Eleni Polychronakos
@heleneleni.bsky.social
PhD Candidate: autobiographical genres, oral history, creative writing, gender studies, feminism. Reader. Writer. Swimmer. Dreamer. She/Her 🌈☮️
https://storytelling.concordia.ca/eleni-polychronakos/
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Creative protest. Love it.
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Creative protest. Love it.
Reposted by Eleni Polychronakos
‘The night is darkening round me,
The wild winds coldly blow;
But a tyrant spell has bound me
And I cannot, cannot go.
The giant trees are bending
Their bare boughs weighed with snow.
And the storm is fast descending,
And yet I cannot go.’ ~ E Brontë #BookWormSat
🖼️Pekka Halonen
The wild winds coldly blow;
But a tyrant spell has bound me
And I cannot, cannot go.
The giant trees are bending
Their bare boughs weighed with snow.
And the storm is fast descending,
And yet I cannot go.’ ~ E Brontë #BookWormSat
🖼️Pekka Halonen
November 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
‘The night is darkening round me,
The wild winds coldly blow;
But a tyrant spell has bound me
And I cannot, cannot go.
The giant trees are bending
Their bare boughs weighed with snow.
And the storm is fast descending,
And yet I cannot go.’ ~ E Brontë #BookWormSat
🖼️Pekka Halonen
The wild winds coldly blow;
But a tyrant spell has bound me
And I cannot, cannot go.
The giant trees are bending
Their bare boughs weighed with snow.
And the storm is fast descending,
And yet I cannot go.’ ~ E Brontë #BookWormSat
🖼️Pekka Halonen
I voted for Valérie Plante twice. But as someone who lives on the Plateau, I've developped a "somewhat negative opinion" of Luc Rabouin. Can't stomach an Ensemble Montréal win, though.
October 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I voted for Valérie Plante twice. But as someone who lives on the Plateau, I've developped a "somewhat negative opinion" of Luc Rabouin. Can't stomach an Ensemble Montréal win, though.
I press play on a TV series I quite enjoy and immediately grab my phone "just" to answer a few texts. Our brains are not OK.
October 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I press play on a TV series I quite enjoy and immediately grab my phone "just" to answer a few texts. Our brains are not OK.
I'm a sucker for any show or movie about journalism, so I was really looking forward to watching The Lowdown, which stars Ethan Hawke no less. But it's streaming on Disney+, which I had to cancel.
September 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I'm a sucker for any show or movie about journalism, so I was really looking forward to watching The Lowdown, which stars Ethan Hawke no less. But it's streaming on Disney+, which I had to cancel.
Guys, I've had it with bringing my own bags to the store. I know who I'm voting for! 🤣
April 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Guys, I've had it with bringing my own bags to the store. I know who I'm voting for! 🤣
💯 What conservatives should be asked every single time they promise to axe taxes 💯
What Mr Poilievre won’t tell you:
2/3 of the federal budget is spent on pensions, health care, provincial transfers, welfare, defence and debt servicing.
If you are promising to lower taxes, where will you cut spending?
Which one of the above areas will Pierre Poilievre AXE Services?
2/3 of the federal budget is spent on pensions, health care, provincial transfers, welfare, defence and debt servicing.
If you are promising to lower taxes, where will you cut spending?
Which one of the above areas will Pierre Poilievre AXE Services?
March 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
💯 What conservatives should be asked every single time they promise to axe taxes 💯
Reposted by Eleni Polychronakos
Reposted by Eleni Polychronakos
Don’t look away.
January 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Don’t look away.
Mark Carney v. Chrystia Freeland: Does Canada want a daddy banker to whip the economy into shape ... which never means caring for the vulnerable? OR does Canada want a feminist mommy to break that glass ceiling and pave the way to ... nothing terribly revolutionary, just kinda different?
January 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Mark Carney v. Chrystia Freeland: Does Canada want a daddy banker to whip the economy into shape ... which never means caring for the vulnerable? OR does Canada want a feminist mommy to break that glass ceiling and pave the way to ... nothing terribly revolutionary, just kinda different?
Same. Anna Karenina yesterday and today War and Peace.
