Teresa McCarthy
@onewetfoot.bsky.social
Vancouverite writing about community, social justice, good food, and my neighbourhood. she/her
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It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 AM
It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
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“Nothing provides a better indicator of the ongoing battle between the darker aspects of humanity than history.”🔥
Protest, Power and Politics: Three Films to See at VIFF | The Tyee
New work on Leonard Peltier, the 1999 WTO protests and George Orwell help us see current events with fresh eyes.
thetyee.ca
October 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
“Nothing provides a better indicator of the ongoing battle between the darker aspects of humanity than history.”🔥
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It’s been ten years since the Truth and Reconciliation report was released. True reconciliation requires the Canadian government to deliver on the Commission’s 94 Calls to Action.
September 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It’s been ten years since the Truth and Reconciliation report was released. True reconciliation requires the Canadian government to deliver on the Commission’s 94 Calls to Action.
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under capitalism, the primary power we have against corporations is as consumers
when they get so big that they don’t actually need to worry about consumers, they can effectively function like kings. totally indifferent to our anger because our individual dollars don’t add up to enough to care
when they get so big that they don’t actually need to worry about consumers, they can effectively function like kings. totally indifferent to our anger because our individual dollars don’t add up to enough to care
September 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
under capitalism, the primary power we have against corporations is as consumers
when they get so big that they don’t actually need to worry about consumers, they can effectively function like kings. totally indifferent to our anger because our individual dollars don’t add up to enough to care
when they get so big that they don’t actually need to worry about consumers, they can effectively function like kings. totally indifferent to our anger because our individual dollars don’t add up to enough to care
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There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.
September 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.
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Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN commission of inquiry
Report cites scale of killings and aid blockages, and calls on member countries to punish those responsible
Report cites scale of killings and aid blockages, and calls on member countries to punish those responsible
Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN commission of inquiry
Report cites scale of killings and aid blockages, and calls on member countries to punish those responsible
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN commission of inquiry
Report cites scale of killings and aid blockages, and calls on member countries to punish those responsible
Report cites scale of killings and aid blockages, and calls on member countries to punish those responsible
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🙁 Jerry is leaving #BenAndJerrys (via @yobencohen.bsky.social)
September 17, 2025 at 4:41 AM
🙁 Jerry is leaving #BenAndJerrys (via @yobencohen.bsky.social)
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"City councillors seemed alarmed when a tenant pointed out … proposed 155-unit tower’s mandated 20 per cent below-market units equaled exactly 30 units: the same number we already had in our old buildings. The tower was adding net zero affordable housing to our community." #Vancouver #BroadwayPlan
Opinion: Why I'm against Vancouver's proposed mass rezoning plan | Urbanized
This shouldn’t come at the cost of destroying existing affordable housing, thereby placing the burden of solving housing on tenants.
dailyhive.com
September 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"City councillors seemed alarmed when a tenant pointed out … proposed 155-unit tower’s mandated 20 per cent below-market units equaled exactly 30 units: the same number we already had in our old buildings. The tower was adding net zero affordable housing to our community." #Vancouver #BroadwayPlan
Here’s what Vancouverites want from the Park Board: repair the Stanley Park train, support crucial fundraising events that also use public space in a way that’s financially accessible, don’t privatize public space. Instead they’re platforming Rowling at the expense of all of the above.
I'm not sure if this is the correct course of political action, but I wrote to the Vancouver Park Board in support of finding a way to keep the Bright Nights charity fundraiser in Stanley Park instead of the new $49 Harry Potter event
here: vancouver.ca/your-governm...
globalnews.ca/news/1139552...
here: vancouver.ca/your-governm...
globalnews.ca/news/1139552...
As Stanley Park hosts Harry Potter for the holidays, charity Bright Nights seeks new home - BC | Globalnews.ca
For 27 years, the B.C. Professional Firefighters Burn Fund has held its annual 'Bright Nights' charity event in Stanley Park.
globalnews.ca
September 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Here’s what Vancouverites want from the Park Board: repair the Stanley Park train, support crucial fundraising events that also use public space in a way that’s financially accessible, don’t privatize public space. Instead they’re platforming Rowling at the expense of all of the above.
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It's super cool how Vancouver Parks Board held an in camera meeting earlier this year to unanimously approve a Harry Potter "experience" in Stanley Park for the fall and winter.
