Just so folks know, there is a GoFundMe page to support the families of the victims, as well as help pay for funeral costs. A number of the men were parents; Abdelkrim Hassane just came back to work from a 3 month paternity leave. So far $200,000 of the page’s $250,000 goal has been raised in one day.
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An important little article, telling us a bit about the victims.
Up in Canada, we’ve been holding vigils all over the country due to the terrorist attack. One of the most remarkable was that in Iqaluit, the capital city (and actually the only city!) of the territory of Nunavut. The city has a population of under 7,000 people (the majority of whom are Aboriginal). The morning…
Well NOW I’m crying - thanks a lot :P
My love to you both. I’m so happy that you’re both part of Canada, and I’m so sorry that you have such cause to feel unsafe.
Heee, I would like to submit, in terms of Trudeau, Trump, and shade: Trudeau’s recent Cabinet shuffle, which took place a few days ago, and is assumed to be in preparation for Trump’s presidency. Most specifically, Canada’s new Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Ahmed Hussen. Who is black, Muslim,…
No, no, guys can get pregnant - don’t forget trans guys!
No no no no no, Jon Stewart is America’s answer to HIM :P Rick Mercer has been around about as long as I’ve been alive.
It reminds me a bit of when Canadian comedian/political commentator/general personality Rick Mercer finally ‘officially’ came out, and was just like ‘I didn’t really figure I’d needed to bother because I assumed everybody already knew!’
Oh my God, these were all around me as a child. My church had them. My grandmother had them - from SOMEWHERE, I don’t know where - and put them out on tables to get people from church to give them out to unsuspecting others. I’d read them when I was bored. They were . . . they were reeeeeeeally weird. Amazing, in…
All the best to you <3
HOLY SHIT. That is horrible!
God, that is horrific. I’m so sorry.
YES, EXACTLY. I’m a criminologist. My topic of study is sexual assault. And oh my God, it is so fricking impossible to get people to understand what constitutes sexual assault - at times it’s even impossible to get other academics to understand it!
Dude, the terminology is not okay, whether it’s used as a slur or not.
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease stop using that word, even in attempted satire. It’s really, really not cool.
“I don’t want to sound like a chauvinist, but when I come home at night and dinner’s not ready I go through the roof.”
THAT is AMAZING.
Well, this is fricking exhausting. Necessary, but exhausting.
It’s so hard, too, when you do tell people about these things, and they literally will laugh it off, deem it funny, refuse to see it as any sort of assault or violation.