Darlene McLeod
@darlenemcleod.bsky.social
uOttawa PhD student specializing in ritual studies; researching ritual in Christo-fascism in Canada and abroad; if I pin you, it's probably research; granola aficionado; bike commuter; 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally; probably posting with a dog in my lap; frequently swearing 🇨🇦
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I’m old enough to remember when conservatives would have called this Soviet, or foreign totalitarianism, and condemned it. Now, they are the totalitarians.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I’m old enough to remember when conservatives would have called this Soviet, or foreign totalitarianism, and condemned it. Now, they are the totalitarians.
English lit really had an epistolary novel moment there. And often combined with the story within a frame story within a frame story moment.
November 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
English lit really had an epistolary novel moment there. And often combined with the story within a frame story within a frame story moment.
Wait, it's got Christoph Walz?! Omg, I extra-need to see it now.
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Wait, it's got Christoph Walz?! Omg, I extra-need to see it now.
"Pay no attention to the robot behind the curtain!!"
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 AM
"Pay no attention to the robot behind the curtain!!"
The curtain malfunction is the cream on the cupcake.
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The curtain malfunction is the cream on the cupcake.
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Gender, class, race.
Race, gender, class.
Class, race, gender.
The order doesn't matter but the full house does.
Race, gender, class.
Class, race, gender.
The order doesn't matter but the full house does.
November 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Gender, class, race.
Race, gender, class.
Class, race, gender.
The order doesn't matter but the full house does.
Race, gender, class.
Class, race, gender.
The order doesn't matter but the full house does.
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Notably, Canada's 1970s immigration policy allowed Nat Thakkar to set up a factory in Ontario, which is now run by his son Amit. The factory has created countless jobs for Canadians. Unfortunately, Trump's tariffs have hurt their business, which also harms US farmers since Roopa uses US cotton.
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Notably, Canada's 1970s immigration policy allowed Nat Thakkar to set up a factory in Ontario, which is now run by his son Amit. The factory has created countless jobs for Canadians. Unfortunately, Trump's tariffs have hurt their business, which also harms US farmers since Roopa uses US cotton.
Which also amounted to her spraying it nearly in my face because I'm short.
November 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Which also amounted to her spraying it nearly in my face because I'm short.
I mean, she fully looked in my face, saw me trying to get by *as the bus was slowing towards the stop* and told me to "wait a sec" while she reached into her purse for a bedazzled cologne spray. Like, wtaf.
November 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I mean, she fully looked in my face, saw me trying to get by *as the bus was slowing towards the stop* and told me to "wait a sec" while she reached into her purse for a bedazzled cologne spray. Like, wtaf.