Allow me to share my recent frustrations with you ( Read more... )

..If Canada winds up with another Conservative government I am really scared that this will finish the destruction of our planet. Between Tr*mp and these assholes ( Read more... )

So.... I still don't think much of Game of Thrones, but I did read summaries and watched some clips and kinda fell down a rabbit hole in terms of fic. LOL at me.

( Discussion of misogyny, homophobia, racism, transphobia under the cut... )

While I much prefer reading and/or viewing books and films/TV series before trashing them, there does come a point where I call bullshit and just save myself the suffering.

Some of my thoughts and opinions however, based on the (many) discussions and summaries I have read, are as follows.

WARNING: VENTING BELOW THE CUT. ABOUT RACISM AND SEXISM ( Read more... )

I've updated my list of the worst films/movies I've ever seen.

The (updated) list is here, along with commentary by yours truly.

Because I like to vent sometimes! :-D

THE shithole country par excellence is now the United States of America.

Of course, it is now also on par with my shithole province of Quebec, where the new so-called government ('regime' would be more appropriate, to my mind) of the CAQ or Coalition Avenir Québec* will reportedly introduce a law banning civil servants, including teachers, from ( Read more... )

There it is, folks. There is no justice.

The good guys inevitably lose, etc. The bad guys always win.

If that weren't true, we wouldn't be talking about a man accused of sexual assault, who is being pushed forward by the extreme right, in order to fully seize control of power in the United States for the next several decades ( Read more... )

I have been following the saga of the U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh.

Why are Republicans so hell bent on confirming a rapist?

...One big reason is the dream, on the part of conservatives, to abolish Roe v. Wade and therefore criminalize abortion in the United States. (Another issue, one of what I'm sure is many, is reportedly ( Read more... )

Disclosure: I am a former gymnast. I was never high level (not even close!) but I truly loved and still love the sport.

( Trigger warnings: racism, misogyny )

The Kinder Morgan pipeline is a proposed pipeline which would run from Alberta through British Columbia.

It has been very controversial. It has recently been approved by the Canadian federal government.

(1) It really isn't, to put it mildly, certain that this is the way to go.

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