Activities-based consent workshops for students and educators in the GTA. Survivor-centric & intersectional. to book a workshop email: [email protected]
Toronto, Ontario
Joined June 2013
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One of the best (and rarely asked) questions was raised in a sexual violence workshop I was facilitating this week "What do I do if I think I sexually assaulted someone?" We got to talk about accountability, moving away from shame, sexual health and getting help.
More of this.
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the "normalization of mental illness" as it's come to exist in 21st century infographic activism has not only been a colossal failure but is also a consistent, active detriment to the wellbeing of mentally ill people
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We model and hand down to young men either a tradition of responsibility and being accountable, or a ritual of avoiding accountability. #DrawingMapsToManhood
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If your org put out an anti-Black racism statement or a #BlackLivesMatter statement this summer: we saw you! it's time to commit more deeply. Sign the historic declaration to divest from policing and prisons and build safer communities for all. link:
forms.gle/upNzeSqnLH9gCJfb6
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We're working alongside our amazing action group SVSSN & community partners @BadSubject & @SIVUofT to launch a new survivors fund soon! Before we do tho we need your response to our survey to help ensure that we best meet the needs of survivors. Plz share bit.ly/SVSSN-NeedsAssessment
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for @BitchMedia, i wrote about feminism, antiblackness, the police, and why we need to stop using one to justify the others. say it with me: the police are not a feminist institution!!
bitchmedia.org/article/what-…
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For the longest time, I've wanted to write something about consent and children, and how our sole focus on teaching a child consent (and consent related to that child) is missing the real target -- how parents consent to touch.
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For anyone confused as to what to do right now, I made an infographic of the steps I personally took to bring Regis Korchinski-Paquet's death into the light. Hope this helps #JusticeForRegis #SayHerName #BlackLivesMatter
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How do our ideas about masculinity impact our body image and self-worth?
Join us tomorrow night as we discuss masculinity & body image!
Register on Eventbrite.
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#bodyimage #BodyPositivity #selflove #selfworth #masculinities #health #mentalhealth
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Delete your liberal & NPIC language
❌ high-risk populations
✔ high-risk conditions
❌vulnerable communities
✔ communities made vulnerable
❌marginalized
✔ oppressed & repressed
❌poverty
✔ manufactured poverty
❌scarce public resources
✔enforced austerity
#COVID19
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Question for people who TEACH #BystanderIntervention (on campuses, etc)
Would you be interested in taking my (free) "Bystander Intervention 2.0" workshop if I taught it on Zoom?
It's about how to make BI approaches to sexual violence prevention less racist, & better.
*please RT*
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Today, we are calling on people across Canada to urge Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair to release federal prisoners to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Use the hashtags: #WhereIsBlair #DontKillBill #CleanOutPrisons and #ReleaseSavesLives.
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A THREAD: In past days, Canadian politicians and media have invoked the spectre of “outside agitators” to infantilize and dismiss Indigenous peoples’ protests, and undermine the vital work of solidarity. It’s a racist myth deployed frequently in Canada's history. Some examples...
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The #HamOnt public school board says it paused a black youth mentorship program because it has concerns about an HCCI report. Students who participate in the program marched in protest
cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/…
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"...a treatment centre in #GrassyNarrows would save lives, [22-year-old Darwin Fobister] says."
@JustinTrudeau
@AndrewScheer
@ElizabethMay
Will you listen and commit to $89 million to build and operate the Mercury Home?
#JusticeforGrassyNarrows
beta.theglobeandmail.com/can…
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📢 Preparation for season two is underway, but I need your help to make it happen! Amplify boys’ voices and support a positive change in our culture of masculinity with a micro-donation on @Patreon. patreon.com/boypodcast P.S. If you can’t donate RT. 🙂
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Language is amazing! 🙌 Being able to put language to feelings can help people find community & feel empowered 💕💪
What do you do when someone shares their identity with you? 💭 Thank them and take the time to learn about it! 💛
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Suggestions? Reporter asked me websites for teens to learn about sex & parents to learn about sex positive parenting. I said:
(1) scarleteen.com/ @Scarleteen
(2) bedsider.org/ @bedsider
(3) teaandintimacy.com/ @sexposparenting
what else do you suggest?