Kathy Friedman
@kathyfriedman.bsky.social
Author of ALL THE SHINING PEOPLE (House of Anansi, 2022). Disabled/Jewish/queer as in free Palesine. 🍉 http://www.kathyfriedman.com
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The Ford government has proposed a series of changes that will effectively end rent control in Ontario. It's an "apocalypse for tenants," one advocate tells The Grind.
@emmapaling.bsky.social and @rdassaly.bsky.social report.
@emmapaling.bsky.social and @rdassaly.bsky.social report.
Ford Government Bill Could Spell the End of Rent Control in Ontario
Tenant groups are ringing the alarm over changes that could dramatically increase the price of rent and drive people out of their homes. But the proposed legislation, endorsed by the landlord lobby…
www.thegrindmag.ca
October 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Ford government has proposed a series of changes that will effectively end rent control in Ontario. It's an "apocalypse for tenants," one advocate tells The Grind.
@emmapaling.bsky.social and @rdassaly.bsky.social report.
@emmapaling.bsky.social and @rdassaly.bsky.social report.
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We can participate in democracy and be flawed while also having non-negotiable. No nazis. No racists. We aren’t abandoning trans people. Triple the minimum wage. Universal healthcare. Reproductive freedom. Etc etc etc. Stand for something! Appeasement accomplishes very little.
October 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
We can participate in democracy and be flawed while also having non-negotiable. No nazis. No racists. We aren’t abandoning trans people. Triple the minimum wage. Universal healthcare. Reproductive freedom. Etc etc etc. Stand for something! Appeasement accomplishes very little.
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
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Israel is piling crime on top of crime on top of crime.
No wonder it is determined to bring down the entire edifice of international humanitarian law - it's the only hope of protecting itself from consequences.
Btw: the allegations are significantly worse than bedbugs.
No wonder it is determined to bring down the entire edifice of international humanitarian law - it's the only hope of protecting itself from consequences.
Btw: the allegations are significantly worse than bedbugs.
Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’
Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’
Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her detention and removal from a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, according to correspondence seen by the Guardian.
According to the correspondence, Israeli forces are also reported by another detainee to have taken photographs where Thunberg was allegedly forced to hold flags. The identity of the flags are unknown. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Israel is piling crime on top of crime on top of crime.
No wonder it is determined to bring down the entire edifice of international humanitarian law - it's the only hope of protecting itself from consequences.
Btw: the allegations are significantly worse than bedbugs.
No wonder it is determined to bring down the entire edifice of international humanitarian law - it's the only hope of protecting itself from consequences.
Btw: the allegations are significantly worse than bedbugs.
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I’m mad that I never learned how to double dutch this good as a kid 😭
October 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I’m mad that I never learned how to double dutch this good as a kid 😭
September 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I'm so excited to be part of the Toronto Islands Queer Poetry Paddle on Saturday, September 13! Hope you can join us! Find all the info and sign up here: forms.gle/DRwaEUNeWKWw...
September 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I'm so excited to be part of the Toronto Islands Queer Poetry Paddle on Saturday, September 13! Hope you can join us! Find all the info and sign up here: forms.gle/DRwaEUNeWKWw...
I'll be reading in a few weeks with some absolutely🔥 queer authors at the Bi+ Arts Festival -- come thru! linktr.ee/biartsfestival
August 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I'll be reading in a few weeks with some absolutely🔥 queer authors at the Bi+ Arts Festival -- come thru! linktr.ee/biartsfestival
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Solidarity with flight attendants
August 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Solidarity with flight attendants
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Sending my love to all Issue 47 contributors! Thank you for sharing your words @jessicajoyhiemstra.bsky.social, Saad Omar Khan, Caitlin Galway, @cleung.bsky.social, K.R. Wilson, @kathyfriedman.bsky.social, @sinaqueyras.bsky.social, and @itsakirby.bsky.social
Send My Love to Anyone Issue 47
with Jessica Joy Hiemstra, Saad Omar Khan, Caitlin Galway, Carrianne Leung, K.R. Wilson, Kathy Friedman, Sina Queyras, and Kirby
sendmylovetoanyone.substack.com
June 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Sending my love to all Issue 47 contributors! Thank you for sharing your words @jessicajoyhiemstra.bsky.social, Saad Omar Khan, Caitlin Galway, @cleung.bsky.social, K.R. Wilson, @kathyfriedman.bsky.social, @sinaqueyras.bsky.social, and @itsakirby.bsky.social
Mine's "Florida Man arrested after trying to cross Atlantic in hamster wheel vessel." 🤷🏻♀️
June 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Mine's "Florida Man arrested after trying to cross Atlantic in hamster wheel vessel." 🤷🏻♀️
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Do you notice that every doctor who has been in Gaza comes back and describes it as an unimaginably horrific genocide, so vastly worse than even those of us following it realize?
