AMANDA EMMS

Amanda Emms is a writer, activist, and CCPA research affiliate based in Winnipeg, Treaty 1 territory. She is a long-time renter and passionate about rent regulations. Amanda is a member of the West Broadway Tenants Committee (WBTC) and the Right to Housing Coalition’s Residential Tenancies Act Working Group. She is a proud past member of the Winnipeg Underground Film Festival (WUFF) and takes part in two book clubs. The library is her favourite space.

“Why is the sky blue?” —A fair enough question, and one I have learned the answer to several times. Yet every time I try to explain it to someone or remember it myself, it eludes me. Now I like to remember the question alone, as it reminds me that my mind is a seive, that I am mortal.

“Why is the sky blue?” —A fair enough question, and one I have learned the answer to several times. Yet every time I try to explain it to someone or remember it myself, it eludes me. Now I like to remember the question alone, as it reminds me that my mind is a seive, that I am mortal.

-Maggie Nelson, Bluets

AMANDA EMMS