Kostyn (any pronouns) is a queer white settler, community organizer, writer, and library worker from Niagara, Ontario on the traditional lands of the Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabe, Wendat, and Chonnonton peoples.
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Archived from Old Blog (Pre-2020): Copenhagen
Travel writing* seems to have many of the same hangups as autobiographical writing and then some. The key element here, I think, is that good travel writing is a somewhat introspective pursuit since, saying anything of significance about a place one visits for a short period of time may be an empty gesture, and the…
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Archived from Old Blog (Pre-2020): Traveling for Drama (To England!)
As noted in the blog post discussing bicycling, I didn’t write about my amazing little trip to London, and I should have. So now I’ll recall all I can from a short trip to Copenhagen and treat this as a lesson. At the end of September, I went with an English class to London, and…
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Archived from Old Blog (Pre-2020): Gord Downie: Being Canadian
Though I promised a blog post on my trip to London (it’s coming), I want to add my thoughts to the Niagara of outpourings in the wake of Gord Downie’s passing. It is deeply strange to be abroad and to hear about the passing of the man who is, in my eye, the definitive Canadian…
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Archived from Old Blog (Pre-2020): On Bicycling and Nordic Air
It is a Wednesday evening in my flat in Aarhus when I am writing this. I am lit by two light sources: two candles and the laptop screen. I have just gotten out of my shower, and I don’t feel like going into the world of film at the moment, I am too tired to…
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Archived from Old Blog (Pre-2020): Thoughts On Naomi Klein’s “‘No’ Is Not Enough”
“‘No’ Is Not Enough” by Naomi Klein is the first book of her’s I have read. After reading John Semley’s review in The Globe and Mail, and seeing it in the bathroom library of my partner’s parent’s house, I was convinced to commit myself to reading it. Graciously, I was leant their unfinished copy and…
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Archived from Old Blog (Pre-2020): The First Three Days
Hi, As many of you reading are surely aware, and even more of you are vaguely sure of something, I am on a full-year university exchange to Aarhus University in Aarhus, Denmark. I have been here now for a little over two weeks which have felt like a lifetime. Prior to this, I had never…
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Archived from Old Blog (Pre-2020): Some Canada 150 Thoughts
Happy Canada 150, to those celebrating. I just wanted to write a quick and informal blog to talk about the event. I won’t be saying anything new or particularly different, let alone interesting, but I want to add my voice to the crowd. First of all, it’s important to say that I am so happy…