Shelagh Rowan-Legg
@shelaghrowanlegg.bsky.social
https://shelaghrowanlegg.com
Filmmaker | Poet | Independent Scholar | Programmer, Wench Film Festival |
Editor, @screenanarchy.bsky.social |
OFCS, AQCC, Fipresci |
Letterboxd, https://boxd.it/6L6X
Filmmaker | Poet | Independent Scholar | Programmer, Wench Film Festival |
Editor, @screenanarchy.bsky.social |
OFCS, AQCC, Fipresci |
Letterboxd, https://boxd.it/6L6X
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Festival du nouveau cinéma | Dans les pins
In letters to her mother, a young woman tells of her job at a hotel in the Laurentians, where she is courted by a wealthy man.
nouveaucinema.ca
I am delighted to announce the world premiere of DANS LES PINS at @nouveaucinema.bsky.social included among other great Quebec & Canadian shorts. Screenings at Cinémathèque Québécois, Sat Oct 11th at 21.00 & Tue Oct 14th, at 19.00. Tickets on sale, September 23rd.
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To all those people who have been dumping on me for my relentless criticism of Mark Carney:
I'll take those apologies whenever you're ready.
rabble.ca/columnists/o...
I'll take those apologies whenever you're ready.
rabble.ca/columnists/o...
Ottawa’s austerity plan pushes women out — just before pay equity kicks in
Cuts to the federal service Will allow the government to short change those workers on pay equity.
rabble.ca
November 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
To all those people who have been dumping on me for my relentless criticism of Mark Carney:
I'll take those apologies whenever you're ready.
rabble.ca/columnists/o...
I'll take those apologies whenever you're ready.
rabble.ca/columnists/o...
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Thoughtcrime is apparently now a thing in Canada.
Shame on the CBSA.
Shame on the CBSA.
If CBSA refuses to explain why it thought a *95 YEAR OLD* retired Princeton law professor and UN special rapporteur might be a threat to national security, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree should
Prominent legal scholar detained at Canadian border while on his way to a conference on Palestine | CBC News
A well-known academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on human rights violations against Palestinians.
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Thoughtcrime is apparently now a thing in Canada.
Shame on the CBSA.
Shame on the CBSA.
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I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
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FYI, if you're someone that likes to tuck into some Christmas TV movie rom-coms this time of year, I've directed two with Asian-American casts: A SUGAR & SPICE HOLIDAY (2020) can be streamed right on Lifetime's website (US only). A BIG FAT FAMILY CHRISTMAS (2022) is on Hallmark+ or Crave in Canada.
Four Christmas movies to know me by.
I have to go with the ones I directed, in between my main specialty genres of horror and crime and supernatural strangeness. (And there are only two.)
I have to go with the ones I directed, in between my main specialty genres of horror and crime and supernatural strangeness. (And there are only two.)
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
FYI, if you're someone that likes to tuck into some Christmas TV movie rom-coms this time of year, I've directed two with Asian-American casts: A SUGAR & SPICE HOLIDAY (2020) can be streamed right on Lifetime's website (US only). A BIG FAT FAMILY CHRISTMAS (2022) is on Hallmark+ or Crave in Canada.
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Key point whenever you see an Altman prediction: the purpose of his predictions is *not* to accurately guess the future but build rationales in the present favorable to his company's interests. If you ignore everything he says you'll be smarter about AI.
Altman, and all these folks don't make predictions in order to predict the future, they make them to a) justify an overclocked corporate valuation, and b) argue for undoing regulations and receiving government support.
November 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Key point whenever you see an Altman prediction: the purpose of his predictions is *not* to accurately guess the future but build rationales in the present favorable to his company's interests. If you ignore everything he says you'll be smarter about AI.
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This government has failed to invest in social programs, public housing, healthcare, education, research, green technologies, and public transit, all of which is desperately needed, much more than projects that accelerate the climate crisis and leave Canadians struggling with affordability.
November 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This government has failed to invest in social programs, public housing, healthcare, education, research, green technologies, and public transit, all of which is desperately needed, much more than projects that accelerate the climate crisis and leave Canadians struggling with affordability.
Alice Wong was a fierce and kind light in the world, I loved her writing and learned so much from it as the granddaughter/daughter/sister of disabled people. I take solace in how my timeline is filled with love for and tribute to her.
November 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Alice Wong was a fierce and kind light in the world, I loved her writing and learned so much from it as the granddaughter/daughter/sister of disabled people. I take solace in how my timeline is filled with love for and tribute to her.
