Yasmin Afshar

reluctant planner, writer, dive bar(,) lover

[Elamin Abdelmahmoud @elamin88]

if you’re in bed stay in bed

[Yasmin Afshar @yasminxafshar]

@emmmzzzzzz is it?????

[2000s @PopCulture2000s]

mood

[Yasmin Afshar @yasminxafshar]

this is the buddy’s rendezvous of beers

[Dr. Lorri Neilsen Glenn 🇨🇦 @neilsenglenn]

The top two feature articles in ⁦@thismagazine⁩ this month: two graduates from ⁦@kings_mfa⁩ creative nonfiction program ⁦@ukings⁩ ⁦@countrygillian⁩ ⁦@DeanJobb⁩ ⁦@kimpittaway⁩ ⁦@CNFCollective⁩ #CNF #writers

[401 Richmond St. W. @401Richmond]

#401Community #IndependentPublication

[Yasmin Afshar @yasminxafshar]

@CuriousLana this made my day, thanks for reading / sharing 💖 i’m counting down the days until your next one!

[Lana Hall @CuriousLana]

"I woke up to birdsong, which grew louder in the silent streets of that time." A striking piece in This Magazine from my friend @yasminxafshar about urban loneliness and what we lose when we move on from that conversation as the pandemic subsides: https://t.co/VYYmQRgaar

[Yasmin Afshar @yasminxafshar]

@est1995female love you len

[Yasmin Afshar @yasminxafshar]

thanks to @thismagazine, valerie howes, and @nerdygirly for the opportunity. and so grateful for those who sat down to chat with me / took time to write to me for the piece. the conversations were truly the best part.

[Yasmin Afshar @yasminxafshar]

hey look, my first feature! on a topic i’ve been absorbed in for the past two years through my mfa, and now out in the world just as i’m heading to graduation… all the feels. give it a read, would ya? 🫶

[This Magazine @thismagazine]

Yasmin Afshar discusses how the loneliness epidemic started long before COVID and how we can start to fight it. Read more here: https://t.co/8LYSyJicEW

#thismag #thismagazine #loneliness #lonelinessepidemic #pandemic #community #connection #connectionsmatter

[Yasmin Afshar @yasminxafshar]

@neilsenglenn it’s out! amazing. thanks lorri :) hope to see you at encaenia next week?

[Yasmin Afshar @yasminxafshar]

contrary to popular belief, it can be fun and joyful and inspiring to talk about grief! at least that’s how i felt when i sat down with the folks at @space_for_grief to discuss their new exhibit. check them out and read more here.

[Spacing @Spacing]

How do we create public spaces for grief in the modern city? A new exhibition at the @torontolibrary Reference library, @space_for_grief, explores this question. @yasminxafshar tells the story. https://t.co/jcdBsfLVms

[Jeff Weiss @Passionweiss]

I went to the Coachella TikTok Symposium and Influencer Heptathlon and all I got was this essay about Frank Ocean, the death of youth, the rise of the algorithm, and the terrifying next age of the machine. https://t.co/5mqg5zh4R5

[Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic]

Toronto planning policy: Destroying everything good about the city. https://t.co/oXlScNqMZq

[Yasmin Afshar @yasminxafshar]

“Homes and buildings and cities are not simply asset classes (much as some would have us believe that) they are instead, living history and the dead do not fade away.”

a beautiful essay on your next must-read by @AFSulli

[Jon @TheLitCritGuy]

NEW WRITING: "My old house tried to kill me" -- a reflection on @AFSulli's superb new horror novel, The Marigold.

https://t.co/OqIQQTTYQG

[John Lorinc @JohnLorinc]

#topoli #onpoli And while you’re here, please sign up for a @spacing subscription for the fantastic price of just $26/yr. Deets here: https://t.co/Gf9DNFGAMV

[Yasmin Afshar @yasminxafshar]

big thank you to @dylan_reid for helping me strengthen the narrative, and @RobinMazumder @rmehdipa for their insights on how we can consider and plan for our emotional landscapes through city-building endeavours

[Yasmin Afshar @yasminxafshar]

catch me talking about my feelings and how cities should care for them in the latest issue of @Spacing

[Spacing @Spacing]

Front of mag features include @yasminxafshar on incomplete communities, @Ian_Darragh on community shaping a park, @SarahBHood on buildings that moved, and a column and extract from @JohnLorinc new book on smart cities. Bookended by @shawnmicallef walking Eglinton in 9 parts.