The Real Privilege of Healthcare in Canada

I went to visit a friend today. They’ve been in a very bad place mentally, and I felt I needed to visit, bring them food, medication, make sure they were stable enough to be left alone, as they attempted to take their own life recently. I know someone will say “Why not take said friend to a Hospital? Or call the Police and do a wellness check?” Well, I didn’t feel safe to. You see, my friend is Native, First Nations. Calling the police is as likely to kill them as to save them.

In Quarantine times

I need to self-isolate.

There’s a Pandemic, and I have a chronic illness. That would kill me, and I have to be here for my son.

I need to self-isolate.

People are refusing to wear masks, they “Can’t breathe”, not that that mattered to the unarmed black man who was smothered to death on live video.

I need to self-isolate.

No one else is isolating, no one is masking and I’m told “If you don’t want to get sick, stay home” So my question is, do YOU really want to get sick??

What we taught the Kenosha shooter

It’s been a long month. I’ve had a lot of ideas for writing, but my brains have been too fried by the pandemic to put all my thoughts down in order.

Busting the White Supremacy Lie

The first time I said something racist, I was six, and I didn’t know it was racist.

I said what I said

Some people think we’re too “Left wing” but we have our parents to blame for that, and the shows they let us watch…

Evil Dead II star loses battle with Cancer

The horror world, still reeling from the loss of Joel Schumacher, has just received another fine blow. Evil Dead II star and Sam Raimi alumni, Danny Hicks, lost his short battle with an aggressive stage IV cancer.

Joel Schumacher loses battle with Cancer

Joel Schumacher, director of the vampire hit, “The Lost Boys” has lost his battle with cancer this morning. He was 80.

Dear White People

Settle down. This isn’t about us. This isn’t about our feelings.

We’re here to help uplift our brothers and sisters.  We’re here to amplify voices which feel unheeded.

All I hear are “All lives Matter” and arguments why that should be held as standard.

Well it’s not. It’s not held at standard at all

Police Brutality

Just imagining cops on either side of a hospital entrance with big nets, looking at their watches pic.twitter.com/70jqcqpPLa

— Paul F. Tompkins (@PFTompkins) June 6, 2020

I’d like to know how the NYPD (I’m assuming this is NYPD) is going to explain this. Rationalize arresting a nurse coming off shift.  Did she have a scalpel? Were you threatened with a non-consensual enema? I mean, I know we nurses can be intimidating but handcuffs seem a bit extreme.  Unless you’re looking to woo this frontline worker, (that last week were touted as ‘heroes’)  then I can confidently tell you, you are going about it exactly the wrong way.

Anyone still defending the police at this point? Anyone?

So you think “All lives matter”?

I have some bad news for you, snowflake. Not all lives matter. You know what lives matter? And the government has made it crystal clear…