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This has always been one of my favorite quotes of Alice's. I think it explains the easy affinity between disability communities, queer communities (forged in the shadow of AIDS) and Palestinian communities (formed in the shadow of genocide): death is our "intimate shadow partner"—& so is love.
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This has always been one of my favorite quotes of Alice's. I think it explains the easy affinity between disability communities, queer communities (forged in the shadow of AIDS) and Palestinian communities (formed in the shadow of genocide): death is our "intimate shadow partner"—& so is love.
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$1 billion data centre to maybe create 100 jobs. That's likely an overstatement.
It is truly not worth draining the living word for this vampiric tech and people are starting to realize it.
www.wisn.com/article/meta...
It is truly not worth draining the living word for this vampiric tech and people are starting to realize it.
www.wisn.com/article/meta...
Meta plans $1 billion data center in Beaver Dam
The facility is expected to be completed in 2027 and will support 100 jobs, according to state officials.
www.wisn.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
$1 billion data centre to maybe create 100 jobs. That's likely an overstatement.
It is truly not worth draining the living word for this vampiric tech and people are starting to realize it.
www.wisn.com/article/meta...
It is truly not worth draining the living word for this vampiric tech and people are starting to realize it.
www.wisn.com/article/meta...
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Alice Wong's Teen Vogue articles were archived before their removal, for anyone looking.
Alice Wong's Teen Vogue articles were archived before their removal, for anyone looking.
Disability Visibility - Latest
Get the latest on Disability Visibility from Teen Vogue. Find articles, slideshows and more.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Alice Wong's Teen Vogue articles were archived before their removal, for anyone looking.
Alice Wong's Teen Vogue articles were archived before their removal, for anyone looking.
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
My review of Osgood Perkins' KEEPER: Closer to 'I am the Pretty Thing' than 'The Monkey', Tatiana Maslany owns this film. via @screenanarchy.bsky.social screenanarchy.com/2025/11/keep...
KEEPER Review: The Method to Drive A Person Mad
Tatiana Maslany and Rossif Sutherland star in Osgood Perkins' second horror feature of 2025.
screenanarchy.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
My review of Osgood Perkins' KEEPER: Closer to 'I am the Pretty Thing' than 'The Monkey', Tatiana Maslany owns this film. via @screenanarchy.bsky.social screenanarchy.com/2025/11/keep...
I have never related more to a partially muscled skeleton
Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
November 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I have never related more to a partially muscled skeleton
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This is a REALLY important story, Canada. The Carney government's push to AI our entire country is going to hurt so many people and cause SO much damage to our communities. The government isn't doing ANYTHING to try and mitigate the harms data centres are going to cause, either.
Canada’s next extractive industry: How #AI is following the fossil fuel playbook.
Ottawa is betting on artificial intelligence. Just like #BigOil, Big Tech is building infrastructure that will be nearly impossible to dismantle.
New from @terraloire.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/climate/cana...
Ottawa is betting on artificial intelligence. Just like #BigOil, Big Tech is building infrastructure that will be nearly impossible to dismantle.
New from @terraloire.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/climate/cana...
Canada's next extractive industry: How AI is following the fossil fuel playbook
Ottawa is betting nearly a billion on artificial intelligence, ignoring warnings of its environmental risks. Just like Big Oil, Big Tech is building infrastructure that will be nearly impossible to di...
ricochet.media
November 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
This is a REALLY important story, Canada. The Carney government's push to AI our entire country is going to hurt so many people and cause SO much damage to our communities. The government isn't doing ANYTHING to try and mitigate the harms data centres are going to cause, either.
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If you are mad for even a second about what gender, gender presentation, or genitals another person has, you are a weirdo pervert freak
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
If you are mad for even a second about what gender, gender presentation, or genitals another person has, you are a weirdo pervert freak
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I wrote this about THE GOOD PLACE finale, but I now realize it also sums up my revulsion about the basic anti-humanity of AI avatars of the dead:
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I wrote this about THE GOOD PLACE finale, but I now realize it also sums up my revulsion about the basic anti-humanity of AI avatars of the dead:
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Porn is also history and cultural commentary and a crucial contributor to sexual self- exploration and self expression. Porn has been vital to queer and trans people in documenting important aspects of our language, presentation, interactions, relationships, institutions and communities.
