Vicky Smallman
@offhandremarks.bsky.social
Feminist. Trade Unionist. Mom of teens. Learning and unlearning constantly and working to make things better. She/her
Seeing this on Friday. You should check it out! It’s a great show
Ottawa, there are still a few tickets left for The Elephant Girls at the Great Canadian Theatre Company this weekend:
The Elephant Girls — GCTC | Great Canadian Theatre Company<br/> — GCTC | Great Canadian Theatre Company
Clever, organized, devious & daring—they stole from the rich and gave to themselves. This is the riveting story of the all-female gang which terrorized London for over 100 years. “Right here, rig...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Seeing this on Friday. You should check it out! It’s a great show
Seeking a kickass feminist Canadian maker who might be able to produce (in quantities) custom earrings featuring the slogan below. Flexible on design and medium.
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Seeking a kickass feminist Canadian maker who might be able to produce (in quantities) custom earrings featuring the slogan below. Flexible on design and medium.
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Female politicians such as Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum face ‘backlash driven by discrimination’
Female politicians such as Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum face ‘backlash driven by discrimination’
Assault on Mexican president highlights abuse faced by women in politics and ‘reinforces patriarchal boundaries’
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Female politicians such as Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum face ‘backlash driven by discrimination’
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Please stop saying things like "We had to vote for Carney, it was the only alternative to PP".
It's just not true. In fact, that kind of thinking made and continues to make things worse.
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It's just not true. In fact, that kind of thinking made and continues to make things worse.
🧵
November 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Please stop saying things like "We had to vote for Carney, it was the only alternative to PP".
It's just not true. In fact, that kind of thinking made and continues to make things worse.
🧵
It's just not true. In fact, that kind of thinking made and continues to make things worse.
🧵
You have to see this. great show!
Ottawa folks! Please come see my smash-hit show about an historic all-woman gang. Playing next week (Nov 13-16) @gctclive.bsky.social for 5 shows only!
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🐘👯♀️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
November 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
You have to see this. great show!
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Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Started an NDP renewal playlist. Crowdsourced a bunch of songs from Facebook pals. Any additions, BlueSky NDP folk? open.spotify.com/playlist/2HX...
Spotify – Web Player
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November 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Started an NDP renewal playlist. Crowdsourced a bunch of songs from Facebook pals. Any additions, BlueSky NDP folk? open.spotify.com/playlist/2HX...
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"6-7"?! Boy I say boy you gen alpha kids cant be doin' that! Your signifiers need signs boy! You've laid a rhetorical claim to an empty space son! You're creatin' a nihilistic dialectic! Your broccoli hairs obfuscatin' some much needed communication! Find some MEANIN', kid!
November 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"6-7"?! Boy I say boy you gen alpha kids cant be doin' that! Your signifiers need signs boy! You've laid a rhetorical claim to an empty space son! You're creatin' a nihilistic dialectic! Your broccoli hairs obfuscatin' some much needed communication! Find some MEANIN', kid!
We may have waited a bit too long to finish up our closing tasks! Just a few more things to do before the chalet gets shut down for the winter
November 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
We may have waited a bit too long to finish up our closing tasks! Just a few more things to do before the chalet gets shut down for the winter
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This is a great piece from Bruce Deachman, on Lansdowne 2.0 and responsibility. ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
I used to be in favour of Lansdowne 2.0. I've changed my mind
I used to be in favour of the Lansdowne 2.0 development. I changed my mind because I don’t trust this deal. | Opinion
ottawacitizen.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This is a great piece from Bruce Deachman, on Lansdowne 2.0 and responsibility. ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
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I am buoyed by the community who stood in the cold to say they don’t support Lansdowne 2.0. Ottawa deserves better, and so do women’s hockey fans. There is no stadium emergency. This plan is built on financial fiction and my grandkids will still be paying for it. I will vote no with my whole heart.
November 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I am buoyed by the community who stood in the cold to say they don’t support Lansdowne 2.0. Ottawa deserves better, and so do women’s hockey fans. There is no stadium emergency. This plan is built on financial fiction and my grandkids will still be paying for it. I will vote no with my whole heart.
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“For years, facilities were designed around men’s schedules and men’s teams. Women were told to make do. And now, just as women’s hockey has earned the right to think bigger, the city is planning to think smaller.”
Lansdowne 2.0 is a bad deal for Ottawa on so many fronts.
Lansdowne 2.0 is a bad deal for Ottawa on so many fronts.
Lansdowne 2.0 doesn’t give Ottawa what it needs. The plan is built around the limits of a public-private deal that leaves the city with hundreds of millions in new debt for a project that won’t serve residents well.
As women's hockey climbs to new heights, the City of Ottawa says think smaller | Opinion
PWHL executives Jayna Hefford and Amy Scheer write that it's not too late to change the story on Lansdowne 2.0.
ottawacitizen.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
“For years, facilities were designed around men’s schedules and men’s teams. Women were told to make do. And now, just as women’s hockey has earned the right to think bigger, the city is planning to think smaller.”
