🇨🇦 Janet Somerville
@janetsomerville.bsky.social
#Gellhorn enthusiast. Dog lover. Anti-fascist. Writer for hire. HOW MIDSUMMER NIGHT (2024) YOURS, FOR PROBABLY ALWAYS: MARTHA GELLHORN'S LETTERS OF LOVE & WAR (2019) Contributor to Toronto Star #book pages. https://janetsomervillewriter.com
Someone should cast Sophie Okonedo and Gillian Anderson in a toxic sapphic drama immediately.
Saeed Jones@theferocity.bsky.social · 21h agoI’ve made it to season three and it just needs to be said: God protect Sophie Okonedo and that NAAAAAAASTY bob (complimentary). #SlowHorses
If you can ever binge some McMillan and Wife reruns, they're so much 70s fun.
Will McKinley@willmckinley.bsky.social · yesterdayFarewell to Susan Saint James (1946-2026) who brought warmth and wit to everything she did. Here she is in a scene from McMILLAN AND WIFE. She and Rock Hudson had such sweet, sexy, adorable chemistry.
From early drafts to the finished novel: we’re so excited to share that the archive of A S Byatt is joining the British Library collection 📚 Read all about it here in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/books/2026/o...
‘I know I can do anything’: new archive of AS Byatt’s papers looks inside the writer’s extraordinary mind
The Booker-wining author of Possession was known for her voracious research. Now, 68 boxes of her notebooks, letters and diaries acquired by the British Library reveal how she assembled the raw materi...
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Guy whose Harvard admissions essay was just the words "Robert F. Kennedy, Jr." shares views on comparative cultural accomplishments.
Abdul El-Sayed talks about Bill Clinton and President Obama. He wanted to be a surgeon but got inspired for a different path. #VoteBlue 🌊
Nobody knows anything about politics. It’s true. Wild.
Mississauga just ushered in a historic, long overdue generational shift. Alvin Tedjo skipped the political games and spent the campaign meeting people where they are: cafes, restaurants, community spaces Now he’s the first racialized mayor of Canada’s 6th largest city. www.cp24.com/news/2026/10...
Alvin Tedjo beats out Parrish and Crombie to become new mayor of Mississauga
It appears that Alvin Tedjo will be Mississauga’s new mayor following a tough-fought race in which he beat out two women who previously held the job. With 135 of 181 polls reporting, the CP24-CTV Elec...
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My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.
Elizabeth McCracken's connected short stories chronicle a family's encounters with their eldest son's girlfriend and eventual wife. This slim collection is so engaging, you may want to read it twice. n.pr/4eWoyGn
These 'Seven Stories About Tammy' add up to one brilliant piece of writing
Elizabeth McCracken's connected short stories chronicle a family's encounters with their eldest son's girlfriend and eventual wife. This slim collection is so engaging, you may want to read it twice.
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So much to say about Brazil, not least of which is the role that Erika Hilton, a Black trans leader and most voted woman politician in Brazil, played in mobilizing folks for Lula. She was behind the critical, concrete, economic promise of shorter work-week. theprint.in/feature/erik...
Who is Erika Hilton? Black trans politician was one of Lula’s loudest campaigners
Erika Hilton’s electoral triumph comes amid a hostile environment. Brazil has the highest number of reported murders of transgender people in the world, with 80 recorded in 2025.
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Karen K. Ho@karenho.bsky.social · 2d agoI have an Envomask reusable respirator I don't use anymore and dozens of sealed replacement filters I bought in 2021. I wonder sometimes if I should sell it online or find someone immunocompromised in Toronto who could use it.
All I will say is that this is not a time for Muslims in the U.S. to cower and shrink. Take up space. Be loud. These racist Motherfuckers should not have the loudest megaphone.
In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.
Another fascist is rejected BY THE PEOPLE. Bravo, #Brazil! 🇧🇷
Election Day should be a federal holiday. In my opinion, the day after the election should also be a holiday. I am altering my class plan so that I can be flexible. If you're a decisionmaker and it's feasible, consider NOT scheduling early morning meetings the day after the election. In 2024...
Why isn’t that orange sausage casing not dead yet?
Toronto, we must not elect that grifting Ford toadie. Re-elect Olivia Chow. #Vote
Just a periodic, friendly reminder that we could actually avoid all this by not caring who’s attracted to, who’s having sex with who, who’s marrying who, let alone believing any of it should matter in public policy. We could just all mind our own business and all have rights. ✨
Boston University’s Creative Writing Program & English Department is hiring a senior poet, at the rank of tenured Full Professor. 📢📢📢
Professor of Modern and Contemporary Poetry - Boston, Massachusetts (US) job with Boston University | 38052980
Boston University invites applications for a faculty position at the rank of Professor in the CAS English Department and Creative Writing Program (...
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