The Ethnic Aisle
  • Submissions
  • The Joy Issue The Visual Issue The Transit Issue The Blood Issue The Canada Issue The East to West issue The Death Issue The Tongues Issue The Religion Issue The Interracial Dating Issue The White Issue The Food Issue The Election Issue The Queer Issue Past, Present & Future of Racism Downstown vs. Suburbs The Hair Issue The Christmas Issue The Booze Issue The Ass Issue The Wedding Issue
  • About
  • Events
  • Contributors
  • Donate
  • Sponsors
The Ethnic Aisle
  • Submissions/
  • Past Issues/
    • The Joy Issue
    • The Visual Issue
    • The Transit Issue
    • The Blood Issue
    • The Canada Issue
    • The East to West issue
    • The Death Issue
    • The Tongues Issue
    • The Religion Issue
    • The Interracial Dating Issue
    • The White Issue
    • The Food Issue
    • The Election Issue
    • The Queer Issue
    • Past, Present & Future of Racism
    • Downstown vs. Suburbs
    • The Hair Issue
    • The Christmas Issue
    • The Booze Issue
    • The Ass Issue
    • The Wedding Issue
  • About/
  • Events/
  • Contributors/
  • Donate/
  • Sponsors/
EthnicAisle_Banner_2016 resize.jpg
The Ethnic Aisle

THE BLOOD ISSUE

Spring 2016

The Ethnic Aisle
  • Submissions/
  • Past Issues/
    • The Joy Issue
    • The Visual Issue
    • The Transit Issue
    • The Blood Issue
    • The Canada Issue
    • The East to West issue
    • The Death Issue
    • The Tongues Issue
    • The Religion Issue
    • The Interracial Dating Issue
    • The White Issue
    • The Food Issue
    • The Election Issue
    • The Queer Issue
    • Past, Present & Future of Racism
    • Downstown vs. Suburbs
    • The Hair Issue
    • The Christmas Issue
    • The Booze Issue
    • The Ass Issue
    • The Wedding Issue
  • About/
  • Events/
  • Contributors/
  • Donate/
  • Sponsors/
February 28, 2016

Bad Blood: Why does Canada still reject queer and immigrant blood?

February 28, 2016/ Jaime Woo
Bad Blood: Why does Canada still reject queer and immigrant blood?

An interview with professor OmiSoore Dryden. 

Read More
February 28, 2016/ Jaime Woo/ 3 Comments
February 24, 2016

Blood fiction: belonging, services and status Indians

February 24, 2016/ Pamela Palmater
Blood fiction: belonging, services and status Indians

Canada remains the only country in the world to legislate Indigenous identity on the concept of blood quantum.

Read More
February 24, 2016/ Pamela Palmater/ 2 Comments
February 24, 2016

Flesh and blood: Filipino dinuguan, my dad and me

February 24, 2016/ Amada Estabillo

Among my cousins, to eat dinuguan— a blood stew we called "chocolate meat" — was to win a dare, not to savour a favourite dish.

Read More
February 24, 2016/ Amada Estabillo/ 1 Comment
February 23, 2016

Mary / Mariko: grandmother, Obachan, Anaanatsiaq

February 23, 2016/ Alexa Hatanaka
Mary / Mariko: grandmother, Obachan, Anaanatsiaq

Saying goodbye, in three languages. 

Read More
February 23, 2016/ Alexa Hatanaka/ Comment
February 23, 2016

Fade Resistance

February 23, 2016/ Zun Lee
Fade Resistance

Images from an archival project by Toronto-based photographer and collector Zun Lee. 

Read More
February 23, 2016/ Zun Lee/ Comment
February 23, 2016

Spilling blood: Muslim sacrifice rituals, as seen in the GTA

February 23, 2016/ Sadaf Ashan

Known as qurbani or aqiqa, taking the life of an animal is a gesture of thanks to a higher power for  providing bounty in one’s life. 

