LesleyTC
@tenuredrebel.bsky.social
Art Historian & Professor of Aesthetics at Humber Polytechnic, Toronto. Research: Surrealism & Indigenization; decolonial pedagogy. Director at VeritaFineArt.com 🎨
I’ve survived rape, kidnapping, and cancer. I’m a tired mom with no time for bullshit.🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️ 🫶
I’ve survived rape, kidnapping, and cancer. I’m a tired mom with no time for bullshit.🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️ 🫶
Proud to be speaking on Kent Monkman, genocide, and queering art history today at UAAC/AAUC at York University.
October 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Proud to be speaking on Kent Monkman, genocide, and queering art history today at UAAC/AAUC at York University.
Making my way over to York University this week to present a paper on Kent Monkman and colonial ‘gendercide’ at UAAC/AAUC (Universities Art Association of Canada). Come join me tomorrow for the panel Queer(ing) Early Modern Art at 4PM in ACW 302.
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October 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Making my way over to York University this week to present a paper on Kent Monkman and colonial ‘gendercide’ at UAAC/AAUC (Universities Art Association of Canada). Come join me tomorrow for the panel Queer(ing) Early Modern Art at 4PM in ACW 302.
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Y’all my Teaching Assistant is so cute:
October 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Y’all my Teaching Assistant is so cute:
Solidarity with my support staff colleagues and friends, who are striking for job security in a hugely mismanaged and exploitative working culture.
September 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Solidarity with my support staff colleagues and friends, who are striking for job security in a hugely mismanaged and exploitative working culture.
Another harrowing morning walk in Diane Saxe’s vehicular hellscape.
August 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Another harrowing morning walk in Diane Saxe’s vehicular hellscape.
It’s heartwarming to see Christie Pits packed in support for Palestine. Shame (as usual) on counsellor Diane Saxe for trying to sabotage this important event.
August 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It’s heartwarming to see Christie Pits packed in support for Palestine. Shame (as usual) on counsellor Diane Saxe for trying to sabotage this important event.
It is 40 degrees Celsius in Toronto (did you think Canada was cold?!) and my wildflowers are the only living things happy about it.
June 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It is 40 degrees Celsius in Toronto (did you think Canada was cold?!) and my wildflowers are the only living things happy about it.
If you’re wondering how shit Toronto police are (with their billion plus budget), people on Reddit are legitimately asking to *privately hire* our own police force to enforce traffic laws because things have become so dangerous.
June 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
If you’re wondering how shit Toronto police are (with their billion plus budget), people on Reddit are legitimately asking to *privately hire* our own police force to enforce traffic laws because things have become so dangerous.
Just another day in Diane Saxe’s vehicular hellscape
May 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Just another day in Diane Saxe’s vehicular hellscape
Academia(dot)edu is sending me the most unhinged recommendations:
May 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Academia(dot)edu is sending me the most unhinged recommendations:
Lots and lots of swastikas along Bloor street today.
April 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Lots and lots of swastikas along Bloor street today.
Queen and Strachan has seriously changed. I thought the facade of the boarding house was supposed to stay? What a loss of character.
April 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Queen and Strachan has seriously changed. I thought the facade of the boarding house was supposed to stay? What a loss of character.
Surely the Bloor Annex BIA can do better from a sustainability perspective than non-native annuals in a ton of plastic containers.
Why not wildflowers- waste free, and you don’t have to re-do this every year!
Why not wildflowers- waste free, and you don’t have to re-do this every year!
April 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Surely the Bloor Annex BIA can do better from a sustainability perspective than non-native annuals in a ton of plastic containers.
Why not wildflowers- waste free, and you don’t have to re-do this every year!
Why not wildflowers- waste free, and you don’t have to re-do this every year!
Should we really be surprised that *this guy* is cool with genocide?
March 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Should we really be surprised that *this guy* is cool with genocide?
Another beautiful walk in Diane Saxe’s vehicular hellscape
February 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Another beautiful walk in Diane Saxe’s vehicular hellscape
Thank you for your reply. I would argue that we wouldn’t be ready for winter either way— since clearly these companies were unable to deliver on their obligations.
I admire @joshmatlow.bsky.social’s integrity on this and the ability to see the (very obvious) writing on the wall.
I admire @joshmatlow.bsky.social’s integrity on this and the ability to see the (very obvious) writing on the wall.
February 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Thank you for your reply. I would argue that we wouldn’t be ready for winter either way— since clearly these companies were unable to deliver on their obligations.
I admire @joshmatlow.bsky.social’s integrity on this and the ability to see the (very obvious) writing on the wall.
I admire @joshmatlow.bsky.social’s integrity on this and the ability to see the (very obvious) writing on the wall.
This is the only route to Christie subway station. This route serves a long term care home, at least three schools, and hundreds of homes. The snow mid mid calf height.
Parents can’t leave their homes. Old people can’t leave their homes. Anybody without calves and glutes of steel is trapped.
Parents can’t leave their homes. Old people can’t leave their homes. Anybody without calves and glutes of steel is trapped.
February 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is the only route to Christie subway station. This route serves a long term care home, at least three schools, and hundreds of homes. The snow mid mid calf height.
Parents can’t leave their homes. Old people can’t leave their homes. Anybody without calves and glutes of steel is trapped.
Parents can’t leave their homes. Old people can’t leave their homes. Anybody without calves and glutes of steel is trapped.
I am thrilled to be speaking about Indigenized pedagogical approaches to decolonizing art history at The CAA 113th Annual Conference in New York. I’m also thankful for being able to present virtually, because we are definitely snowed in here in Toronto!
February 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I am thrilled to be speaking about Indigenized pedagogical approaches to decolonizing art history at The CAA 113th Annual Conference in New York. I’m also thankful for being able to present virtually, because we are definitely snowed in here in Toronto!
Another beautiful walk in Diane Saxe’s vehicular hellscape
February 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Another beautiful walk in Diane Saxe’s vehicular hellscape
Another beautiful walk in Diane Saxe’s vehicular hellscape.
Bike lanes, though, those are clearly Toronto’s real problem.
(All of these homes back onto a laneway with garages. There is zero excuse for this).
Bike lanes, though, those are clearly Toronto’s real problem.
(All of these homes back onto a laneway with garages. There is zero excuse for this).
January 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Another beautiful walk in Diane Saxe’s vehicular hellscape.
Bike lanes, though, those are clearly Toronto’s real problem.
(All of these homes back onto a laneway with garages. There is zero excuse for this).
Bike lanes, though, those are clearly Toronto’s real problem.
(All of these homes back onto a laneway with garages. There is zero excuse for this).
Someone should tell “Dirty Devil Vodka” that maybe it their delivery drivers wore pants and not shorts in -5 weather they’d be more comfortable parking legally and walking. Maybe then they wouldn’t feel compelled to park in a bike lane on Bloor St W where someone was recently killed.
January 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Someone should tell “Dirty Devil Vodka” that maybe it their delivery drivers wore pants and not shorts in -5 weather they’d be more comfortable parking legally and walking. Maybe then they wouldn’t feel compelled to park in a bike lane on Bloor St W where someone was recently killed.
“It’s here, get used to it” & wanting a “positive social impact” = antithetical. You realize the environmental impact of making your project go faster with AI right? You could just use your 🧠 you know.
December 26, 2024 at 1:13 AM
“It’s here, get used to it” & wanting a “positive social impact” = antithetical. You realize the environmental impact of making your project go faster with AI right? You could just use your 🧠 you know.
