Sundinista

Hey my handful of secret friends - I've finally set up the VAW Advocate Case Review twitter account I've been threatening for so long. Please drop by the feed at Advocate Case Review @SA_CaseReview and follow the Revolution!

FACT: Women cannot have social and economic equality without bodily autonomy. No matter who it is, every woman should have the right to make healthcare decisions for herself.

"A lack of political will to alter the status quo manifests itself most strongly in the way child welfare systems diminish Indigenous cultures and values in favour of non-Indigenous models of parenting." @MMIWG Final Report #MMIWG #CallsForJustice

We would love to hear exactly how it’s “pro-life” to shut down critical medical research on deadly illnesses like HIV, childhood cancer, and Zika virus. No? No one? We thought so. abcn.ws/2ERxsUQ

“It didn’t start with white women; that’s not the point of entry into women having political voice. Indigenous women have had a political voice in their nations long before white settlers arrived.” Sally Roesch Wagner washingtonpost.com/history/2019/0…

This thread.

Damn. Well said and worth watching.

Two critical issues here: (1) the brutal impacts of sexual violence can kill people. That’s why we use the word “survivors”. (2) Don’t believe sensational headlines that detract from that. Find the facts.

@yashar Done.

You all know I don't ask for this unless it's really important. Please go to the tweet BELOW (not this tweet) and smash that RT button for me. We gotta get Happy out of the zoo and into a sanctuary Please? #FreeHappy

1. Elephants are just like us. They celebrate births & mourn deaths. And they grow depressed when they're isolated. They require a companion or herd in order to be happy Meet Happy the 🐘 Happy is 48 & she lives at the @BronxZoo For the past 13 years, Happy has lived all alone

The justice system still fails to protect Indigenous women and girls | via @Pam_Palmater buff.ly/2EUmNsd

Among Canada’s provinces, Ontario is the lowest per capita spender. Ontario is last in total spending – 10th out of 10. The lie that spending is out-of-control is being used to fuel the dismantling of our transit, healthcare and schools. Shameful. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editor…

"Indigenous people have been in a violent relationship with Canada for too long. When you are in an abusive relationship and the abuser continues to apologize, you cannot keep waiting for the abuser to change..." @TorontoStar @bevisiting #MMIWG tinyurl.com/yxha8vsb

Me and Julie Kaye's OpEd in @TorontoStar Indigenous people have been in a violent relationship with Canada for too long thestar.com/opinion/contri…

Your kitty is happier, healthier, and *safer* with the claws evolution gave them. ⚡️ “New York set to become the first US state to make declawing a cat illegal” twitter.com/i/moments/1136…

Michelle kicks ass - more awards for world-changing feminists!

Parent leaves child in hot car; child is apprehended, parent charged; Apprehender leaves hundreds of children in hot vans for two days aaaand...what?