Chris Lowther

I was born in Vancouver

when I was seven years old my father took my mother’s life

I don't recall him ever beating on her

I just remember him beating on himself

                                  Next thing I remember we were at a foster home

                                  until I hit adolescence

                                  I guess we were damaged

                                 I went to a group home

                                 I don't know what happened

                                 I went from being a kid

                                To being I don’t know what!

I left after eleven month

I went Granma you've got to take me back

so, I stayed there

                                 I was about 18 with my Gram

                                When I was 18, I moved way across to the East End

                               when I was 19, I got a criminal injustice award

I  got on a plane to England

I went to Greenham Common 31 women's camp

the first time I went it was great

I sort of participated in this action

I don’t know where they were

I was surprised

I just let them move me, I was totally passive

                                         I went to Northern Ireland

                                         I went back to Greenham in 88

                                         I felt kinda isolated

                                         I didn't identify as a dyke

                                         I guess I did

I like my father,

I was really attached to that place

I don't think we were there for very long

I have no concept of the time that we spent there

I believed that…

               I had been seven for two years

I don't know but…

I don’t think we were in school for very long

which is why I've got this scar

I think if I actually went within those doors right now…

                               I might be physically ill

I decided to change my name

so, I wouldn’t see anybody there

                                         I was really into drugs

                                         Then I turned into a straight-A student

                                         I had an overdose

                                         I couldn't do drugs anymore

                                         I haven't done them since then

Citation:

Moore, Niamh, “Oral history interview with Chris Lowther (audio recording and transcript),” Clayoquot Lives: An Ecofeminist Story Web, accessed April 22, 2023, https://clayoquotlives.sps.ed.ac.uk/items/show/49.