Read More
February 23, 2016/ Sadaf Ashan/ 1 Comment
February 23, 2016

Sweating blood: I was a Pharmamedica guinea pig

February 23, 2016/ Lucas Costello
Sweating blood: I was a Pharmamedica guinea pig

The billion dollar pharmaceutical industry requires the bodies of low-income wage earners, debt-ridden students, and immigrants. 

Read More
February 23, 2016/ Lucas Costello/ Comment
February 23, 2016

(Half) blood brothers: An inside son considers the one on the outside

February 23, 2016/ Ryan B. Patrick

It seems funny that, by virtue of sharing the same blood, my father's other child and I should have anything in common. 

Read More
February 23, 2016/ Ryan B. Patrick/ 1 Comment
February 23, 2016

Later, Haters: What is a hate crime?

February 23, 2016/ Navneet Alang

Laws against hate crimes are a deterrent, sure, but they also signal who Canada does—and doesn’t—consider worth protecting.

Read More
February 23, 2016/ Navneet Alang/ Comment
February 23, 2016

Thicker than water: A podcast on intercultural adoption

February 23, 2016/ Rachel Giese

People from families created through adoption are living embodiments of the nature versus nurture debate. 

Read More
February 23, 2016/ Rachel Giese/ Comment
adoption, nature, nurture, intercultural, chosen families, LGBTQ, biracial, international, family
February 23, 2016

Blood, money: Nose to tail was kind of a fail

February 23, 2016/ Corey Mintz

White people were only going to eat humble pie and knuckle bone until their fortunes changed. As soon as they could afford it again, they wanted steak.

Read More
February 23, 2016/ Corey Mintz/ 1 Comment
February 23, 2016

Red, red wine: A family tradition, just not for women

February 23, 2016/ Cristina Pietropaolo

On a generations-long taboo of menstruation and food preparation.

Read More
February 23, 2016/ Cristina Pietropaolo/ Comment
February 23, 2016

indian

February 23, 2016/ Vivek Shraya
indian

A poem by Vivek Shraya.

Read More
February 23, 2016/ Vivek Shraya/ Comment
  • Submissions/
  • Past Issues/
    • The Joy Issue
    • The Visual Issue
    • The Transit Issue
    • The Blood Issue
    • The Canada Issue
    • The East to West issue
    • The Death Issue
    • The Tongues Issue
    • The Religion Issue
    • The Interracial Dating Issue
    • The White Issue
    • The Food Issue
    • The Election Issue
    • The Queer Issue
    • Past, Present & Future of Racism
    • Downstown vs. Suburbs
    • The Hair Issue
    • The Christmas Issue
    • The Booze Issue
    • The Ass Issue
    • The Wedding Issue
  • About/
  • Events/
  • Contributors/
  • Donate/
  • Sponsors/

The Ethnic Aisle

The Wellness Issue

Featured
01_StillLife_SNegash.jpg
Soko Negash
Remedy in Practice: A Still Life
Soko Negash
Soko Negash
ethnicaisle_blackpowerbarbie_00000.jpg
Joy Henderson
Wanted: Health Care That Works For Indigenous Women
Joy Henderson
Joy Henderson
SHAZLIN ARTICLE 01.jpg
Shazlin Rahman
Wellness Begins At Home, But Where Is That?
Shazlin Rahman
Shazlin Rahman
Janika9.jpg
Janika Oza
Confessions Of A Brown Yoga Teacher
Janika Oza
Janika Oza
RosasV_TheEthnicAisleFinal (1).jpg
Melissa Haughton
Cash Rules Everything Around Me—Especially My Health
Melissa Haughton
Melissa Haughton
The Ethnic Aisle - TEA10819.jpg
Michelle Kay
The Sipping Point: Lessons From Mom's Kitchen
Michelle Kay
Michelle Kay

ethnicaisle@gmail.com I theethnicaisle.com