Welcome to Theatre of Cruelty.

Theatre of Cruelty is a monthly (-ish) newsletter of first-person creative non-fiction and cultural criticism by Montreal-based urban Indigenous writer & multidisciplinary artist Tara McGowan-Ross.

I’m an art hoe with a philosophy degree who thinks too much and I want to make all of that your problem. Here you will find writing about philosophy, psychology, culture, and politics, ranted at you as if from the mouth of a messy gossip BFF. Every subscription keeps me from becoming a terrible employee to one of my unsuspecting local businesses, and all the really juicy stuff is below the cut. Subscribe!