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Dating During Covid-19

September 29, 2020 Janine Short

Being single and dating during this pandemic has certainly been strange. As a polyamours, extroverted and sex positive person, I…

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NOT Doing TIFF 2020

September 15, 2020 Janine Short

This is the first year in about 6 years that I don’t have a TIFF Industry Pass. And it is…

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Getting Back to Work

September 10, 2020 Janine Short

In many ways this collective pause and summer off from work has been really refreshing for me, and perhaps to…

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Meditating on Abundance

September 1, 2020 Janine Short

Recently I completed the 21 Days of Abundance Meditation Challenge from Deepak Chopra. It’s been a really lovely experience, I…

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COVID WEDDING!

August 12, 2020 Janine Short

So I just experienced the BEST weekend of my YEAR! My younger sister Heather’s wedding to her new husband Blake.…

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I’m Back!

August 5, 2020 Janine Short

… But now only once a week… And also safer! Some of you may have noticed that I haven’t posted…

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Pitching Cult of You-niverse

July 9, 2020 Janine Short

A couple of years ago I did the Landmark Advanced Course and learned that I have this thing called an…

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My Virtual Banff Experience:

July 3, 2020 Janine Short

My experience of participating in the Virtual Banff World Media Festival the past few weeks has been incredible! I have…

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Pride Weekend 2020!

July 1, 2020 Janine Short

Surprisingly, 2020 COVID Pride was actually still pretty FUN!!! …All things considered. I mean, not the same at all! But…

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Doing All the Things that Scare Me the Most!

June 25, 2020 Janine Short

Lately I have been doing a lot of things that scare the living fuck out of me. I like to…

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Yelling at Each Other:

June 24, 2020 Janine Short

I have noticed that I have been yelling at certain people in my life a little more often lately. I’m…

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Having Children in Alternative Relationships:

June 12, 2020 Janine Short

I have been OUT to my friends and family as a bisexual/pansexual and polyamourous for about four years now. I…

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More Colour More Pride:

June 10, 2020 Janine Short

I guess I’m not a particularly observant person, and I’m admitting to being a total insensitive asshole, because I’m just…

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Black Lives Matter

June 5, 2020 Janine Short

ORIGINALLY POSTED: June 5 2020 EDITED: June 17 2020 My original post about the Black Lives Matter movement was not…

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Banff, Here I come! …But not really

June 2, 2020 Janine Short

It looks like there are some good sides that have come with the bad of this COVID19 pandemic. It’s not…

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Putting it Out There

May 28, 2020 Janine Short

Long before I was a production coordinator or a producer, I was an actor, a writer and an artist first.…

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Making it on Mars: Character Descriptions: 6. Lee

May 27, 2020 Janine Short

6. Lee (Min’s wife, Max’s bestie, and Alex’s casual partner)  Lee is a Japanese-Canadian, straight, cis female, and a high-school…

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Making it on Mars: Character Descriptions: 5. Min

May 22, 2020 Janine Short

5. Min (Max’s Non-Binary, Tertiary Partner): Min is a PhD in biology, and a well renowned researcher in their field…

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Making it on Mars: Character Descriptions: 4. Carrie

May 20, 2020 Janine Short

4. Carrie (Max’s secondary partner) Carrie is Max’s cis female, secondary partner. She has a masters degree in horticulture, and…

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Making it on Mars: Character Descriptions: 3. Ron

May 14, 2020 Janine Short

3. Ron (Alex’s Best Friend & Right-hand Man) Ron is also a rocket scientist, and has worked with Alex for…

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Making it on Mars: Character Descriptions: 2. Alex

May 13, 2020 Janine Short

2. Alex (Max’s Cis Male Primary Partner) Alex is the complete opposite of Max in almost every possible way. A…

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In Response to Kristin Annable’s article about CERB and Homelessneness in Canada:

May 7, 2020 Janine Short

While scrolling through my FB news feed the other day, I came across this article shared, and negatively criticized, by…

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Making it on Mars: Character Descriptions: 1. Max

May 5, 2020 Janine Short

1. Max (Female Protagonist, Any Ethnicity) Max is that quintessential leftist, socialist, liberal minded, sustainable farm girl, bisexual, polyamours, community…

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Catapult CanCon

April 30, 2020 Janine Short

Around this time last spring I began sending out many messages and emails to my contacts in the film and…

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You don’t have to be ready, to start

April 29, 2020 Janine Short

I have begun to learn a valuable lesson about waiting for the right time. I do this a lot in…

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3 Tips for Living Simple and Saving Money

April 24, 2020 Janine Short

For many years of my life I have been a freelancer, an independent filmmaker, a dogsitter, a bartender or a…

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F@ck it!

April 22, 2020 Janine Short

Or, My Total Meltdowns and why I’m NOT going to let them stop me, EVER again. Man does it ever…

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Making it on Mars: The Series:

April 16, 2020 Janine Short

My Concept for a Dark Comedy Utopian Sci-fi Series, about a group of polyamours hippy-types, setting out on a journey…

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