Dana Menard
@shufflersunite.bsky.social
Clinical psych professor in Southwest Ontario. Researching resilience as it relates to sex, sexuality, and gender. Author of "Lessons from an Early Career Therapist" and co-author of "Magnificent Sex." First wife of @trantteam.bsky.social
Feel like a lot of people's "Drink less in the new year" resolutions were broken today.
January 4, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Feel like a lot of people's "Drink less in the new year" resolutions were broken today.
Do I have any Canadian authors following me? I have a tax question about when to declare the income earned from royalties. Canucks only though.
January 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Do I have any Canadian authors following me? I have a tax question about when to declare the income earned from royalties. Canucks only though.
I'm being interviewed on Jan 5 about my great sex research, which I haven't really looked at since Peggy and I finished the book in 2018. I might have to *shudder* reread my own book.
December 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I'm being interviewed on Jan 5 about my great sex research, which I haven't really looked at since Peggy and I finished the book in 2018. I might have to *shudder* reread my own book.
We watched the extended version of "Return of the King" this afternoon and I only needed about 6 bathroom breaks.
December 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
We watched the extended version of "Return of the King" this afternoon and I only needed about 6 bathroom breaks.
Rewatching the extended LOTR with @trantteam.bsky.social and got to the scene where Gollum tells Sam he would prefer raw fish and no fries. He wisely did NOT point out that Gollum and I share those particular food preferences.
December 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Rewatching the extended LOTR with @trantteam.bsky.social and got to the scene where Gollum tells Sam he would prefer raw fish and no fries. He wisely did NOT point out that Gollum and I share those particular food preferences.
Last Dec 25, the whole family went down to norovirus and we had to call off dinner at the very last minute. Safe to say this year went a lot better.
December 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Last Dec 25, the whole family went down to norovirus and we had to call off dinner at the very last minute. Safe to say this year went a lot better.
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“She Blinded Me With Science” is a catchy tune but also a cautionary tale of not having an eyewash station
December 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“She Blinded Me With Science” is a catchy tune but also a cautionary tale of not having an eyewash station
John was a barista at Second Cup in high school. If anyone in Windsor still misses the "Mocha Mandarino", hit us up.
December 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
John was a barista at Second Cup in high school. If anyone in Windsor still misses the "Mocha Mandarino", hit us up.
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December 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
First morning of the holiday vacation with my girl Zoey.
December 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
First morning of the holiday vacation with my girl Zoey.
It is my 42 birthday today. In recognition of this, please post Lee Pace pics/gifs. Or "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" references, both good.
December 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It is my 42 birthday today. In recognition of this, please post Lee Pace pics/gifs. Or "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" references, both good.
I've got an early frontrunner for @merriam-webster.com 's word of the year for 2026: Fuck-tastrophe. As in, "Well, this semester was quite the little fuck-tastrophe now, wasn't it?"
December 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I've got an early frontrunner for @merriam-webster.com 's word of the year for 2026: Fuck-tastrophe. As in, "Well, this semester was quite the little fuck-tastrophe now, wasn't it?"
Nothing like marking to make you aware of your idiosyncratic ways of explaining things. Seems like I use "boils down" to talk about factor analysis often enough that multiple students have now used that terminology on their final exams.
December 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Nothing like marking to make you aware of your idiosyncratic ways of explaining things. Seems like I use "boils down" to talk about factor analysis often enough that multiple students have now used that terminology on their final exams.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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Scientists at Canadian institutions have long punched well above our weight despite low and stagnant funding. Spending a billion dollars on external recruitment while science here is starving is exactly what Harper got wrong about supporting research excellence in Canada.
Canada’s new government is investing big to attract world-class talent in science and technology — and become an innovation powerhouse.
December 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Scientists at Canadian institutions have long punched well above our weight despite low and stagnant funding. Spending a billion dollars on external recruitment while science here is starving is exactly what Harper got wrong about supporting research excellence in Canada.
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Canadian scientist here. I don't want this. I want you to fund our excellent early career scientists who do great work in Canada. Fund them properly and that will help 1000x more than recruiting handfuls of cherry picked bigwigs from Harvard, Stanford and MIT who will leave after a few years.
December 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Canadian scientist here. I don't want this. I want you to fund our excellent early career scientists who do great work in Canada. Fund them properly and that will help 1000x more than recruiting handfuls of cherry picked bigwigs from Harvard, Stanford and MIT who will leave after a few years.
On the occasion of Dick Van Dyke's 100th birthday, I wish to note that when my 3-year old went through a Mary Poppins phase last year, she absolutely refused to consider the Lin Manuel Miranda remake under any circumstances, despite DvD's famously bad Cockney accent. Happy birthday, Dick!
December 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
On the occasion of Dick Van Dyke's 100th birthday, I wish to note that when my 3-year old went through a Mary Poppins phase last year, she absolutely refused to consider the Lin Manuel Miranda remake under any circumstances, despite DvD's famously bad Cockney accent. Happy birthday, Dick!
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The Precautionary Principle applies to stripping back training requirements. Seems to me that if we want to introduce change we ought to do it carefully, not strip it down to the frame and then see what parts turned out to still be necessary.
December 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The Precautionary Principle applies to stripping back training requirements. Seems to me that if we want to introduce change we ought to do it carefully, not strip it down to the frame and then see what parts turned out to still be necessary.
January 2021 - miscarriage
January 2022 - urgent C section
January 2023 - norovirus
January 2024 - COVID
January 2025 - miscarriage + hemmorhage
All I want for Xmas this year is to get through January 2026 without a medical catastrophe.
January 2022 - urgent C section
January 2023 - norovirus
January 2024 - COVID
January 2025 - miscarriage + hemmorhage
All I want for Xmas this year is to get through January 2026 without a medical catastrophe.
December 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
January 2021 - miscarriage
January 2022 - urgent C section
January 2023 - norovirus
January 2024 - COVID
January 2025 - miscarriage + hemmorhage
All I want for Xmas this year is to get through January 2026 without a medical catastrophe.
January 2022 - urgent C section
January 2023 - norovirus
January 2024 - COVID
January 2025 - miscarriage + hemmorhage
All I want for Xmas this year is to get through January 2026 without a medical catastrophe.
Does anyone feel like cottage cheese is having a moment? I can only assume this is being bankrolled by Big Cottage Cheese because cottage cheese is disgusting.
December 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Does anyone feel like cottage cheese is having a moment? I can only assume this is being bankrolled by Big Cottage Cheese because cottage cheese is disgusting.
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Psychologists rallied in Ottawa and Toronto against proposed cuts to our registration requirements
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic....
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic....
Psychologists rally on Parliament Hill against proposed cuts to training
Psychologists held a rally on Parliament Hill Saturday to oppose proposed changes to training standards by the Ontario government and the College of Psychologists and Behavior Analysts of Ontario (CPB...
www.ctvnews.ca
December 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Psychologists rallied in Ottawa and Toronto against proposed cuts to our registration requirements
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic....
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic....
New purse bling just dropped.
December 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
New purse bling just dropped.
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Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.