$84 tickets for 60 minutes.
It replaced a charity fundraiser for firefighters and burn victims.
$84 tickets for 60 minutes.
It replaced a charity fundraiser for firefighters and burn victims.
September 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
It's super cool how Vancouver Parks Board held an in camera meeting earlier this year to unanimously approve a Harry Potter "experience" in Stanley Park for the fall and winter.
$84 tickets for 60 minutes.
It replaced a charity fundraiser for firefighters and burn victims.
$84 tickets for 60 minutes.
It replaced a charity fundraiser for firefighters and burn victims.
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It's not just that the bigots got LGBT games censored from Steam, they're killing articles about the censorship too.
Waypoint writers quit over removal of articles related to new Steam policy
aftermath.site/waypoint-quit-...
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July 21, 2025 at 6:56 AM
It's not just that the bigots got LGBT games censored from Steam, they're killing articles about the censorship too.
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There is much more in the full analysis including cuts to new Canadians integration, biz sectoral and regional supports. Read it all here: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 8/x
Where will the federal government cut to pay for military spending and tax cuts? - CCPA
Supports to First Nations, veterans, new Canadians, and international aid could be on the chopping block—just for starters
www.policyalternatives.ca
July 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
There is much more in the full analysis including cuts to new Canadians integration, biz sectoral and regional supports. Read it all here: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 8/x
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The far-right campaigned to manufacture outrage over trans kids. The U.S. Supreme Court just bought into it
The Skrmetti decision was a long time coming | Xtra Magazine
The far-right campaigned to manufacture outrage over trans kids. The U.S. Supreme Court just bought into it
xtramagazine.com
June 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The far-right campaigned to manufacture outrage over trans kids. The U.S. Supreme Court just bought into it
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Surprisingly effective things Zohran Mamdani ran on:
-free buses
-rent freeze
-halal cart for $8 instead of $10
-taxing the 1%
-no cost childcare
-city-owned grocery stores
-a Department Of Community Safety for mental health programs and crisis response
-building affordable housing
-why Cuomo sucks
-free buses
-rent freeze
-halal cart for $8 instead of $10
-taxing the 1%
-no cost childcare
-city-owned grocery stores
-a Department Of Community Safety for mental health programs and crisis response
-building affordable housing
-why Cuomo sucks
June 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Surprisingly effective things Zohran Mamdani ran on:
-free buses
-rent freeze
-halal cart for $8 instead of $10
-taxing the 1%
-no cost childcare
-city-owned grocery stores
-a Department Of Community Safety for mental health programs and crisis response
-building affordable housing
-why Cuomo sucks
-free buses
-rent freeze
-halal cart for $8 instead of $10
-taxing the 1%
-no cost childcare
-city-owned grocery stores
-a Department Of Community Safety for mental health programs and crisis response
-building affordable housing
-why Cuomo sucks
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This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.
June 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.
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It's easy to forget now but we had decades of steady advancement on trans rights. The 2016 bathroom bills invited huge backlash! It was only after the media constructed sports and youth medications as 'debates' that opposition moved from the far right to the polite center.
The repression of trans people is not, by and large, a grassroots outpouring of hatred from the American people. It's something that's been carefully planted and tended over years by a handful of media people and their pet reporters.
Heightened Scrutiny, a very good doc about the Supreme Court case that was just ruled on, does an impeccable and infuriating job laying out just how culpable the NYT and Atlantic are for the nation’s transphobia www.avclub.com/sundance-202...
June 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
It's easy to forget now but we had decades of steady advancement on trans rights. The 2016 bathroom bills invited huge backlash! It was only after the media constructed sports and youth medications as 'debates' that opposition moved from the far right to the polite center.
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Nothing sums up the state of affairs for transgender Americans quite like the US Supreme Court denying trans people life-saving healthcare at the same time that the Trump administration shuts down suicide prevention programs for LGBTQ people.
These bastards want us all dead.
These bastards want us all dead.
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
June 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Nothing sums up the state of affairs for transgender Americans quite like the US Supreme Court denying trans people life-saving healthcare at the same time that the Trump administration shuts down suicide prevention programs for LGBTQ people.
These bastards want us all dead.
These bastards want us all dead.
