Siue Moffat is a Canadian

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chocolatier, cookbook author, filmmaker, zine maker, video activist and film archivist. She began writing

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s in the late 1980s. Her two-page zine, "Roy Spim", was cited as life changing, blunt, and fearless by an author of a reflection at ''Broken Pencil''. Moffat collaborated with musician and multimedia artist

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on a collective video and zine distribution initiative in the late 1990s. She was very involved in the punk community (

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) doing volunteer administrative work on the "

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" site (a free online resource for independent artists and promoters, once a hard copy zine published by

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), and wrote columns about

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media in the deceased magazine

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. Moffat's career as an author also includes two editions of vegan dessert cookbooks called ''Lickin' the Beaters''. Including 77 recipes, the book was illustrated and designed similarly to Moffat's zines. The second edition (released during National Chocolate Week, 2010) was described as "fun" in a guide to vegan cuisine. In an interview that reflects on the author's career and interest in punk culture, Moffat described the book as organized around the theme of "good and evil." In 2008, she founded Boardwalk Chocolates, a fully vegan

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Publications

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Filmography

* Sax Duck (2024) * Rotchester (2017) * Niagara.Falls (2017) * Totally Kid Carousel (2006/2009) * The End of The Year (Directed by Ben Kukkee, 2005. Sound recordist and sound editor) * Grilled Cheese Sandwich (Directed by

, 2005. Sound recordist, stills, etc.) * Train to New York (2003) * Become the Media (2003) * P-Grrrl (2002) * Patti Helps Out (2002) * Various films with the Toronto Video Activist Collective (1998-2003)

Other

* Book indexer for AK Press, Between the Lines, etc. (present) * Vegan chocolatier/owner Boardwalk Chocolates (2008-2012) * Presenter and Panelist on "Archiving the Action" at the 2005 Association of Moving Image Archivists Conference in Austin TX * Guest on CBC's Here And Now 28/8/03 for Lickin' the Beaters with

. * Print Trafficker for the True/False documentary film festival in

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(2005-2007) *

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worker (2005-2006) * Volunteer on

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's film collection (2005-2007) * Distribution coordinator i
Satan Macnuggit Popular Arts/Unpopular Arts
an activist/DIY film producer and distributor (1999-2003)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moffat, Siue 1973 births 21st-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers Living people Canadian cookbook writers Canadian film directors Canadian veganism activists Canadian women film directors Canadian women non-fiction writers Vegan cookbook writers Canadian women food writers