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Well there goes my Friday. Everything is terrible now.

Seriously. I live in Canada and just in the Toronto area alone we have had an arson attack on a mosque and two reported physical assaults of muslim women. It makes me feel sick to my stomach. I’m so afraid of what is going to happen in the coming months/years.

I know the political unrest in the middle east and tense racial relations literally everywhere have been brewing for quite some time, but ever since last Friday I have this deep, uneasy feeling that we are on the brink of a seriously fucked up point in history. Things are going to get so much worse before they get…

FFS This is the easiest thing in the WORLD to feature woman of colour.

Yes, but that’s my whole point. It’s my fault for not elaborating, but I’m talking about people doing it for likes. I think it’s ridiculous to suggest that not putting a French flag overlay on my profile means that I don’t support the people that are going through hell right now. There are plenty of ways to show…

Okay internet stranger. I don’t think I said anything about not feeling sad.

I’ve been going through a rough time the past few weeks because of a break up, so I’ve been trying to put all of this new found free time into taking better care of myself. For about a week now I have been operating under a ‘no screens after 9pm’ rule. I will meditate, do some yoga, read a book, write in my journal,…

I can see where you are coming from. I guess I just have a hard time with social media mourning because it can be so difficult to figure out what people’s intentions are. Perhaps I should have explained more, but I have a friend who is an aspiring writer and recently a mentor of hers passed away. So she made this big…

No matter what the tragedy, people are determined to make it about them. It drives me fucking insane. When Oscar de la Renta died last year I’m pretty sure some celebrities were just salivating over the thought of getting to post old pictures of themselves wearing his gowns. It’s ridiculous.

With a retweet or a tricolored temporary Facebook profile picture, we can shoehorn our way into history, forcing our way into violence and loss we know nothing about.

One year as an undergraduate I got about $700 back on my tax return. The next year I was preparing for my first overseas trip to Ghana and I wanted a new camera (in 2009 this meant ~$200). I went into my appointment with the accountant expecting a similar return, but because I had switched to a job that hardly…

How is deciding to approach someone at a bar NOT based on their appearance?

It all depends on the message. Writing a meaningful comment about a picture or something they wrote in their profile is what most people are looking for.

See, this drives me crazy though. I feel like I have started 75% of the conversations on Tinder because the dudes NEVER talk first. Then a good chunk of them have something annoying like “I don’t check Tinder often so send me a message” or “I love it when a girls talks first” or “Cum on ladies don’t b shyyyyy”. No,…

Set your standards high and expectations low. Not having anything written in their profile, pictures with guns, or giving the camera the finger, or blatant “check out my six-pack” are automatic left swipes. They also need to demonstrate they can a) form a sentence and b) have some semblance of a sense of humour. This…

Link? Please!

It’s no wonder young girls emulate this. Look at what they grow up with.

One of the toughest and most rewarding things I have done is work on supporting women and stopping myself as soon as I feel that familiar twinge of jealousy. I’m 27 and still very much a work in progress. It can be done though. I’m in a much better place than I was 5 years ago.

Same! Baby steps, baby steps! I am nearly certain I read that one of the ministers is gay man that has been ‘out’ for years within his riding.