Recently I tagged an entry here as “painfully aware.” You might be wondering what the particular tag is referring to, or if you aren’t wondering, you might not realize it’s a reference to a very specific tagline that has to be one of the best, most true, most suitable taglines I’ve ever encountered. So let […]
A friend sent me this article to read: It was the Democrats’ embrace of neoliberalism that won it for Trump I sent her back my thoughts and she seemed to think they were cogent, so I’m sharing them more publicly. (Thanks for the encouragement, kele!) Not sure I agree completely (and it’s a bit self-serving
A friend of mine posted this on Facebook as their profile picture: Oh so very, very true! Totally reminds me of the UBC Sociology Students’ Association’s (brilliant) tagline: Painfully Aware You know, unless you’re into quantitative sociology, in which case you are more than capable of being blissfully ignorant. ??
Someone on Facebook posted a link to this article: Canada in the Age of Donald Trump The person who posted it thought it was a good call to arms regarding being anti-racist in Canada. I beg to differ, so here’s my response. First, right off the bat, anyone who implies—as does this author—NATO and NAFTA
If I had a favourite poet, Auden would be it. Or Whitman. But definitely Auden. This is maybe the best most true thing about grief that has ever been written. Oddly, maybe, I found my feelings about the US election results tonight reminded me, a bit, of my feelings of grief when my mum died. That