Fort StreetMay 9th. Sunny. I'm walking past the Winnipeg Police Service headquarters at 11 in the morning when I turn off Graham onto Fort Street and the timing is what it is. Two men coming from the gym, laughi…Vincent Mousseau, MSc·May 9·8 min readFollowBlacknessCanadian PoliticsColonialismExhaustion
Consequence as WeatherThe coffee shop near the Palais des congrès is already full of Liberal Party of Canada convention delegates when I join the line outside. Cop cars are parked down the street. Inside, every table has a…Vincent Mousseau, MSc·Apr 10·7 min readFollowBlacknessCanadian PoliticsColonialismExhaustion
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
