"Good girl" conditioning is messaging we receive beginning in childhood to be: agreeable, polite, and nice. HERE'S WHAT IT IS:

Parents... Is everything okay?? My partner and I handed out pop (the assorted Crush variety) for Halloween tonight and a probably 5-6 y/o asked what it was. And was still very confused when I said it was "pop". Like they had never seen a pop can before...

The reason unions are badass is if a billionaire walks into your office and starts demanding you work 12 hours a day 7 days a week to prove to him you deserve your job, you and your coworkers can legally make that one of the worst days of his life.

Can we destroy ticketmaster and its monopoly on the market for big name shows? I logged in today at 10am to buy tix but wasn't able to buy any before someone else (bots) got them. Now only tix left are "verified resale" and are +$100 more in base price and +$50 more in fees

I teach patho to nursing students. Every semester since spring of 2020, I have taught about Covid. And every semester to have to change my lecture to keep up with new data. I was teaching Covid this semester and I told them that if nothing else, understand the science 1/n

I explained how Covid attaches to ACE2 receptors in the nose, throat, heart, kidneys, and gut first. That’s why you see a runny nose, sore throat, myocarditis and acute kidney failure first. There aren’t as many ACE 2 receptors in the lungs, so Covid hits the lungs later.

You don't understand how poverty fundamentally works, if you think poor folks just don't know how to budget.

You should not have to pay out of pocket to see a family doctor. Period. #ableg #abhealth

Danielle Smith wants you to “get used” to paying for public healthcare. Do not accept this. It’s never been clearer: public healthcare is under attack by the UCP. Get loud, Alberta. #ableg

Cats are so good. There’s just a little guy in my house! We hug! We don’t speak the same language! We’re best friends! He bites me! I make up little songs about him! He doesn’t know my name! We fall asleep next to each other!

I’m going to say it: I like paying taxes in exchange for a properly managed health care and education system and other government services. I don’t want money back, I want ambulances to come on time.

Food banks and shelters for the unhoused were never meant to be a social safety net, but rather a sign that our public policies have failed.

"I'm a bit sick, but don't worry, it's not covid, so I can still come!" Yeah, okay, but I don't want to get whatever 'not covid' thing you're sick with, either?

wow nice attachment style, did your MOM pick it out for you

Antivaxxers witnessed the biggest, fastest mass vaccination program in history, saw that various widespread negative side effects they feared didn't happen at all, and instead of breathing an epic sigh of relief, decided to pretend those negative things actually happened.

Please understand that, at any point, we can decide that no one should ever experience homelessness. Each day is an explicit policy choice to allow homelessness to continue to be an issue in our society.

Ten things people say about Covid, what they mean, and what I'm going to say next time they say them to me

Nursing is not a calling. It is a job. Stop framing the nursing profession as a calling so we can demand fair wages & better working conditions without being called greedy. How can nursing be a calling but fire-fighting, medicine, and other male-dominated professions aren't?

Just imagine if #yeg transit was even half as good as #yvr transit. Just imagine what we could do!