Mom, knitter, past improv teacher/union rep. Disabled writer: WHEN FENELON FALLS (CH 2010) FALLING FOR MYSELF (W&W 2019) WIGGINS: SON OF SHERLOCK (OPB 2021)

Burlington, ON
Joined June 2009
From black balaclavas to Jesus toast, I'm delighted to share the tantalizing trailer for my new novel Kerfuffle set in the Toronto 2010 G20 protests. It launches with @AnotherStoryTO on Fri, April 1st 7pm. TY @renaissancepre1 for this very cool trailer! youtu.be/DKtk-kNhPDk
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Happy May Day! Covid is a workers rights issue.
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You can’t normalize mass infection and the disposability of the most vulnerable & marginalized for the sake of continuity of western consumerist privileges, w/out causing a widespread increase in both illness & eugenicist norms. Accepting C0VID abandonment as normal led us here.
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The great mass infection normalization project the ruling class implemented succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. To accept mass infection is the very definition of capitulating in advance, yet ppl across the political spectrum happily embraced the lies, minimization & denial.
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Because once they realized people would sacrifice their own children to a SARS virus to get indoor dining back they realized they'd accept anything
why tf are they actively regressing living standards? 😭
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It was flat-out murder.
Thank God for the patriots of @ICEgov — we have your back 100%. You are SAVING the country. Shame on the leadership of Minnesota — and the lunatics in the street. ICE > MN
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Admitting what’s actually happening means confronting the fact their choices harmed themselves & others. That’s psychologically intolerable for many. We’re mostly ignored right now, w/some hostility in the mix. This is child’s play compared to when they realise what they’ve done
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As if those participating in the harm are too delicate to be confronted w the reality that ppl are suffering tremendously as a result of their behaviors. Asking them to recognize their role in the harmdoing and and acknowledge their power to change it is not the violence here.
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Because most of those people aren’t intentionally setting out to harm anyone and even would feel sad to recognize how much harm they have participated in, it’s considered rude and outrageous to point out the harm not masking is contributing to, directly naming it.
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Because the abandonment of the most vulnerable to Covid eugenics is wholly naturalized and normalized by the dominant culture, pointing out that people going along with those norms are harming and killing folks is considered more objectionable than the behaviors themselves.
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Over the moon delighted to announce that The Scooter Twins is longlisted in excellent company for the Hamilton Literary Awards! Ty to @HamArtsCouncil @gritlitfestival Maria Sweeny @GroundwoodBooks @HouseofAnansi
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A draft standard requiring N95 respirator masks in health care settings has been released by the Canadian Standards Association. Voice your support by next Tuesday August 19 using the excellent plain-language explainer prepared by @DoNoHarmBC (it’s also available in French!)
Advocacy alert 📣 Until Aug 19, you can give input on a game-changing national standard about using N95s & other respirators in healthcare (and beyond)! We've created a plain-language explainer with some sample feedback, so it's easy to take part: donoharmbc.ca/national-stand…
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Am I going to keep masking? Yes! If I could I’d go back in time & mask retroactively. I wish we lived in a time when all viruses were seen as the dangers they are, where research into post viral illnesses was properly funded & robust. I wish masks were as common as shoes.
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You have the power to directly interrupt eugenicist fascist norms every day. If you’re moaning about fascism but you’re not wearing a mask, you’re neglecting one of the most critical practices of solidarity with those disproportionately targeted by the fascists.
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A mass infection, you-do-you, hyper-individualized approach to public health = eugenics. Misinforming the public and minimizing or denying the very real risks to all of us as well as the heightened risks for the most vulnerable = eugenics.
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Officially lunched in 2017, today is the first day of National Accessibility Awareness Week (NAAW)! All Peoples whether Indigenous, non-Indigenous, disabled, Elders, parents, children, everyone, has the right to accessible communities, programs, services, and systems, everyone! We have a lot of work still to do to make Canada fully accessible, but we recognize those who are doing their part to remove barriers for all!
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Look, if you get whiny the second anyone points out that you're doing or saying something that fuels bigotry, annoyed someone dare suggest you said or did something harmful and rooted in bigotry, well, that's a tell.
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