Oh really something called "TickTock" closed down? Sorry I was too busy rereading Tolstoy to notice
January 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Same. Anna Karenina yesterday and today War and Peace.
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I refuse to shut up about this: NYC started charging $9 to bring a car into our most transit-rich zone, the haters & trolls predicted doom, but traffic evaporated instantly and here’s Times Square tonite (even after the holiday tourists have left). For a better future, build transit & price driving!
January 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Writing tip: After you finish, go back & cut all the adverbs. Then all the adjectives. Then all the other words. Eat the paper. Now you're free.
January 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Writing tip: After you finish, go back & cut all the adverbs. Then all the adjectives. Then all the other words. Eat the paper. Now you're free.
I'm trying to use the concept of the "hinge role" from polyamory to explain something about identity in autofiction.
December 30, 2024 at 7:58 PM
I'm trying to use the concept of the "hinge role" from polyamory to explain something about identity in autofiction.
I don't bake much, so I like making easy desserts like this chocolate bark. Semi-sweet chocolate topped with roasted hazelnuts, white chocolate, and salt crystals.
December 23, 2024 at 1:13 PM
I don't bake much, so I like making easy desserts like this chocolate bark. Semi-sweet chocolate topped with roasted hazelnuts, white chocolate, and salt crystals.
I'm making hazelnut chocolate bark and am tempted to add dried cranberries for some festive colour. Yay or Nay? (This may be a divisive issue 🙃)
December 21, 2024 at 3:49 PM
I'm making hazelnut chocolate bark and am tempted to add dried cranberries for some festive colour. Yay or Nay? (This may be a divisive issue 🙃)
I can understand the relief and euphoria in Syria. The Assads terrorized the country. But I worry about what comes next. I'd like to hear the perspective of a Kurdish person...
December 10, 2024 at 12:11 AM
I can understand the relief and euphoria in Syria. The Assads terrorized the country. But I worry about what comes next. I'd like to hear the perspective of a Kurdish person...
I'm editing my historical fiction short story/novella & looking for inspiration. I read a sample of Olga Tokarczuk's The Empusium. Everything I tried to read after that felt like biting into an orange slice after eating triple-chocolate brownie.
December 7, 2024 at 1:07 PM
I'm editing my historical fiction short story/novella & looking for inspiration. I read a sample of Olga Tokarczuk's The Empusium. Everything I tried to read after that felt like biting into an orange slice after eating triple-chocolate brownie.
Cricket Carols by The Meek. My favourite Christmas song.
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The Meek - Cricket Carols
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December 5, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Cricket Carols by The Meek. My favourite Christmas song.
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"In Turkish we have a special tense that allows us to distinguish hearsay from what we've seen with our own eyes; when we are relating dreams, fairy tales, or past events we could not have witnessed, we use this tense." -- Orhan Pamuk, Istanbul. Maureen Freely, trans.
December 4, 2024 at 4:12 AM
"In Turkish we have a special tense that allows us to distinguish hearsay from what we've seen with our own eyes; when we are relating dreams, fairy tales, or past events we could not have witnessed, we use this tense." -- Orhan Pamuk, Istanbul. Maureen Freely, trans.
Reposted by Eleni Polychronakos
François Legault: "C'est quoi ça, la discussion? Les solutions fondées sur des preuves? Écoute là, LE QUÉBEC, C'EST MOI !!"
montrealgazette.com/opinion/opin...
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February 24, 2024 at 4:45 PM
François Legault: "C'est quoi ça, la discussion? Les solutions fondées sur des preuves? Écoute là, LE QUÉBEC, C'EST MOI !!"
montrealgazette.com/opinion/opin...
montrealgazette.com/opinion/opin...
While writing the dissertation chapter that was due several days ago, it becomes imperative to clean those little specks of dust out of those parts of the light switch that you can only get at with a toothpick.
February 17, 2024 at 2:22 PM
While writing the dissertation chapter that was due several days ago, it becomes imperative to clean those little specks of dust out of those parts of the light switch that you can only get at with a toothpick.
F*** SUVs.
February 6, 2024 at 5:57 PM
F*** SUVs.