Dr. BWS

Abstract artist*, PhD, and feminist single mom to 3 boys. She/her.

*All art sales fund support meetings & farming project run by/for youth in northern Uganda

[Dr. BWS @dr_bws]

My article is out!
"The figure of the abducted Acholi girl: Nation-building, gender, and children born into the LRA in Uganda"

Abstract: ..this article examines the gendered construction of the national imagery of the war... (1/2)
https://t.co/KcYOVcfJQr @jmodafstudies #lra

[Dr. BWS @dr_bws]

@jobitek 😊

[Dr. BWS @dr_bws]

It's live! A feature all about my art practice and the everyday things that inspire me.

It's in today's Vancouver Guardian:
https://t.co/o9nOdiZK6i

[Dr. BWS @dr_bws]

I've read it all, sat with it all, and it's just so good ❤️

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s safer to NOT have them.

Via @StreetsblogUSA https://t.co/vTLLMEQiYe

[Dr. BWS @dr_bws]

@WhatTheADHD Drawing lines 🤪 Seriously can't stop!

[Dr. BWS @dr_bws]

I'm so honoured to be part of this important publication!
Thank you to the editors for all your work to make this book happen @Kiconcoa @joelquirk @anniebunting

[annie bunting @anniebunting]

Research as More Than Extraction https://t.co/9U4A8nyPPb
It is coming…started @CSiWproject workshop @WitsUniversity w co-conspirators @Kiconcoa @joelquirk & authors @sylviebodineau @Otim_Patrick @philipp_schulz1 @atimapunyo @dr_bws @drpc_nig @farouq2015 @YUResearch @SSHRC_CRSH

[Dr. BWS @dr_bws]

@scimarta @British_Airways @yvrairport Hi. Your flight says it's still going on time. My flight for 12:35pm was cancelled and I was notified at 6am. https://t.co/0hvPSzyRqm Hopefully they'll give you warning

[allAfrica.com @allafrica]

Nigeria's Chibok Girls Remembered in New Art Exhibition https://t.co/oRoNttJXQm #Nigeria

[Brandi Morin @Songstress28]

Cambria Harris speaks to media in Ottawa this morn-she’s daughter of Morgan Harris, taken by the serial killer in Winnipeg who murdered 4 Indigenous women.
‘Police have failed us time & time again…your government started this genocide. Now it’s your turn 2 help us end it’

[Dr. BWS @dr_bws]

@ProfessaJay That's nuts!! Thank you for sharing. A fellow PhD here who voted in Georgia from abroad. It took me hours to figure out how to properly complete the ballot and mail-in voting form and all the steps. It was so confusing.

[Dr. BWS @dr_bws]

@gravityripple @AstroKatie @the_transit_guy I remember that in Vancouver BC public transit was free on the last federal election day

[Vancouver Writers Fest @VanWritersFest]

Poet & scholar @jobitek joins us at #VWF2022 with A is for Acholi, her sweeping new poetry collection from @wolsakandwynn. Her previous collection, 100 Days, was nominated for several prizes and won the IndieFab Book of the Year Award & Glenna Lushei Prize for African Poetry.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

To pay tribute to all the enslaved people buried in cemeteries with no name, artist Craig Walsh put a face in the trees to honor their souls in an installation in Charlotte, North Carolina, called "Monuments" [read more: https://t.co/eNvkocjub7]

[Marina Amaral @marinamaral2]

(If you like this one, please share it!) Colorized by me: African American boys on Easter morning. Southside, Chicago, Illinois. April 1941.

📸 Original by Russell Lee.

[Dr. BWS @dr_bws]

@awesomebrandi My psychiatrist prefers to call it attention disregulation disorder, which I think reflects the reality of it so much better.

[Dr. BWS @dr_bws]

@profhistorygeek Our morkiepoo is pretty awesome - super smart, quiet, chill but playful, and ridiculously cute! 9lbs, Maltese + Yorkie + poodle

[University of British Columbia @UBC]

Metro Vancouver mayors are proposing a transit plan that includes important regional projects like SkyTrain to UBC. Tell TransLink you support this plan and that it’s time to build SkyTrain to UBC.

[John Hale @JohnHaleCrimLaw]

A thread...

Having just completed my 5th and 6th circuit courts in the NWT since I started coming here in 2018, something is sinking in: I seriously whether we are "bringing justice" to remote Indigenous communities, or if we are imposing justice or even inflicting justice. /2

[Kelly Welles @kelly_welles]

To commemorate #InternationalWomensDay, some of my favourite pics of women being badasses. First up, Saffiyah Khan.