Low Road Forever
Marilyn Stanley
, Kirsten Lyon
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Sahhara Leckie
, Jude Castillo
, Linda Leitch
, Sarah Schwartz
, Emily Eplett
, Andrea Gillespie
, Ashley Nicol
, Susan Baues
, Barry Kazimer
, Hoda Montazeri
, Cassandra Schiemann
, LJ Law
, Dani Kat
, Thelma Ball
, Natasa Ilic
, Andrea Pole
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Jocelyn Heisel
, Melissa Kohlman
, Hilary Squires
, Christopher Rossignol
, Patricia Johnson
, Vivian Thorgeirson
, Deb Philippon
, Vanessa S
, Noelle Walsh
, Chantal Comeau
, Melissa Poremba
, Joe Mitchell
, Vanessa Charbonneau-Dinelle
, Caleb Nault
, Rodney Cross
, Rosa Cross
, jane luce
, Paula Adam
, Heather Belliveau
, arnab ghosh
, Chris Lantz
, Nancy Daoust
, Benita Hartwell
, Phillip Morgan
, Susan Lorden
, Mary Campbell
, Janice Cournoyer
, Diana Dichard
, Kim Cappellina
, Michael Hagenbuch
, Kathleen Mary Kilmer
, Janice Sutherland
, Silvia Demmy
, Anne Simonot
, Donald Forsythe
, Susan Terendy
, Wanda Brine
, Rachel Edmonds
, Siobhan Monaghan
, Elvina Barclay
, Laurie Burns
, Ken Gilmour
, Carolyn Zapf
, Linda MacIntyre
, Joshua Lewis
, Randi Ann Doll
, Naomi MacKinnon
, Janet Meisner
editor@49thShelf.com
A self-proclaimed "gay feminist harpy since before it was cool," Tara Thorne is situated somewhere between the sharp-eyed urban commentary of Nora Ephron and ribald cultural analysis of Lindy West. In her debut book of essays, the Halifax-based filmmaker, arts critic, and recovering journalist gives readers her unvarnished take on the films and music that made her a feminist, how the #MeToo reckoning led her to write a misandrist vigilante film, what it's like being the only woman in a band, and the snarky tweet that made her lose her position as CBC Radio's arts and culture columnist. Alongside are musings on coming out later in life, remaining resolutely child-free, and why she's decided to step back from being professional to the point of erasure: after two decades, it's time to take the low road.
With the cranky forthrightness of Fran Lebowitz in Pretend It's a City, Thorne's voice is both self-assured and deeply self-effacing as she exposes the light haze of misogyny that hangs over us all to find what's funny, what's true, and what needs to be said.
