Canadian Woman Studies / les cahiers de la femme (E-Journal, York University)

Martonfi, Ilona

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Soutar-Hynes, Mary Lou

Beyond Questionable Certainties

18 CANADIAN WOMAN STUDIES/LES CAHIERS DE LA FEMME
about the guest editors…
Susan Braedley is an Assistant Professor in the School 
of Social Work at Carleton University. She is the 
author of a number of articles and co-editor of Ne-
oliberalism and Everyday Life (2010, McGill Queens 
University Press).
Jacinthe Michaud est professeure agrégée à l’École de 
Genre, d’études sur la sexualité et d’études des femmes/
School of Gender, Sexuality Studies and Women’s 
Studies de l’Université York. Elle est l’auteure de 
plusieurs publications dont, Conscience subalterne, con-
science identitaire : la voix des femmes assitées au sein des 
organisations féministes et communautaires, aux Presses 
de l’Université d’Ottawa, 2005 ; « La représentation 
des besoins et l’obstacle de la double loyauté dans la 
recherche féministe : essai d’épistémologie autour de 
l’‘informatrice autochtone’ de Gayatri Chakravorty 
Spivak », Revue Canadienne de Politique Sociale, no. 
62, 2009 ainsi que « La reconnaissance des apports 
théoriques du féminisme dans la presse alternative de 
gauche : le cas du Temps fou », Politique et Sociétés, 
vol. 29, no.2, 2010
Leah F. Vosko is Professor of Political Science and 
Canada Research Chair in the Political Economy of 
Gender &Work, York University. She is the author 
and editor of a number of books and articles includ-
ing, most recently, Managing the Margins: Gender, 
Citizenship and the International Regulation of Pre-
carious Employment (2010), published with Oxford 
University Press.
My mom in her white dress with ruffles.
Looking at the camera. Smiling – 
It seems an ordinary picture, except
this photograph was taken in July
six years after Expo 1967
at the time of three little daughters,
before my brother.
Leather furniture, Tiffany, tapestries.
Lilac. Apple trees.
I am in first grade Tara Hall School.
Wearing crocheted poncho. Red sandals.
Metal lunch box. Yellow bus.
How can I go to class?
This morning father hit mother.
My childhood house in Anjou –
Searching for red needle cushion,
my mother sewed this dress herself.
She is cutting a Vogue pattern.
I have been sorting some boxes
my own daughter and I taking sewing lessons.
Painting, cooking, baking blueberry pies.
My mom in her white dress with ruffles.
Looking at the camera. Smiling.
Tell her, “I am happy with my husband.
Don’t talk about the past!”
Digging up wild roses.
Ilona Martonfi is the author of two poetry books, Blue Poppy 
(2009), and Black Grass (2012). Ilona has published in 
Vallum, Accenti, The Fiddlhead, and Serai. She is the 
founder/producer of The Yellow Door and Visual Arts Centre 
Readings, and the co-founder of Lovers and Others. She 
is also the recipient of the qwf 2010 Community Award.
ILONA MARTONFI
The White Ruffle Dress (Daughter)
FARIDEH DE BOSSET
The world
The world is understood
only by the eternals;
water, fire
wind
and sand,
patiently recording.
Farideh de Boset was born in Tehran, Iran, where poet-
ry is a part of everyday life and conversation. Her first 
collection of poetry, A Tilt, was published by Inanna 
Publications in 2012. She lives in Toronto. Her website 
can be found at <www.faridehdebosset.ca>.


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