“On video chats, I have to be vocal about what I miss about my partners. Without turning this into erotica, I can say we're transparent about our fantasies and desires”
“The revolution needs cooks. It needs the bandager, the person writing the signs, the person carrying the water. We need wellness spaces where Black people can feel safe”
“We’re screening workers and clients 24 to 48 hours before a scheduled clean to ensure that no one is experiencing any symptoms”
“Maybe a young person who looks like me is watching my address and thinking that she would like to be a doctor one day”
”At least 10 taxi drivers have died from Covid. A friend of mine spent the entire week attending Zoom memorial services”
“Do we wait for the province to opens things back up, and hopefully make back some of the money we've lost, or do we take on a long-term tenant?”
“Suddenly, gyms were closing, people were working out at home and my business was exploding”
“In the span of two hours I found out that he was in the hospital, then that he was on oxygen and, finally, that he'd died"
“The first day I went to work in the dementia ward, I wanted to throw up. I was scared shitless”
“One of our new neighbours heard that we needed clothes and dropped off an enormous bag filled with hand-me-downs on the front porch”
“The designs are inspired by superheroes because doctors and nurses are the heroes of Covid-19”
“Before lockdown, we'd ordered one of those giant inflatable water toys. So that's $20,000 gone”
“As my due date approached, I coloured my hair at home. I refused to give birth with grey hairs!”
“I tried to accept that I didn’t have a say in whether or not I got cancer, and I didn’t have a say in whether or not I was going to be treated for cancer”
On April 19, I left Toronto for Fort Smith, via Edmonton. My journey was bizarre