The Fight Boredom Zine Residency in Montreal serves as a catalyst and backdrop for much of Birthday Party's first issue. K writes about responding to the world and initiating new action, breaking apart with people and forming new friendships, critical approaches to activism, POC empowerment and decolonizing identity and facing familial abuse in a way that paints a picture of both a two-week experience making work in Canada and the larger scope of her life. Fantastic zine. -EF