Renowned Greek doctor describes bombs that produce shrapnel that makes tiny entry-wounds in the necks of children in Gaza, travelling through them such "that their larynx, their trachea, their spine had been destroyed."
"So these children could be 'used' to show how... effective these bombs are."
"So these children could be 'used' to show how... effective these bombs are."
May 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Do you notice that every doctor who has been in Gaza comes back and describes it as an unimaginably horrific genocide, so vastly worse than even those of us following it realize?
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Palestinians deserve to live. Palestinians deserve to live with dignity. Palestinians deserve to live with food, water, shelter, and proper medical care. Palestinians deserve to live with freedom from occupation and apartheid.
May 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Palestinians deserve to live. Palestinians deserve to live with dignity. Palestinians deserve to live with food, water, shelter, and proper medical care. Palestinians deserve to live with freedom from occupation and apartheid.
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icymi, Authors for eSims is an incredible auction of works, consultations, & unique bits of lore from writers around “canada”! as w our bundle, all proceeds directly support Crips for eSims for Gaza!
Hiiii I am offering consultation on 10 pages of writing (poetry, cnf, or essay) + a behind the poem for this auction for eSims, ending May 18th!
Check out amazing books & bundles, including a draft of an Eden Robinson novel?!!? #ConnectingGaza #CanLit
tinyurl.com/authors4esims
Check out amazing books & bundles, including a draft of an Eden Robinson novel?!!? #ConnectingGaza #CanLit
tinyurl.com/authors4esims
May 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
icymi, Authors for eSims is an incredible auction of works, consultations, & unique bits of lore from writers around “canada”! as w our bundle, all proceeds directly support Crips for eSims for Gaza!
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Sheila Heti, Omar El Akkad, Madeleine Thien, Sarah Bernstein and other prominent authors are auctioning signed editions of their books to benefit Crips for eSims for Gaza, a crowdfunding organization made up of disabled people from around the world.
Authors are auctioning signed books to raise money for Crips for eSIMs for Gaza.
Sheila Heti, Omar El Akkad, Madeleine Thien, and Sarah Bernstein are among the dozens of prominent authors who are auctioning off signed editions of their books to benefit Crips for eSims for Gaza,…
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May 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Sheila Heti, Omar El Akkad, Madeleine Thien, Sarah Bernstein and other prominent authors are auctioning signed editions of their books to benefit Crips for eSims for Gaza, a crowdfunding organization made up of disabled people from around the world.
Me too! Check out all the fab things you can win here: tinyurl.com/authors4esims
May 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Me too! Check out all the fab things you can win here: tinyurl.com/authors4esims
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I'm starting a new interview series with writers called I've Been Meaning to Ask You.
I'm not putting my guests through something I won't do, so I've kicked off the series with a self interview answering these strange and personal questions myself!
sendmylovetoanyone.substack.com/p/ive-been-m...
I'm not putting my guests through something I won't do, so I've kicked off the series with a self interview answering these strange and personal questions myself!
sendmylovetoanyone.substack.com/p/ive-been-m...
I've been meaning to ask you
Interview | Kathryn Mockler
sendmylovetoanyone.substack.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I'm starting a new interview series with writers called I've Been Meaning to Ask You.
I'm not putting my guests through something I won't do, so I've kicked off the series with a self interview answering these strange and personal questions myself!
sendmylovetoanyone.substack.com/p/ive-been-m...
I'm not putting my guests through something I won't do, so I've kicked off the series with a self interview answering these strange and personal questions myself!
sendmylovetoanyone.substack.com/p/ive-been-m...
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As long as the Giller Prize maintains Indigo and the Azrieli Foundation as sponsors, the boycott continues.
Canlitresponds.ca/boycott-giller
Canlitresponds.ca/boycott-giller
April 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
As long as the Giller Prize maintains Indigo and the Azrieli Foundation as sponsors, the boycott continues.
Canlitresponds.ca/boycott-giller
Canlitresponds.ca/boycott-giller