Julie S. Lalonde
@julieslalonde.bsky.social
6x award-winning feminist buzzkill.
Franco-ontarienne du nord de l'Ontario.
🏳️🌈 Femme.
I teach community care for a living and wrote a book about why resilience is futile, babyyyy ✌🏻
Actually fun™️
📍Ottawa, Canada
YellowManteau.com
Franco-ontarienne du nord de l'Ontario.
🏳️🌈 Femme.
I teach community care for a living and wrote a book about why resilience is futile, babyyyy ✌🏻
Actually fun™️
📍Ottawa, Canada
YellowManteau.com
Pinned
Lots of new folks here! 👋
I've spent 20+ years working as a violence prevention educator.
- Find my free bystander intervention webinars here : linktr.ee/JulieSLalonde
- Hire me for trainings : yellowmanteau.com
- My memoir "Resilience is Futile" is available globally wherever books are sold✌️
I've spent 20+ years working as a violence prevention educator.
- Find my free bystander intervention webinars here : linktr.ee/JulieSLalonde
- Hire me for trainings : yellowmanteau.com
- My memoir "Resilience is Futile" is available globally wherever books are sold✌️
Guess what Bill C-16 includes?
Don't let them tell you it can't be done. Man oh man, I'm in absolute shock right now, frankly.
Don't let them tell you it can't be done. Man oh man, I'm in absolute shock right now, frankly.
December 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Guess what Bill C-16 includes?
Don't let them tell you it can't be done. Man oh man, I'm in absolute shock right now, frankly.
Don't let them tell you it can't be done. Man oh man, I'm in absolute shock right now, frankly.
And here we go.
The government has announced their legislative plans to "overhaul the Criminal Code to protect victims and keep kids safe from predators."
The government has announced their legislative plans to "overhaul the Criminal Code to protect victims and keep kids safe from predators."
Canada overhauls Criminal Code to protect victims and keep kids safe from predators
One of the most consequential updates to Canada’s Criminal Code in generations to confront modern threats and better protect victims and survivors
www.canada.ca
December 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
And here we go.
The government has announced their legislative plans to "overhaul the Criminal Code to protect victims and keep kids safe from predators."
The government has announced their legislative plans to "overhaul the Criminal Code to protect victims and keep kids safe from predators."
I'd love to know your favourite vegan cookie recipes!
I'm allergic to dairy but love a sweet treat and am hosting Christmas. I'm all ears to your tried-and-true favourites!
I'm allergic to dairy but love a sweet treat and am hosting Christmas. I'm all ears to your tried-and-true favourites!
December 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I'd love to know your favourite vegan cookie recipes!
I'm allergic to dairy but love a sweet treat and am hosting Christmas. I'm all ears to your tried-and-true favourites!
I'm allergic to dairy but love a sweet treat and am hosting Christmas. I'm all ears to your tried-and-true favourites!
Reposted by Julie S. Lalonde
Councillor Tim Tierney is wrong about ‘Chronic No-Voters’ in his Ottawa Citizen Op/Ed on Saturday.
His opinion would be easier to take seriously if the comments weren’t coming from someone with a 15-year track record of being a reliable yes-man for every budget. 1/21
His opinion would be easier to take seriously if the comments weren’t coming from someone with a 15-year track record of being a reliable yes-man for every budget. 1/21
December 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Councillor Tim Tierney is wrong about ‘Chronic No-Voters’ in his Ottawa Citizen Op/Ed on Saturday.
His opinion would be easier to take seriously if the comments weren’t coming from someone with a 15-year track record of being a reliable yes-man for every budget. 1/21
His opinion would be easier to take seriously if the comments weren’t coming from someone with a 15-year track record of being a reliable yes-man for every budget. 1/21
"There are no more free public spaces!"
Your library is right there.
"I can't afford to subscribe to every media outlet!"
Your library is right there.
"I have to subscribe to corporate streaming or else I can't watch movies or play video games!"
Your library is right there.
Your library is right there.
"I can't afford to subscribe to every media outlet!"
Your library is right there.
"I have to subscribe to corporate streaming or else I can't watch movies or play video games!"
Your library is right there.
And! Your public library most likely offers access to the major newspapers. You can just login & check out the day's stories (or past ones) for free.
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"There are no more free public spaces!"
Your library is right there.
"I can't afford to subscribe to every media outlet!"
Your library is right there.
"I have to subscribe to corporate streaming or else I can't watch movies or play video games!"
Your library is right there.
Your library is right there.
"I can't afford to subscribe to every media outlet!"
Your library is right there.
"I have to subscribe to corporate streaming or else I can't watch movies or play video games!"
Your library is right there.
I had a feminist radio show at CHUO 89.1FM for a decade and it allowed me to interview Egyptian women in the back of cabs, heading to Tahrir Square during the Arab Spring. I got to interview incarcerated women while still behind bars. It allowed me to showcase unsigned artists. It's good shit!
She's not wrong.
Definitely support community and campus radio, as we're about to lose CHUO 89.1 in a few days unless some miracle occurs.
Definitely support community and campus radio, as we're about to lose CHUO 89.1 in a few days unless some miracle occurs.
