A Bitchy-ish Newsletter
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Praise be that it’s no longer spooky season or pumpkin spice season (I said what I said) and that we’re on the cusp of cozy season or snuggly season (whoa, remember Snuggies?).
Today’s also Black Friday, which means that, for some godforsaken reason, email marketers are sending emails about “celebrating” a made-up day to support capitalism that isn’t even 1) a holiday or 2) festive. In fact, historically people have died trying to fulfill their capitalist impulses.
The holidays are coming up (literally Hannaukah starts on Sunday), so why not give the give that keeps on giving: a subscription to us!
We have a really great interview lined up to kick off our holiday break, but it’ll only be available to paid subscribers, so make sure you’ve got yours!
Worth a Share
The US Justice Department is suing everyone’s favourite ride-hailing service, Uber, saying that its wait fees discriminate against the disabled. They’re not wrong.
Paid sick leave is coming to BC in January 2022 and Premier John Horgan is thankful—yet again—that he called that pandemic election when he did. Though, residents of other provinces can’t really criticize too much seeing as how no other province has paid sick leave. Perspective, context, and all that jazz.
Check out this Indigenous softball team from the Yucatan Peninsula! They play barefoot and wear traditional dresses!
Athletes don’t have pregnancy protection, which means they could be in breach of various contracts and don’t have parental leave.
In the Media
Erica wrote about the Liberals’ plan to address online arms.
She also wrote about the dereliction of duty at COP26.
And of course, Erica also asked the existential #cdnpoli question of our time: why the NDP?
Erica spoke with CBC News Night’s Aarti Pole about the Speech from the Throne.
Erica also joined Toronto Today to discuss the verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.
Erin profiled Simon Fraser University’s first female football player and starting kicker, Kristie Elliott.
Erin also wrote about Kendall Roy’s white woke male mediocrity for Harper’s Bazaar.
Just a reminder that Misogynist of the Week is back! If you’ve been looking in your inboxes, it’s not there! It’s actually on the free feed, available wherever you get your podcasts.