Reposted by Elizabeth FixRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 156164795559
Elizabeth Fix @elizabethfix.bsky.social · 29/08/2026We can identify the most blatant versions of gender stereotyping, yet we keep finding cuter and more socially acceptable ways to reintroduce the same ideas…they have a frustrating habit of getting a makeover and bounding back louder and uglier than ever. www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...theglobeandmail.comBoy moms and girl dads, let’s be done with gendered parenting labelsBeneath the cute TikToks are old ideas about families that we really should have outgrown by now 000
Elizabeth Fix @elizabethfix.bsky.social · 22/08/2026“Sometimes I imagine seeing me, as I am now, through my 20-year-old eyes. Who is this sagging hydrant I’ve become? He’s almost but not quite unrecognizable: He is who I became, and I am who he became“ www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...theglobeandmail.comOpinion: As I enter my 70s, my vanity will be the last thing to goIt’s difficult to admit that I am indeed changing with age 000
Reposted by Elizabeth FixAndré Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Does drug decriminalization deserve another kick at the can? Enforcement is crucial to Portugal’s decriminalization success, a new study finds — yet their role of police is largely ignored in North America, by Alexandra Keeler www.canadianaffairs.news/2026/06/09/d... via @cdnaffairs.bsky.socialcanadianaffairs.newsDoes drug decriminalization deserve another kick at the can?Police are crucial to Portugal's decriminalization success, a new study finds — yet their role is largely ignored in North America 098
Elizabeth Fix @elizabethfix.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Alberta just passed a bill that appointed library inspectors. These would be provincial inspectors into public libraries. thewalrus.ca/book-bans-ar...thewalrus.caBook Bans Are Surging in an Increasingly Digital Age | The WalrusWhy children reading scares a lot of people 141
Elizabeth Fix @elizabethfix.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Beautiful piece by Ian M. Brown about mid-life: “Our compressed years don’t look like a crisis. They look like an arrival.” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...theglobeandmail.comOpinion: Midlife isn’t a crisis, it’s a compressionLike the narrow rings of a tree during lean years, this dense period of life is more about perseverance than expansion 020
Elizabeth Fix @elizabethfix.bsky.social · 20/04/2026“This is precisely the time in their lives where they should be allowed to toy with ideas, to ask hard questions and this shouldn’t result in ostracism or punishment,” Prof. Garner said. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...theglobeandmail.comIn the midst of ‘cancel culture,’ universities create ways to encourage uncomfortable debateSome academics and administrators worry that students are no longer able to freely express the broadest range of thought 010
Elizabeth Fix @elizabethfix.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Where much of the world relies on people, favours, and knowing someone who knows someone, Finns rely on institutions. Things work. Public services work. Hospitals work….There’s an unspoken social contract that mostly holds. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...theglobeandmail.comOpinion: In Finland, the secret to finding happiness is to not tryWhen I visited the country during its dark and cold winter, I learned why its been the global leader in contentment for years 021
Elizabeth Fix @elizabethfix.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Across Canada, women make up around 31% of all elected officials in municipalities, while only 22% of mayors are women, according to a 2023 report published by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. globalnews.ca/news/1172154...globalnews.ca‘Outright degrading’: Regina councillor speaks out on treatment in municipal politics | Globalnews.caRegina city councillor Sarah Turnbull says she has been experiencing degrading comments ever since stepping into her role that have become commonplace for her. 011
Reposted by Elizabeth FixCanadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Moon Walk Wilf Perreault 2020 237293
Elizabeth Fix @elizabethfix.bsky.social · 21/01/2026“Nostalgia is not a strategy, but we believe that from the fracture, we can build something bigger, better, stronger, more just.” 👏 @mark-carney.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=btqH...youtube.comMark Carney's full speech at the World Economic ForumYouTube video by National Post 000
Elizabeth Fix @elizabethfix.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Canada’s investment in education amounts to some 11% of total government expenditure, falling significantly below the UNESCO benchmark of 15-20%. Some provinces’ per-student funding of education has kept pace with inflation, but in AB, SK, NFLD & ON have not. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/f0eb524...theglobeandmail.comViolence in Canadian schools is reaching a tipping point. What needs to change?Underfunding and outdated policies mean students’ needs are being neglected and teachers are stretched thin. The only solution is more boots on the ground 144
Elizabeth Fix @elizabethfix.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Oh wow. This explains a lot… #saskpoli #sask www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti... 020
Reposted by Elizabeth Fixwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Christi Belcourt, contemporary Métis visual artist known for her paintings which depict floral patterns inspired by Métis and First Nations historical beadwork art #womensart 0931182
Elizabeth Fix @elizabethfix.bsky.social · 01/09/2025“When students can’t make a “wrong” choice, in what sense are they being virtuous at all when you’re just forcing them to have these views?” www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article... 010
Elizabeth Fix @elizabethfix.bsky.social · 30/07/2025“Saskatchewan should care about the interests of investors and shareholders. But it should also care about feeding its children, educating its young, caring for its sick, and keeping its people housed.” - Eric Cline in @thewalrus.ca thewalrus.ca/potash-compa...thewalrus.caPotash Companies Are Getting Rich. Saskatchewan, Not So Much | The WalrusBillions go to shareholders, while the province guts schools, services, and social supports 032
Elizabeth Fix @elizabethfix.bsky.social · 27/04/2025“The more clearly I saw my fears, the more I noticed a strange irony: I feared what I wanted most.” - Suleika Jaouad www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/w...nytimes.comWhat Facing Cancer Taught Me About Fear (Gift Article)There’s something on the other side. 020
Elizabeth Fix @elizabethfix.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Beautiful piece about aging in @thewalrus “The crone “must become pregnant with herself, at last.”….“She must bear herself, her third self, her old age, with travail and alone.” thewalrus.ca/the-never-en...thewalrus.caThe Never-Ending Scrutiny of Being in an Aging Body | The WalrusWhat is growing old but becoming who you are? 000
Elizabeth Fix @elizabethfix.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Just finishing up the Manawaka Sequence Series with “The Diviners”. And wow, does Margaret Laurence’s writing still resonate today. 030