Christy Jordan-Fenton

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@jessecmccormick 🤬

There is a storm on the horizon.

@franklinleonard @raqisd My heart is breaking for Palestine.

@franklinleonard @raqisd I smell 8VC, AWZ, Stephen Harper, and PayPal Mafia cronies.

Unconscionable

@peggybe_oonujut @orcabook Yay!!!!

Thank you, Canada Union of Postal Workers, for delivering my stickers! I am super grateful for being a Richard Allen Chase Memorial Award Finalist. #TheSecretPocket @orcabook

@OpinionsWelcom2 @Joe_Trinder *language used as a weapon against the Māori. The treaty they signed guaranteed their sovereignty. The wording was changed for the English version.

@OpinionsWelcom2 @Joe_Trinder You need to first understand the treaty that led to this and how language was used as a weapon. The intent as understood by Māori cannot be asserted in English. Language is the point. An essential one.

The phenomenon that is Hana Rāwhiti Maipi-Clark, who has effortlessly hurt the feelings and triggered the bigoted anti-woke crowd is truly a remarkable sight to behold. The mass condemnation she is acting “unprofessional” by her foreign critics reinforces her status as Mana Wahine amongst her own people.

@v8mile We need to have a serious conversation about the radicalization of our parents and peers, and young cis men. It is a very real thing. I don’t get all the gaslighters in here. Almost like lived experience is more valid than assumptions based on a tweet from a stranger.

I've shared this pic before, but time to share it again. It was taken in 2000, long before woke or LGBT rights were common words. My father is helping me with my bowtie, as I'm getting ready to go to my high school prom with another woman. I stopped speaking to him in 2019...

Ss @SJV_TCDSB have started their year with a focus on Indigenous education. Grade 3s read “When I was Eight” by @CJordanFenton and wrote reflections. “Now I understand….” @Equity_TCDSB

@MsBalthazaar @SJV_TCDSB @Equity_TCDSB Thank you for sharing Olemaun’s story 🧡

@teresastrasser Happened to my son. Went to ice rink. Whole class invited. No one showed. A mom at the rink noticed and added her kids to the party, even ran out for presents. Fire dept heard and came and picked my son up for a ride in the fire truck. So much kindness ❤️Was still devastating.

Parents, take your kids to all those birthday parties. Here's why. Once upon a time, a million years ago, in a San Fernando Valley far, far away, my mother had a birthday party and nobody showed. Not a single kid. With school starting, I wanted to share the story. A thread 🧵

@melon_reads Available here, which is kinda the middle of nowhere.

My girl Emma. vm.tiktok.com/ZMrAJFMoN/

@dieworkwear You fill in for dads all the time though. As a single mom I followed your posts for several months, then took the knowledge to dozens of thrift stores to find my son the perfect prom attire. Was able to put together a small wardrobe too, and give some guidance thanks to you 🙏

today, on father's day, i'm thinking about how my dad escaped three wars and worked as a janitor only to see his bloodline die out bc his son discovered menswear forums and spent the next 20 years arguing about pants

@peggybe_oonujut No worries. I commented bc I’m so happy for you, no response necessary. Enjoy your success! You earned it! ❤️

@CJordanFenton Thank you Christy! I’m sorry I’m just seeing your comment now.

Fun news, Im on a cool list of 29 authors by Phylis Webstad created! #IndigenousLiteratureMatters cbc.ca/books/29-must-…

@noraraywrites 28

how many books have you read this year?

@F_Botha_USA @madisontayt_ Not sure how much has changed but when I was a server in SA got paid a token fee per shift and fined for everything. Basically only made tips. A big table for a shift w/ no tip and a fine for something like needing a correction for pressing a wrong POSbutton and you paid to work.

@madisontayt_ Europe, America, whatever. I tip big when I go back to Africa because I know 20 or 30 % is like a half-day of pay. And the food is cheep anyway.

watched a tiktok about how servers in paris are asking american tourists to leave 20% tips and OH HO HO how les tables have fucking turned

@Bash3neA Someone came for pap? I wouldn’t think that needed explanation. SMH

@timmckay52 I think too many people have too much time on their hands to create intricate rules. IMHO voice is what truly matters. Develop and cultivate voice then stay consistent. Show don’t tell is wonderful in general theory but it is on a runaway these days.

🖊️ When is it okay to use "He saw/felt/heard/noticed/etc." ? 🖊️ As part of "show, don't tell," most writing gurus advocate pretty strongly against these phrases for the distance they create. But their absence can make a story feel like a bland chain of events. Used sparingly, they keep us focused on the character's experience and the story's impact on them, and that empathic connection to what characters think and feel is what keeps us hooked. What do you think?

@ImKaitlynMeyers Dry meat. Probably of the moose variety.

When you get off a plane in Hawaii they give you a lei. What should your local airport give to visitors?