes on "The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet" by Becky Chambers

It's the journey, and not the destination, that counts — even when one is on a ship like the Wayfarer, whose job is to punch stable wormholes through the fabric of space-time.

15 April 2019 minecraft

Let's Play Germinal Minecraft (with Joachim)

Joachim and I played Minecraft together and had some meandering conversations about Minecraft, the modding culture, the history of the server, and the inherent colonial nature of these games.

12 April 2019 biweekly round-up

Brief Assortment of Interesting Things — 12th of April 2019

Here's the round-up from between the 30th of March and the 12th of April, 2019.

12 April 2019 biweekly round-up

Assortiment bref de trucs intéressants — 12 avril 2019

Donc, voici ce que j'ai lu entre le 30 mars et le 12 avril 2019.

4 April 2019 nonbinary

Liste de ressources pour un français non binaire

Voici une liste de ressources pour une grammaire non binaire en français!

23 March 2019 about this website

I Removed Disqus and Google Analytics (Finally)

As of today, my website and blog no longer have any Disqus or Google Analytics tracking code anywhere. That also means I no longer use Disqus or Google Analytics.

21 March 2019 Games

Why Skyrim Remains My Favourite Place To Get Lost In

I realised when I was thinking about the videogames I love that I've written about, that I had never actually written about Skyrim, and I decided to try. So here are some of the reasons Skyrim, 8+ years after it launched, remains my favourite game to escape into.

15 March 2019 biweekly round-up

Assortiment bref de trucs intéressants — 15 mars 2019

Cette semaine: un roman de fiction spéculative d'Aliette de Bodard, un essai de Lindsay Nixon, Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars de Kai Cheng Thom, un regard très critique sur le contexte québécois de la journée internationale des droits des femmes d'Émilie Nicholas, et encore plus!

15 March 2019 biweekly round-up

Brief assortment of interesting stuff — 15th of March 2019

This week: a post-apocalyptic novel by Aliette de Bodard in the ruins of Paris, the ethics of mining trauma for literature by Lindsay Nixon, the inimitable Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom, a critical look at IWD in Québec by Émilie Nicholas in Le Devoir, and more!

12 March 2019 littérature québécoise

Notes de lecture sur Ciel 2. Dans Toutes Les Directions de Sophie Labelle

«Ciel 2» nous montre une expérience d'école secondaire positive pour un personnage trans, sans toutefois oublier complètement la réalité qu'il est encore très difficile d'être un-e ado queer ou trans «sorti-e du placard» au secondaire ici au Québec.

8 March 2019 Concordia

Some Notes on the Third-Party Climate Review Q&A with (Present and Former) Students of Concordia Creative Writing

C.A.S.E invited some alumni and I to join a departmental review today (Friday the 8th of March, 2019) at 10 AM to respond to the Climate Review of the Department of English at Concordia University.