Keywords: poetry, disability justice, chronic illness, video

A cinepoem video screening experience and live poetry show, featuring hand-made printed poetry broadsides on reclaimed oysters for sale to audience. Poems in the video feature themes of disability justice and reclamation living with chronic pain and vulvodnyia, and being a survivor of sexual violence.

About the Artist

Cassandra Myers (My’z) (they/she/he) is an award winning poet, performer, dancer, illustrator, and counselor from Tkaronto, Ontario. As a queer, non-binary, South-Asian-Italian, crip, mad, survivor of sexual violence, Cassandra's work is cinematic and juicy with it's critical anti-oppressive eye. Cassandra’s work has won national literary and spoken word titles including the National Magazine GOLD Award in Poetry and Champion of the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word. Their work has been internationally received at the Ada Lovelace Festival in Berlin, and elsewhere. Find their poetry in ARC Poetry Magazine, Canthius, the Tahoma Literary Review, and more. Find them @cass.myers.poetry or at cassmyers.com.

Media

Everyone Wants a Tight Pussy

for OAC

Vimeo

Medusa Calls the Rape Crisis Line

This is "Medusa Calls the Rape Crisis Line" by Cassandra Myers on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Sapiosexuals are Sanguivores

This is "Sapiosexuals are Sanguivores" by Cassandra Myers on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Patient

This is "Patient" by Cassandra Myers on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Project Details

• Currently based in Toronto, Ontario
• Access rider available
• Budget available
• Contact Cassandra Myers for additional information and/or booking