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- 1 2 3 4 5 "Contrary fairy tale is class work". Toronto Star , July 2, 1993.
- ↑ "Film centre grads making their mark". Toronto Star , December 24, 1993.
- ↑ "Radical Sissies and Stereotyped Fairies in Laurie Lynd's The Fairy Who Didn't Want to Be a Fairy Anymore". Cinema Journal , Vol. 45 Issue 1 (Fall 2005), p. 66.
- ↑ Jay Scott, "Festival focus firmly on first features". The Globe and Mail , September 21, 1992.
- ↑ "Inside Out Wrap-Up: Laurie Lynd and the Gay-ple Leafs". Torontoist , May 27, 2007.