Things I Read This Week

This week has been a garbage week of garbage things happening and it’s all just piling up and creating a giant garbage mountain and it’s all a bit much and I’d like it to please stop. BUT, since that isn’t how the universe works, and it’s snowing today (again) covering all that garbage in a layer of white nonsense, which is just adding to my irritation… here’s the list of shit I read this week.

On The Web

If I had to choose a Russian Doll birthday/deathday outfit my fantasy outfit would be a gown from Alexander McQueen’s Savage Beauty collection, but, more realistically it would be the sequin kimono I bought to wear to see Farrah Moan and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo.

My absolute favourite thing about Toronto is the bus driver with fancy nails. He’s an absolute doll and more straight dudes embracing their inner fancy pants, please.

You can be an advocate for change, you can consciously hire inclusively, send diverse models down your runway, you can scrawl divisive slogans across torsos, but unless you’re New York, no one seems to pay attention to other fashion weeks happening in North America.

Ellen Page is (rightfully) calling out all sorts of problematic shit–not just Worst Chris.

I think in Canada — because comparatively to America, we’re different in terms of a lot of issues — but the problem is we marginalize people with very similar issues in this country. And we still need to deal with systemic racism, environmental racism, and how Canada treats the environment here. And how Canadian mining companies around the world treat the environment. I think in Canada, particularly people with privilege, just don’t even know. And this goes back to the conversation of people being silenced, the lack of representation, etc., etc., etc. So yeah, I think we really need to push for Canada to become a climate leader in this world, and really start having conversations about the racism and various issues that exist in this country very much so as well.

Unkle Karl has left the building, much to the relief of short, ugly, fat, sweatpants-wearing people everywhere. May Choupette live a long and happy life without you, you hate-filled ponytail. That inheritance money should go to Choupette’s Stockholm Syndrome therapy.

Miss Piggy is also one of my Patronuses (Patroni?)

This may be the best/worst thing in the Oscars swag bags this year.

R Kelly’s being charged and hopefully the next thing I post about him will be about how long he’s going to prison for.

Duchess of Sussex’s dad better watch out now that she’s under the protection of the Beyhive. Also, I’m officially starting the rumour that Beyonce and Jay Z are going to be the new royal baby’s godparents.

The Oscars are on this Sunday, and I, for one, cannot wait to see how terrible this year’s telecast is going to be. Let’s start the hate-fest by reading this.

On The Shelf

Reading The Witch Elm during my lunches, but since one of my coworkers moved departments this week we’ve been having lots of team lunches and I’m losing out on reading time. I’ll probably be on this one through March.

And that’s another week of reading the least terrible things happening in the world today! And it stopped snowing! I need a nap!