I’m going on strike!

It’s Labour Day, when we celebrate the history of workers who, over the decades, have banded together in solidarity to defend ourselves against being exploited by the owners of capital. It’s as important to gay people as it is to straight ones and also a lovely excuse for a day off to enjoy the lingering delights of summer.

In that spirit, I’m running off until tomorrow because, well, I’m horrrified at Britney Spears performing an Alanis Morrisette cover this weekend:

I can’t work under these conditions!

(normal service resumes tomorrow)

A former editor of the late, lamented fab magazine, Scott has been writing for Xtra since 2007 on a variety of topics in news pieces, interviews, blogs, reviews and humour pieces. He lives on the Danforth with his boyfriend of 12 years, a manic Jack Russell Terrier, a well-stocked mini-bar and a shelf of toy Daleks.

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