Deirdre Maultsaid
@deirdmault.bsky.social
Educator, Writer, Poet, Queer,
Nature lover, she/ her 🇨🇦🏳️🌈
Nature lover, she/ her 🇨🇦🏳️🌈
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Thank you to frazzledlit.com
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For publishing my essay, "We Want Medals for our Lost Autonomy".
Thank you to Jennifer McMahon, @jmcm.bsky.social
Congratulations to all the authors of Issue 4!!!
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
For publishing my essay, "We Want Medals for our Lost Autonomy".
Thank you to Jennifer McMahon, @jmcm.bsky.social
Congratulations to all the authors of Issue 4!!!
Thank you to frazzledlit.com
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
For publishing my essay, "We Want Medals for our Lost Autonomy".
Thank you to Jennifer McMahon, @jmcm.bsky.social
Congratulations to all the authors of Issue 4!!!
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
For publishing my essay, "We Want Medals for our Lost Autonomy".
Thank you to Jennifer McMahon, @jmcm.bsky.social
Congratulations to all the authors of Issue 4!!!
Frazzled Lit | Substack
Welcome to Frazzled Lit, the home of sparky and exciting prose, flash fiction, poetry and CNF! Subscriptions are free, but are not required to view our content. Click to read Frazzled Lit, a Substack ...
frazzledlit.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Thank you to frazzledlit.com
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
For publishing my essay, "We Want Medals for our Lost Autonomy".
Thank you to Jennifer McMahon, @jmcm.bsky.social
Congratulations to all the authors of Issue 4!!!
@frazzledlit.bsky.social
For publishing my essay, "We Want Medals for our Lost Autonomy".
Thank you to Jennifer McMahon, @jmcm.bsky.social
Congratulations to all the authors of Issue 4!!!
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@https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/09/30/Definitive-History-Canada-Residential-School-Shame/
September 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
@https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/09/30/Definitive-History-Canada-Residential-School-Shame/
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I published, with many other writers, a tribute to trees: Worth More Standing caitlinpress.com/Books/W/Wort...
Congratulations to all
Congratulations to all
January 7, 2024 at 12:03 AM
I published, with many other writers, a tribute to trees: Worth More Standing caitlinpress.com/Books/W/Wort...
Congratulations to all
Congratulations to all
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I published a research article on Open Pedagogy and Care: irrodl.org/index.php/ir... Congratulations to Michelle Harrison, co-author with me.
@michelleharrison.bsky.social
@michelleharrison.bsky.social
January 7, 2024 at 12:02 AM
I published a research article on Open Pedagogy and Care: irrodl.org/index.php/ir... Congratulations to Michelle Harrison, co-author with me.
@michelleharrison.bsky.social
@michelleharrison.bsky.social
Anatomy is not destiny. If people could look within and undo their dangerous gender essentialist attitudes. Change! Be better! Protect human rights for all. I see you non binary people! I see you trans people. I see you fungi with your glorious 23,000 genders. Carry on. Thrive .
April 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Anatomy is not destiny. If people could look within and undo their dangerous gender essentialist attitudes. Change! Be better! Protect human rights for all. I see you non binary people! I see you trans people. I see you fungi with your glorious 23,000 genders. Carry on. Thrive .
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I published an Open Education Cases on Social Justice written by students, which I edited.
kpu.pressbooks.pub/social-issue...
kpu.pressbooks.pub/social-issue...
Cases on Social Issues: For Class Discussion – 2nd Edition – Simple Book PublishingShare on Twit...
kpu.pressbooks.pub
January 7, 2024 at 12:03 AM
I published an Open Education Cases on Social Justice written by students, which I edited.
kpu.pressbooks.pub/social-issue...
kpu.pressbooks.pub/social-issue...
With Trans Rights Under Attack, Advocates Prep for the Election via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...
With Trans Rights Under Attack, Advocates Prep for the Election | The Tyee
‘We're giving folks a way to speak up, to take action, to chat with their neighbours.’
thetyee.ca
March 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
With Trans Rights Under Attack, Advocates Prep for the Election via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...
Canada: true north strong and...fierce. Love you.
March 11, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Canada: true north strong and...fierce. Love you.
In Alberta, Canada
linktr.ee/Transrightsyeg
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January 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In Alberta, Canada
linktr.ee/Transrightsyeg
linktr.ee/Transrightsyeg
In Canada:
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January 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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We can’t stay here/
in the septic mud forts/ their cynicism/
brutalist flanks/
crumbling ports/
for weapons/
Wait, is that blood/
is that your broken heart?/
Get out. Get out!/
flee/
find love like a wide, green river/
rushing/
easy, easy/
"Wear a flower in your hair"/
they used to say.
