I’vd always loved El-Mohtar’s writing but this is really something else. Go read it.

Evelyn working on a school project: “Fuck this, I’m about to cite myself!”

One of my favourite projects I’ve begun in the last few years is a Snail Mail Poetry Club. Every month, all of us mail poems to each other — monthly, I get 3-6 poems in the mail with a little note, and it is a JOY. If anyone is ever interested in joining the Snail Mail Poetry Club, DM me!

With science falling under increasing attack, this medical historian is here to remind people of the power of #vaccines. THREAD🧵 Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7

Made me cry on this Thursday morning, I recommend you read and maybe cry a little too:

Teen Vogue is doing incredible journalism, and this piece feels so hopeful amid such hopelessness.

More than 80 people crowded into a room at the Charlottetown Library Learning Centre to offer feedback on the amendments MLA Brad Trivers is proposing to the rental act. There were tense exchanges,shouting, jeering and one person providing feedback via a middle finger. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

From Kate DiCamillo's lovely essay On Writing: "You have no business wanting to be a writer unless you are a reader. You should read fantasies and essays, biographies and poetry, fables and fairy tales. Read, read, read, read, read." I couldn't agree more. www.katedicamillo.com/on_writing-2/

Teen climate activist (my son) needs Canadians to respond to a 2-minute survey to help him build data to bring to local Cdn politicians to urge them to make it easier for Canadians to donate used electronics for reuse (after wiped clean) and recycling. Pls share: marketing4health.formaloo.me/b8j3vp

Plugging @justinesnacks.bsky.social! Made this INCREDIBLE halibut with sungold tomatoes tonight and it’s 10/10. Recipe here: justinesnacks.com/breaded-hali...

This essay on community, group work, and the human condition hit a chord in me: open.substack.com/pub/folkists...

Have dog bed, but will lie on the floor in the office

And so. When AI turns around in the year 2025 and spews words at us, often stupidly, you know what I think of? I think of the grub, fat with words, comprehending nothing. þēof in þȳstro Thief in the dark.

If you're also feeling salty that 5% of our GDP is going to defence and as a result, the Ministry of Women and Gender Equality's budget is being slashed, you should contact your MP and give them hell. But you should also participate in the pre-budget consultation! Link here :

Totally! And periodic reminder that Canadians can send mail (ie: letters, postcards, etc) to MPs for FREE. Ask anyone who has been a staffer and they'll tell you that personalized correspondence is always more effective than a form letter. Call! Email! Write! Make some noise, folks.

"Pre-election, the Liberals promised to “never” compromise women’s rights in Canada. Now the government is talking about cuts so deep that they will exceed those that laid waste to the women’s sector during the Harper years."

A video that shows a man tearing down a string of Pride flags outside a store in Prince Edward Island is going viral across social media, and police are looking for the culprit. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Stop what you're doing and read this extraordinary essay by Rümeysa Öztürk: "I am free, but my true freedom is interlinked with the freedom of many women I lived alongside in ICE prison."

This is why I don't like AI use for ANY reason, even if it's just to dunk on AI. Any use takes up resources and energy that could be better used doing literally anything else. Any "good potential use" for AI is annihilated by how much energy it takes to make it. Throw it in the trash, it's no good!

“I asked Chat GPT” “I asked Grok” Ok well I asked Sappho and she said ……. ……. ..[b]osom

It’s salad season!!! Only in spring/summer do I make elaborate salads with homemade dressing. I get a lot of inspo from the cookbook Six Seasons, if anyone wants a recommendation! This salad is: arugula, salad turnips, radishes, orange, and avocado over labneh, with a citrus dressing & poppyseeds.

"Perhaps I will write—not to immortalize the pain, but to say that we were here… loving, dreaming, planting, drawing, singing, reading, writing… before our lives were reduced to a passing news bulletin or a cold political statement."

A non-fiction essay of mine was published with Riddle Fence! It details a year in my life when my ex-husband had a psychotic break. I’m immensely proud of this essay and so grateful to RF for seeing its merit. CW: psychosis, domestic violence, trauma. riddlefence.com/feature/smal...

I’ve been thinking about this nonstop for 24 hours. It’s one of the most beautiful pieces I’ve ever read.

I think about this comic all the time.

Writing the first short story I’ve written in AGES and I forgot how fun a brief little blip can be!

This thread sums up my rage also. Thankful to @mariadahvana.bsky.social for sharing this so eloquently.

Just when I think I cannot love this animal any more, she does this move

Looking forward to attending this!

An excellent piece on grief & death & what we leave behind in the digital age.

Okay my loves. It's the big day. Be Gay, go vote. Text your friends. Text your exes. Tell them to go VOTE.

Current reread: The Jasmine Throne! Just as gorgeous the second time around. I’m rereading this and the second one before I finish the series and read the third!

A great teacher of how to write good instructions was Amelia Bedelia. I’m writing instructions for our dog sitter and put “feed dog on the rug by the back door.” Thought of Amelia Bedelia and changed it: “put food bowl on the rug by back door.”

A very important (& horrifying & unsurprising &&&) read.

Friendly reminder: Global Affairs Canada still has not issued updated travel guidelines for transgender Canadians considering travel to or through America. Add your name to our campaign urging action: www.momentumcanada.net/pathways

An easy 5/5 stars for the INCREDIBLE The River Has Roots (the magic! The mystery! The romance! The sisters!) by @amalelmohtar.com. (Wynonna gives it a 1/5 because I wouldn’t let her eat it.)

SO excited to dig into @amalelmohtar.com’s newest today! 😍

Today in figuring out what I like to eat for breakfast, I’m on a soft boiled egg kick. Pictured: kimchi, cucumbers, prosciutto, toasted onion bread, soft boiled eggs 🍳

We win by getting organized, and hitting the streets in big cities and small towns across Canada. Beyond socials. In community. That's what our Mass Organizing Call is all about. join us, bring your gays: www.momentumcanada.net/call

Once again perusing gardening books for the one that says “You, personally, should plant this exact thing here.”

Every time I go into my local bookstore, they think I have a book in and I don’t: it’s this one on preorder, and I can’t wait to have it IN MY HANDS! Preorder/go get this book next week!

Also, #PEI writer folks! There’s a fantastic workshop by an equally fantastic author about how to pitch your work, Sat Apr 5 at 4pm. As someone who is terrible at talking about my novels, I’m geeked for it. More info: www.peiwritersguild.com/events/pitch...

I love a non-traditional breakfast, and we made this squash congee for dinner the other day. Today, I had it for brekkie with an egg poached in it. 10/10. justinesnacks.com/honeynut-squ...

Just finished Crooked Teeth by Danny Ramadan, what an incredible and important memoir. Highly recommend!

“I’d take entrail divination over generative AI” 🔥🔥🔥

Fresh newsletter from me & Evelyn, all about FOOD: gayfromaway.substack.com/p/hungry-hun...

Annual #PSA 🏳️‍🌈💙