Période de questionsJune 10th. Twenty to six, and I’ve just arrived at Centre Saint-Pierre for RÉZO’s annual general meeting. The long tables usually here have been folded and pushed against the right-hand wall. Plastic …Vincent Mousseau, MSc·1d ago·16 min readFollowAbolitionBlacknessCanadian PoliticsExhaustion
Les inscriptions sont fermées pour le momentThe conversation is over. My friend and I are sitting in the particular stillness that follows something hard, the kind where the next thing hasn’t become possible yet. I know how to be here. I’ve lea…Vincent Mousseau, MSc·May 27·15 min readFollowAbolitionBlacknessCanadian PoliticsExhaustion
What the Credential RequiresThe process is specific. A recognized bachelor's or master's in social work. More than 350 hours of supervised fieldwork. Registration with a provincial regulatory body. Annual renewal. Professional l…Vincent Mousseau, MSc·Apr 5·5 min readFollowAbolitionExhaustionSocial WorkTransitions
Time, HeldTime arrives before anything happens. It shows up early, settles in, rearranges the day around itself. You learn it through how the body prepares. Through the way the chest stays slightly lifted, like…Vincent Mousseau, MSc·Jan 9·4 min readFollowAbolitionEmpirePersonalPolitics
Structures of Warmth and ViolenceThe sun is warm on my face at the port, and I don’t trust it.Midwinter light has no business feeling this gentle.The river is frozen hard enough to refuse reflection, to hold its surface without depth…Vincent Mousseau, MSc·Dec 25·5 min readFollowAbolitionColonialismPersonal
There Is No Word for This Grief: On Gaza, Famine, and the World That WatchesI wasn’t supposed to be writing this. I’m supposed to be writing a comprehensive exam about temporality and health. About how Black queer people live and care for one another in timeframes not designe…Vincent Mousseau, MSc·Jul 27·6 min readFollowAbolitionColonialismPalestinePersonal
