Carly Stasko
Welcome *please note this site is still under-construction
“I call myself and Imagitator, one who agitates imagination. This work and play takes many forms and here I will share some examples of past projects, collaborations, creations and experimentations as well as discussing ideas, insights and questions that have come out of all these experiences. “
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Girls Who Bite Back: Witches, Mutants, Slayers and Freaks
Girls Who Bite Back: Witches, Mutants, Slayers and FreaksEditor: Emily Pohl-WearySumach Press, 2004 Chapter 6:“How to Be Your Own Superhero: A Chronicle of Experimentation And Fascination”by: Carly Stasko Taking on the bombshell spies, slayers, witches and assassins who are fighting their way into movies and television shows everywhere, Girls Who Bite Back examines what these […]
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Turbo Chicks: Talking Young Feminisms
Turbo Chicks: Talking Young Feminisms Edited by: Lara Karaian, Allyson Mitchell, Lisa B. RundleSumach Press, 2001 Chapter 6: “Action Girls in the Dream Machine” by: Carly Stasko Turbo Chicks is an energetic collection of prose, poetry, theoretical explorations, zines and photo essays. The contributors come from all walks of life, different ages and experiences, sexual […]
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Reunions (a story by my mom Catherine Stasko)
Cathy’s story on the CBC radio Definitely Not the Opera (DNTO) March 2012 Cathy Stasko grew up knowing that she was adopted. At one point, about 30 years ago, after Cathy had a daughter of her own, she set out to look for her birth mom. An agency tracked her down… and told Cathy that her […]
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Tears of Joy in Calculus Class
Carly Stasko once laughed so hard she cried… and improved her calculus grade. She’ll tell us about the secret power of tears. Maybe it’s from sadness, or joy, or just because that dog food commercial is really moving. What makes you cry… and what are you saying through your tears?
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Moving
It’s hard enough moving yourself. But what if you’re unable to do your own packing and moving – and you have to let someone else do it? Carly Stasko will tell us how being moved by others moved her. DNTO has kicked off a new season with a very “moving” episode of DNTO, as we […]
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Superhero Rescue
Years ago, Carly Stasko wrote an essay on how to be your own superhero for a feminist book anthology. And when Carly went on the book tour, she brought a big tickle-trunk of costumes and gave superhero makeovers to people in each city. Years later, Carly found another way to put her costume to good […]
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Sacrifice (aka “No Kissing Allowed”)- excerpt from DNTO on CBC radio
So you’ve just started dating someone very special…. and then your doctor tells you you’re going to have to give up kissing for the next several months. Carly Stasko will tell us why that’s not such a bad thing.If you’d like to hear the entire episode visit the DNTO website here or download the […]
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Don’t Buy Girl Power
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On the Phone
Carly Stasko was being treated for cancer she had no idea that a phone message would be an integral part of her cure. She’ll tell us her story. Does the telephone dial in to the “real” you? In this encore presentation of Your DNTO, we look at our best stories (and yours) of using the […]
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Human Library
Carly Stasko found an interesting way to have conversations with people – she became a “book” as part of the Human Library Project. But it was when she became a “borrower” of another “human book” that she had the conversation that really stayed with her.