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In this period of trans sports bans, the derby community—players of a rare gender-diverse, full-contact sport—show a way forward
The roller derby community’s fight to save the inclusive sport they built | Xtra Magazine
In this period of trans sports bans, the derby community—players of a rare gender-diverse, full-contact sport—show a way forward
xtramagazine.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
In this period of trans sports bans, the derby community—players of a rare gender-diverse, full-contact sport—show a way forward
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Your periodic reminder that Rick Steves is the best. Like if Readers Digest made Anthony Bourdain (I mean that as a compliment).
In the spring of 2008, I feared America was on the verge of war with Iran — and, believing that it’s good style to get to know people before you bomb them, I made “Rick Steves’ Iran,” a one-hour special that could (and would) only debut on PBS. Sadly, this special has become pertinent again today.
Iran
Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of...
www.ricksteves.com
June 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Your periodic reminder that Rick Steves is the best. Like if Readers Digest made Anthony Bourdain (I mean that as a compliment).
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Hey, so I've learned the awesome @rahawahaile.bsky.social and @emmaruthless.bsky.social among many others (like @soleilho.com!) are starting up a worker/writer owned site for Bay Area journalism. A fine idea! Flagging @mariabustillos.com and @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social among others...
June 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Hey, so I've learned the awesome @rahawahaile.bsky.social and @emmaruthless.bsky.social among many others (like @soleilho.com!) are starting up a worker/writer owned site for Bay Area journalism. A fine idea! Flagging @mariabustillos.com and @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social among others...
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@djclimenhaga.bsky.social: In a classic Friday afternoon bad news dump, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party government announced a scheme to make seniors pay “the full costs” for restricted supplies of COVID-19 vaccines.
Alberta Makes COVID Vaccines Expensive and Harder to Get | The Tyee
The deadly policy echoes Danielle Smith’s past skepticism.
thetyee.ca
June 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
@djclimenhaga.bsky.social: In a classic Friday afternoon bad news dump, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party government announced a scheme to make seniors pay “the full costs” for restricted supplies of COVID-19 vaccines.
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Empire always comes home.
All the sins we have committed abroad were always destined to find us in our homes, on our streets.
We're being haunted by the violence we allowed to thrive.
All the sins we have committed abroad were always destined to find us in our homes, on our streets.
We're being haunted by the violence we allowed to thrive.
NEW: The CBP confirmed to @404media.co that it has been flying Predator drones over LA amid the protests. These Predator B drones are military-caliber UAVs used for aerial reconnaissance that can be armed.
It further breaks the seal on federal involvement in civilian matters. More here:
It further breaks the seal on federal involvement in civilian matters. More here:
The High-Flying Escalation of CBP's Predator Drone Flights Over LA
Custom and Border Protection flying powerful Predator B drones over Los Angeles further breaks the seal on federal involvement in civilian matters typically handled by state or local authorities.
www.wired.com
June 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Empire always comes home.
All the sins we have committed abroad were always destined to find us in our homes, on our streets.
We're being haunted by the violence we allowed to thrive.
All the sins we have committed abroad were always destined to find us in our homes, on our streets.
We're being haunted by the violence we allowed to thrive.
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In classic Friday afternoon bad-news dump, UCP moves to make COVID vaccines expensive and hard to find. albertapolitics.ca/2025/06/in-c...
In classic Friday afternoon bad-news dump, UCP moves to make COVID vaccines expensive and hard to find - Alberta Politics
In a classic Friday afternoon bad-news dump, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party Government announced a scheme to make seniors pay “the full costs” for restricted supplies of CO...
albertapolitics.ca
June 14, 2025 at 5:02 AM
In classic Friday afternoon bad-news dump, UCP moves to make COVID vaccines expensive and hard to find. albertapolitics.ca/2025/06/in-c...
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Breaking news: The Trump administration is planning a major increase of deportations to Guantánamo, including citizens of Britain, France and other allies.
Officials said they are unlikely to inform the foreigners’ home governments about the transfers.
Officials said they are unlikely to inform the foreigners’ home governments about the transfers.
Trump to ramp up transfers to Guantánamo, including citizens of allies
The administration aims to send thousands of foreigners to Guantánamo, including people from Britain and France, with no plans to notify their home governments.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Breaking news: The Trump administration is planning a major increase of deportations to Guantánamo, including citizens of Britain, France and other allies.
Officials said they are unlikely to inform the foreigners’ home governments about the transfers.
Officials said they are unlikely to inform the foreigners’ home governments about the transfers.