#poetry
in the septic mud forts/ their cynicism/
brutalist flanks/
crumbling ports/
for weapons/
Wait, is that blood/
is that your broken heart?/
Get out. Get out!/
flee/
find love like a wide, green river/
rushing/
easy, easy/
"Wear a flower in your hair"/
they used to say.
#poetry
December 8, 2024 at 4:43 PM
We can’t stay here/
in the septic mud forts/ their cynicism/
brutalist flanks/
crumbling ports/
for weapons/
Wait, is that blood/
is that your broken heart?/
Get out. Get out!/
flee/
find love like a wide, green river/
rushing/
easy, easy/
"Wear a flower in your hair"/
they used to say.
#poetry
in the septic mud forts/ their cynicism/
brutalist flanks/
crumbling ports/
for weapons/
Wait, is that blood/
is that your broken heart?/
Get out. Get out!/
flee/
find love like a wide, green river/
rushing/
easy, easy/
"Wear a flower in your hair"/
they used to say.
#poetry
Poem in Contemporary Verse 2 Fall 2024.
November 20, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Poem in Contemporary Verse 2 Fall 2024.
Hope to connect with *Canadian* educators, creative writers, LGBTQ folks and.... international educators, writers, LGBTQ folks.
November 15, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Hope to connect with *Canadian* educators, creative writers, LGBTQ folks and.... international educators, writers, LGBTQ folks.
AI censors LGBTQ content.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
The lost data: how AI systems censor LGBTQ+ content in the name of safety - Nature Computational Science
Many AI companies implement safety systems to protect users from offensive or inaccurate content. Though well intentioned, these filters can exacerbate existing inequalities, and data shows that they ...
www.nature.com
October 18, 2024 at 12:41 AM
AI censors LGBTQ content.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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#New: Incompetence or worse?
John Rustad and the BC Conservatives set out their education plans Sunday.
And then changed them hours later.
Tyee senior editor Paul Willcocks writes. #BCElxn2024 #bcpoli
John Rustad and the BC Conservatives set out their education plans Sunday.
And then changed them hours later.
Tyee senior editor Paul Willcocks writes. #BCElxn2024 #bcpoli
Incompetence or Worse? The Case of the Conservatives’ Education Platform | The Tyee
Rustad’s party set out their education plans Sunday. And then changed them hours later.
thetyee.ca
October 16, 2024 at 9:05 PM
#New: Incompetence or worse?
John Rustad and the BC Conservatives set out their education plans Sunday.
And then changed them hours later.
Tyee senior editor Paul Willcocks writes. #BCElxn2024 #bcpoli
John Rustad and the BC Conservatives set out their education plans Sunday.
And then changed them hours later.
Tyee senior editor Paul Willcocks writes. #BCElxn2024 #bcpoli
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“There was a time when I believed that here, in my home of British Columbia, I could live my truth without fear. The past two weeks have shattered that belief.
“The weight of this realization wears on me, and I pen this lament with profound sorrow.”
“The weight of this realization wears on me, and I pen this lament with profound sorrow.”
Is There Hope for Trans People in BC? | The Tyee
I believed I could live my truth without fear. This election is changing my mind.
thetyee.ca
October 7, 2024 at 3:34 PM
“There was a time when I believed that here, in my home of British Columbia, I could live my truth without fear. The past two weeks have shattered that belief.
“The weight of this realization wears on me, and I pen this lament with profound sorrow.”
“The weight of this realization wears on me, and I pen this lament with profound sorrow.”
Poem today in League of Canadian Poets: Poetry Pause
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"Pink Fur Purr" by Deirdre Maultsaid - League of Canadian Poets
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets' daily poetry dispatch. Read "Pink Fur Purr" by Deirdre Maultsaid.
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September 12, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Poem today in League of Canadian Poets: Poetry Pause
poets.ca/pink-fur-pur...
poets.ca/pink-fur-pur...
Como muchos otros, abandoné Twitter porque no se ajusta a mis valores. No hace falta hablar de ello, por favor. Me uní a Instagram. Tenemos que usar Instagram en nuestros móviles. Qué inaccesible es eso.
August 17, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Como muchos otros, abandoné Twitter porque no se ajusta a mis valores. No hace falta hablar de ello, por favor. Me uní a Instagram. Tenemos que usar Instagram en nuestros móviles. Qué inaccesible es eso.
Like many others, I left Twitter as it doesn't align with my values. Don't need to talk about, please. Joined Instagram. We have to use Instagram on our mobile. How *inaccessible* is that.
August 17, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Like many others, I left Twitter as it doesn't align with my values. Don't need to talk about, please. Joined Instagram. We have to use Instagram on our mobile. How *inaccessible* is that.