PORN IS ART, PORN IS GOOD, PEOPLE MAKING PORN IS A SIGN OF A HEALTHY SOCIETY
There has been a noticeable reticence in left and liberal circles to voice full-throated support for pornography, even as it's become increasingly clear what the open end goals of the censorship movement are
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Porn is also history and cultural commentary and a crucial contributor to sexual self- exploration and self expression. Porn has been vital to queer and trans people in documenting important aspects of our language, presentation, interactions, relationships, institutions and communities.
more or less the plot to INFINITY POOL
If you need another reason wealthy ppl should not exist , here you go
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
Wealthy foreigners ‘paid for chance to shoot civilians in Sarajevo’
An Italian writer says he has uncovered evidence that Italians paid Bosnian Serb forces for ‘human safaris’ during the siege in the Balkan Wars
www.thetimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
more or less the plot to INFINITY POOL
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i still refuse to back down from my belief that every single living person has the capacity for artistic genius. society-as-profit has just crushed those of us who don't happen to luck out
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
i still refuse to back down from my belief that every single living person has the capacity for artistic genius. society-as-profit has just crushed those of us who don't happen to luck out
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There is no material difference in the rates of loneliness for men and women. We are all suffering!
The difference is that men make their loneliness everyone else's goddamn problem and that includes turning it into anger and violence.
But the solution isn't "stop talking about toxic masculinity"
The difference is that men make their loneliness everyone else's goddamn problem and that includes turning it into anger and violence.
But the solution isn't "stop talking about toxic masculinity"
Half of young Canadian men are at risk of ‘problem anger,’ survey finds
Half of young Canadian men risk letting their anger interfere with their daily life, relationships and work, new research suggests.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
There is no material difference in the rates of loneliness for men and women. We are all suffering!
The difference is that men make their loneliness everyone else's goddamn problem and that includes turning it into anger and violence.
But the solution isn't "stop talking about toxic masculinity"
The difference is that men make their loneliness everyone else's goddamn problem and that includes turning it into anger and violence.
But the solution isn't "stop talking about toxic masculinity"
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Sharing a poem I found today by @shelaghrowanlegg.bsky.social from an interview by @pinholepoetry.bsky.social
Love the exquisitely crafted musicality that weaves its way throughout in lines such as:
'in that solitude / that sees any light / as solace and succour.'
#poetry #poetrycommunity
Love the exquisitely crafted musicality that weaves its way throughout in lines such as:
'in that solitude / that sees any light / as solace and succour.'
#poetry #poetrycommunity
Shelagh Rowan-Legg joins our interview series today, sharing her poem ‘Moths are older than dinosaurs…’ along with her thoughts about revision, how making short films is similar to writing poetry, and the role of a poet to keep asking questions.
pinholepoetry.ca/an-interview...
pinholepoetry.ca/an-interview...
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Sharing a poem I found today by @shelaghrowanlegg.bsky.social from an interview by @pinholepoetry.bsky.social
Love the exquisitely crafted musicality that weaves its way throughout in lines such as:
'in that solitude / that sees any light / as solace and succour.'
#poetry #poetrycommunity
Love the exquisitely crafted musicality that weaves its way throughout in lines such as:
'in that solitude / that sees any light / as solace and succour.'
#poetry #poetrycommunity
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"I like something so it must be good" is a gateway to bootlicking.
November 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"I like something so it must be good" is a gateway to bootlicking.
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This is important because it's a core element of media literacy, which is necessary for your own autonomy in an era of nationalism, fascism, and authority.
November 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This is important because it's a core element of media literacy, which is necessary for your own autonomy in an era of nationalism, fascism, and authority.
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I think it is really important for people to understand that a TV show, book, or film doesn't need to be good in order to be enjoyed. But also that enjoying a piece of entertainment doesn't necessarily mean it's good. Quality is separate from your experience.
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I think it is really important for people to understand that a TV show, book, or film doesn't need to be good in order to be enjoyed. But also that enjoying a piece of entertainment doesn't necessarily mean it's good. Quality is separate from your experience.
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Notre infolettre de novembre avec l'invitation pour l'inauguration du REV Henri-Bourassa. www.ahuncycle.com/article/info... #TransportActif #velomtl #Montréal #MontréalNord #StLaurent #Ahuntsic #vélo #polmtl #REV
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Notre infolettre de novembre avec l'invitation pour l'inauguration du REV Henri-Bourassa. www.ahuncycle.com/article/info... #TransportActif #velomtl #Montréal #MontréalNord #StLaurent #Ahuntsic #vélo #polmtl #REV