"Wherever you are, whatever sand you can throw on the gears of genocide, do it now," Palestinian poet rasha abdulhadi tweeted, in October 2023. Over the last few years, cultural workers have taken up various tactics, engaged in grassroots organizing, and created...
Introduction Room magazine is seeking a new accounting coordinator! The accounting coordinator is responsible for overseeing Room’s finances. Alongside the managing editor and Room’s finances committee, the accounting manager makes takes major financial decisions for...
We continue to honour and stand alongside the Palestinian people, who resist the ongoing colonization of their lands, apartheid, and genocide perpetuated by “Israel”. As we sit with the ongoing violences in which we are all inextricably implicated, we are sitting with...
What's unsettling may trouble us for good reason, but it can also question existing power structures, provide insight into paths forward, and more. This spooky season, ROOM 48.3 REST/UNREST's Lead Editor Rachel Thompson, Assistant Editor Holly Lam, and Shadow Editor...
In a world shaped by profound injustice, how do we create amidst unrest while reclaiming rest that moves us toward justice? Today, we're sitting with a non-fiction piece by our commissioned author for Rayya Liebich, upcoming in Room 48.3 Rest/Unrest. HOW TO F/HOLD ON...
As the season turns, we hope the winds are bringing you all that's necessary ⎯ new dreams, stories, and visions. Here’s a fall list of opportunities, calls for submissions and contests, grants, and more! Calls for submission: Artists PRISM International...
Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Statement Orange Shirt Day is a legacy of the St. Joseph Mission Residential School Commemoration Project and Reunion events in 2013. Created by former survivors and their families, the events aimed to...
Due to a confluence of factors, Room Magazine is posting this 2025 Pride Month feature later than planned. What does it mean to inhabit a body that others may not understand? We're revisiting an excerpt of Addie Tsai's Unwieldy Creatures first published in Room 44.1...
Pride Month Statement and Reading List Due to a confluence of factors, Room Magazine is posting this statement in acknowledgment of Pride Month later than planned. *** The first Pride was a riot. Despite banks and cops getting floats at Pride parades–despite plastic...
Indigenous History Month Statement and Reading List Due to a confluence of factors, Room Magazine is posting this statement in acknowledgment of Indigenous History Month later than planned. However, Room holds that Indigenous histories, presents, and futures are to be...
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