Mandy Pipher

King Lear apologist; serif enthusiast; wee word-warrior. Read my work at:

[Mandy Pipher @MandyontheMoon]

@MathStudio_Usha ☺️

[Mandy Pipher @MandyontheMoon]

p.s. I wrote this. In print today too.

[Mandy Pipher @MandyontheMoon]

Tell me I’m not the only one who cries over polling stations?

https://t.co/Cgztw7uJMS

[Mandy Pipher @MandyontheMoon]

@MathStudio_Usha totally get it. Release the guilt! She’ll be fine — great, probably. There are always a million things for moms to feel they have to be guilty about…best to try getting in the habit of shaking it off early, I say!

[Mandy Pipher @MandyontheMoon]

@MathStudio_Usha Ugh I remember this phase 😣 But, unhelpfully, not when it ended, just that it did. Also fwiw I didn’t do it on a regular schedule or nearly as much as I was ‘supposed to’ (due to hating her hating it and being too wiped for the extra emotional exhaustion) & she developed great.

[Chloe Brown @chloebrown4TO]

Continue to see public land as your own, hold your councillors to account, check on your neighbours, organize with your neighbours. Demand transparency&hold your new government accountable. Thank you to everyone who understood the intent of this campaign, love for the people❤️✨

[Evy Kwong @EVYSTADIUM]

it's costing an extra $13 million for this toronto mayoral by-election so please go out today and vote. remember that workers are entitled for time off to do so. our city can be so much kinder to those in need if we have empathetic leadership. let's get it:https://t.co/1R5epNxEQ4

[Mandy Pipher @MandyontheMoon]

@SimonLewsen Agreed. But you’ve gotta admit it’s a good omelette metaphor.

[Mandy Pipher @MandyontheMoon]

…more outspoken end of the Canadian spectrum, and, like ants, the general rule with inadvertently biased comments is that for every one you see there are at best hundreds more that go unseen, I’m making noise here too. #torontoelection #TorontoVotes #cityoftoronto #GenderBias

[Mandy Pipher @MandyontheMoon]

Fun example 2day of language gender bias in the political process: when the election official gave me my #torontoelection ballot he instructed me to ‘choose one candidate & fill in the circle by his name’ @cityoftoronto maybe step up the anti-bias training 4 election workers hmm?

[Mandy Pipher @MandyontheMoon]

I responded ‘or her’ and said it was probably pretty important that he not imply anything about what type of person to vote for & since it wasn’t clear he got the memo, also told the person in charge of the polling stn (who was great—very responsive). But since I’m on the…

[Mandy Pipher @MandyontheMoon]

@RebeccaTee Thank you yes this has been bothering me all day

[Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi @birgitomo]

Y'all who just voted for another Doug Ford term better not come to our ERs yelling at nurses for extra long wait times in the hallway while having a heart attack. You had the opportunity to vote for change but you chose four more years of sorrow. I'm so disappointed. A sad day!

[Mandy Pipher @MandyontheMoon]

#tbt to when I was 15 and cried on the floor of my room when Mike Harris got re-elected with a second majority government

[Mandy Pipher @MandyontheMoon]

…and yes I came back on Twitter after seven months just to post this. See you again in October

[Mandy Pipher @MandyontheMoon]

#at13 I created an alphabetized and indexed filing system for the piles of porny x-files fanfic I was printing off some rando Geocities site when I thought my mom wasn’t watching.
(she was).

[Mandy Pipher @MandyontheMoon]

@AdamCF @goldsbie oh my god. I’ve been off social media while on mat leave and just saw this. Absolutely did not give consent for my photo to be used on any article except my own — and am especially horrified that it was used alongside this one. Writing to my editor now. 🙏 for heads up @AdamCF

[Mandy Pipher @MandyontheMoon]

the 'research' bits are too real

[derek mitchell @derekscottmitch]

Creative ways to tell people you’re anti-vax, part 2

[Mandy Pipher @MandyontheMoon]

🤣🤣🤣
perfect.

[derek mitchell @derekscottmitch]

The wife of bath explains gender performativity

[AlexisMcDonell @curiouskindie]

@MathStudio_Usha @MandyontheMoon @TorontoStar It was a great article. Thank you for sharing your experience. I had a miscarriage at 9 weeks and it was a very scary and lonely experience - basically told to go home and deal with it on my own. I truly feel for you and am glad you are raising awareness about this issue.