Lansdowne 2.0 is a bad deal for Ottawa on so many fronts.
Lansdowne 2.0 is a bad deal for Ottawa on so many fronts.
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Repro wins so far:
- Virginia protected its status as the last abortion access haven in the South
- The Pennsylvania Supreme Court retained the three Democratic justices needed to protect abortion
- New Jersey elected a Dem governor (vital as one of the few states w/zero abortion restrictions)
- Virginia protected its status as the last abortion access haven in the South
- The Pennsylvania Supreme Court retained the three Democratic justices needed to protect abortion
- New Jersey elected a Dem governor (vital as one of the few states w/zero abortion restrictions)
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Repro wins so far:
- Virginia protected its status as the last abortion access haven in the South
- The Pennsylvania Supreme Court retained the three Democratic justices needed to protect abortion
- New Jersey elected a Dem governor (vital as one of the few states w/zero abortion restrictions)
- Virginia protected its status as the last abortion access haven in the South
- The Pennsylvania Supreme Court retained the three Democratic justices needed to protect abortion
- New Jersey elected a Dem governor (vital as one of the few states w/zero abortion restrictions)
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Decision Desk HQ has called the Virginia governors race for Spanberger. The millions of dollars in anti trans ads fell completely flat there.
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Decision Desk HQ has called the Virginia governors race for Spanberger. The millions of dollars in anti trans ads fell completely flat there.
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1. Despite Pierre Poilievre’s partisan rhetoric, Conservative MPs feel ideologically at home in Mark Carney’s Liberal Party
2. Despite the Liberal Party’s partisan rhetoric, Conservative MPs feel ideologically at home in Mark Carney’s Liberal Party
2. Despite the Liberal Party’s partisan rhetoric, Conservative MPs feel ideologically at home in Mark Carney’s Liberal Party
#Breaking: Nova Scotia MP Chris d'Entremont, who has left the Conservative caucus, will join the Liberals: Source
Canada budget 2025 live updates: Deficit balloons to $78 billion; Carney’s plan includes public service cuts, major investments; Tory MP to join Liberals
The Liberals now need to find the votes to support the $581-billion budget. Here’s the latest.
www.thestar.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
1. Despite Pierre Poilievre’s partisan rhetoric, Conservative MPs feel ideologically at home in Mark Carney’s Liberal Party
2. Despite the Liberal Party’s partisan rhetoric, Conservative MPs feel ideologically at home in Mark Carney’s Liberal Party
2. Despite the Liberal Party’s partisan rhetoric, Conservative MPs feel ideologically at home in Mark Carney’s Liberal Party
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Decision Desk has called the New Jersey governors race for Mikie Sherill. Yet another state where millions of dollars in anti trans ads didn't work.
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Decision Desk has called the New Jersey governors race for Mikie Sherill. Yet another state where millions of dollars in anti trans ads didn't work.
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Canada budget update: A $2.7bn cut to international assistance over 5 years, or about 10-12% of the budget. Particularly focusing on global health, which is worrying because it's a core Canadian priority
Not sure we need a resurgence of polio on top of everything, but what do I know
Not sure we need a resurgence of polio on top of everything, but what do I know
What I'm looking for in the Canadian federal budget: Development
- Canada's budget for international stuff is complex. There's the International Assistance Envelope, OECD-measured ODA, plus stuff that falls under Canada's own Act. Plus provincial spending. They all overlap
- Canada's budget for international stuff is complex. There's the International Assistance Envelope, OECD-measured ODA, plus stuff that falls under Canada's own Act. Plus provincial spending. They all overlap
November 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Canada budget update: A $2.7bn cut to international assistance over 5 years, or about 10-12% of the budget. Particularly focusing on global health, which is worrying because it's a core Canadian priority
Not sure we need a resurgence of polio on top of everything, but what do I know
Not sure we need a resurgence of polio on top of everything, but what do I know
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You will not be shocked to learn that the CFIB is disappointed that they didn't get more tax cuts in this budget.
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
You will not be shocked to learn that the CFIB is disappointed that they didn't get more tax cuts in this budget.
New post up on the blog, with more reflections about the #NDP leadership race and a call to support candidates financially even if you haven't made your decision yet.
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Putting your money where your values are
Here's the thing. Any good campaign - in politics or outside of politics - costs money. Campaigns on a national scale can cost a lot of money.
When the NDP announced the rules for its leadership race...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
New post up on the blog, with more reflections about the #NDP leadership race and a call to support candidates financially even if you haven't made your decision yet.
miss-vickys-offhand-remarks.ghost.io/putting-your...
miss-vickys-offhand-remarks.ghost.io/putting-your...
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I admit to not being a big Blue Jays fan, but what I have learned since bandwagoning: Vladimir Guerrero Jr 10000% has your motherfuckin' back
November 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I admit to not being a big Blue Jays fan, but what I have learned since bandwagoning: Vladimir Guerrero Jr 10000% has your motherfuckin' back