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Brenda Cossman

@bcossman.bsky.social
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Law Professor at Jackman Faculty of Law. U of T. Feminist, queer, progressive type. Known to rant and rave.

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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I started with #Yesteryear. Naturally, I ended with what happens to #tradwives when their marriages fail. #lawsky
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Tradwives, Awful Women and Law
When the tradwife fantasy meets reality,
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I didn’t expect Little House on the Prairie and the Odyssey to be in the same essay. But here we are. Turns out they both became arguments about women. open.substack.com/pub/brendaco...
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What Laura Ingalls Wilder Has to Do with Homer
How Netflix expands its women while Nolan narrows them [Today’s legal content: none]
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Meditations on The Invite and law’s anxiety over non monogamy open.substack.com/pub/brendaco...
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The Law Prefers Couples
How Canadian Law Loses its Mind When Relationships Stop Coming in Twos
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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The Supreme Court Got it Exactly Right. And that's Going to be a Problem.
A landmark victory on intimate partner violence. A broken justice system.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 14/07/2026
In Washington state, a proposed bill threatens to force all girls, but not boys, to undergo invasive, medically unnecessary genital inspections or hormone tests to play sports with their friends. Policies that seek to exclude transgender youth end up putting all youth at risk.
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Anti-Trans Legislation Isn't About "Protecting Girls"—It's About Distracting Us From What Matters
Megan Rapinoe pens an op-ed for Marie Claire about anti-trans legislation in sports.
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Just posted! Unpacking my recent CBC Radio interview on why Elle Woods is a legal icon 🎬🎀 The legal system tries to police authenticity, but Legally Blonde reminds us that the best legal minds don't conform—they break the mold. Read the new piece here: brendacossman.substack.com
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Brenda Cossman | Substack
Law Professor at the University of Toronto. Analyzing how the legal system shapes sex, gender, and intimate relationships. Click to read Brenda Cossman on Substack. Launched 27 minutes ago.
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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Welcome to Law is Some Tricky Shit
A law professor’s take on how the legal system shapes sex, gender, and intimate relationships.
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Late to the party but I’ve started a substack Brendacossman.substack.com
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Of course they did…. #endofrights #ussc
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
So who’s watching the last Colbert show? #colbert #iconic #cbssucks #cbs
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Even my cat was riveted #nasa #artemis
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Welcome home #artemis. thank you #nasa for making smart cool again. And for bringing us hope
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Geoffrey Propheter @gpropheter.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
NASA sounds like cell phone customer service. NASA: “Just to confirm you are pressing the PTT (push to talk) button?” Astronaut inside voice: “Really? I just came back from the f’ing moon and you’re asking me if I’m pressing the walkie talkie button?” Astronaut outside voice: “Yes.”
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
There is some irony that #Artemis could communicate from a million miles away but not to the boats right outside their door :)
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
SPLASHDOWN!!! Three cheers for science, engineering, research, curiosity, cooperation. Look what the fuck we can do when we ask big questions, work together, and fund our scientists. Congratulations, NASA. Congratulations, humanity!
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Thanks #NASA and the astronauts for making smart cool again #artemisII
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
You can see pretty clearly when the President decided to reassure a worried nation.
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Don’t get me wrong. I think Noem & Bondi belong behind bars, not in cabinet. But isn’t it interesting that’s it’s only the women who are getting fired…
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
On the left: Trump tells Axios U.S. military action could end quickly and then resume if Iran starts rebuilding it nuclear and missile programs On the right: Trump tells Washington Post, U.S. military action is about freedom for the Iranian people/regime change
"I can go long and take over the whole thing, or end it in two or three days and tell the Iranians: 'See you again in a few years if you start rebuilding [your nuclear and missile programs]," Trump said in a five-minute phone interview from Mar-a-Lago.“All I want is freedom for the people,” Trump said in a brief phone interview shortly after 4 a.m., when asked what he hopes his legacy will be as a result of the military action and a push for regime change in Iran.
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
And all of Canada screamed Noooooo when we heard Cosby wasn’t playing #canada #hockey #gold
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✶ MarcusD ✶ @marcusd.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Full Bad Bunny speech
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Billie Eilish wearing #iceout button. ‘No one is illegal on stolen land’ #grammy
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Carole King wearing an #iceout button in stage at #grammy
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
A reminder that Bad Bunny performs in front of the biggest audience on earth in seven days
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Bad Bunny at the Grammys: "Before I say thanks to God, I want to say ICE out. We're not savage, we're not animals, we're not aliens, we are humans, and we are Americans."
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
#grammies going full political #ICEout #badbunny
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Big little gestures #greenland #canada #neilyoung
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Neil Young gifts Greenland free access to music catalogue | CBC News
Neil Young announced Tuesday on his blog that he is providing free access to his entire music catalogue to residents of Denmark's semiautonomous territory, whose futures have lately become a point of ...
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
NRA blames "radical progressive politicians" for shooting. Ya, it's never the guns. Nor the ICE murderers. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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Gun Activists Bridle at Suggestion That Pistol Justified Killing
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
More fascism in real time …
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
But facts no longer matter … #fascism #executions
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
So I guess the second amendment doesnt apply to liberals. We knew that free speech & freedom of assembly didn’t… #fascism #ICE #murder
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Where is the NRA? #rhetoricalquestion #ice #murder
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Cold. Blooded. Murder . #ICE #fascism
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Dont f**k with Wine Moms.....
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Insurrection Act? Yep, also on my bingo card… #trump #authoritarianism #bingocard
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Live Updates: Trump Threatens Insurrection Act to Quash Minneapolis Protests
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
‘When you think about it, we shouldn’t even have an election’ Yes, that is on my bingo card … #trump #authoritarianism
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Charlie Thomas @cthomasjamh.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
I dont think…. Not sure. #trump #antisemitism
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‘I Don’t Think We Like Them’: Trump Says MAGA Has No Room for Antisemites
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
So protests in Iran = good, but protest in US = bad. Just trying to keep up. #trump #iran #minnesota
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
At least we know where he stands on the rule of law
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Pierre Polievre welcomes US illegal military action in Venezuela, which btw, is a flagrant violation of US constitutional & international law. #polievre #venezuela #ruleoflaw
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
America first? Peace through strength? #hegseth goes full Orwellian #venezuela
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
I guess those 128 homicides in DC don’t count… #trump #Venezuela
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
We all need to up our bingo cards for 2026. #2026 #trump
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Rep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 20/11/2025
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution. In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Why is Trump's threat not the headline to the NYT? #rhetoricalquestion #Trump
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Trump’s threats amount to calls for ‘execution of elected officials’, says Chuck Schumer – US politics live
Democrat Senate minority leader says president’s remarks are ‘outright threat’ as other leading Democrats warn ‘political violence has no place in America’
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
No way those files are not being destroyed and redacted…
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Arent the released Epstein files just going to be edited with a sharpie?
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Brenda Cossman @bcossman.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Executive order coming to target & silence critics/liberals. My American friends. What are you doing and how can we help? #speech #kimmel
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