It is profoundly obnoxious to say "PAYWALLED! 😡" at news articles because even back in the day, you had to pay a kid in a cute hat to get the newspaper.
But also, support the CBC! And community radio! And campus media!
Hell, if it's breaking news, it'll be on CTV, CP24 and Global, too!
But also, support the CBC! And community radio! And campus media!
Hell, if it's breaking news, it'll be on CTV, CP24 and Global, too!
December 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I had a feminist radio show at CHUO 89.1FM for a decade and it allowed me to interview Egyptian women in the back of cabs, heading to Tahrir Square during the Arab Spring. I got to interview incarcerated women while still behind bars. It allowed me to showcase unsigned artists. It's good shit!
It is profoundly obnoxious to say "PAYWALLED! 😡" at news articles because even back in the day, you had to pay a kid in a cute hat to get the newspaper.
But also, support the CBC! And community radio! And campus media!
Hell, if it's breaking news, it'll be on CTV, CP24 and Global, too!
But also, support the CBC! And community radio! And campus media!
Hell, if it's breaking news, it'll be on CTV, CP24 and Global, too!
December 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It is profoundly obnoxious to say "PAYWALLED! 😡" at news articles because even back in the day, you had to pay a kid in a cute hat to get the newspaper.
But also, support the CBC! And community radio! And campus media!
Hell, if it's breaking news, it'll be on CTV, CP24 and Global, too!
But also, support the CBC! And community radio! And campus media!
Hell, if it's breaking news, it'll be on CTV, CP24 and Global, too!
When I testified to this committee in 2024, she asked a leading Qs about whether Trudeau's "soft on crime" bail approach is why my stalker was allowed to terrorize me for 10 years. I had to correct her and say "My stalker was never even arrested, let alone bailed out."
Her bias is so blatant.
Her bias is so blatant.
If you want to talk statistics, Ms Roberts: in Canada it’s Indigenous women who suffer most at the hands of male abusers.
Maybe do your homework before you stigmatize a group you have a personal racist grievance against
Maybe do your homework before you stigmatize a group you have a personal racist grievance against
Conservative MP Anna Roberts pushes racist trope of ‘foreign men terrorizing our women’ during committee focused on antifeminist ideology.
December 9, 2025 at 3:58 AM
When I testified to this committee in 2024, she asked a leading Qs about whether Trudeau's "soft on crime" bail approach is why my stalker was allowed to terrorize me for 10 years. I had to correct her and say "My stalker was never even arrested, let alone bailed out."
Her bias is so blatant.
Her bias is so blatant.
Reposted by Julie S. Lalonde
Edmonton police officer reprimanded for inappropriate texts to sexual assault complainant
Here’s a written version of my TV story from last week with a bit more context. #yeg #Alberta
edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/12/08/e...
Here’s a written version of my TV story from last week with a bit more context. #yeg #Alberta
edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/12/08/e...
Edmonton police officer reprimanded for inappropriate texts to sexual assault complainant
A woman is speaking out after she says an Edmonton police officer hit on her in text messages. The officer was the same one investigating her complaint of a sexual assault. “Is this really happening r...
edmonton.citynews.ca
December 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Edmonton police officer reprimanded for inappropriate texts to sexual assault complainant
Here’s a written version of my TV story from last week with a bit more context. #yeg #Alberta
edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/12/08/e...
Here’s a written version of my TV story from last week with a bit more context. #yeg #Alberta
edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/12/08/e...
Reposted by Julie S. Lalonde
Mark Carney built a reputation on linking economic instability with climate inaction. Now he’s made a deal with the very industries driving the crisis.
This isn't Canadian leadership, it’s cowardice disguised as pragmatism.
My op-ed for the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This isn't Canadian leadership, it’s cowardice disguised as pragmatism.
My op-ed for the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Canada’s environmental ‘realism’ looks more like surrender | Tzeporah Berman
At a time when the UK and other countries are finally taking bold steps for climate, Canada is preparing a new oil pipeline
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Mark Carney built a reputation on linking economic instability with climate inaction. Now he’s made a deal with the very industries driving the crisis.
This isn't Canadian leadership, it’s cowardice disguised as pragmatism.
My op-ed for the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This isn't Canadian leadership, it’s cowardice disguised as pragmatism.
My op-ed for the @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Julie S. Lalonde
Always shocked by people on this site & elsewhere who will @ a working journo or writer, someone whose (in my case) pay hasn't increased in 13 years & who likely live/work precarious lives, with an indignant "paywall" or suggest a non-library workaround cheat. Such raw rudeness, nerve & contempt.
complaining about paywalls when so many journalists are being laid off and there are fewer market incentives to do great reporting and in-depth investigations, data analysis and features is also wild when everyone understands you need to pay for electronics, streaming services, and utilities
December 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Always shocked by people on this site & elsewhere who will @ a working journo or writer, someone whose (in my case) pay hasn't increased in 13 years & who likely live/work precarious lives, with an indignant "paywall" or suggest a non-library workaround cheat. Such raw rudeness, nerve & contempt.
My publisher only publishes social justice focused works. So, if you want to get a copy of my book from a rad place, buy it directly from them now while it's hella on sale!
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⏰ Shop now until December 11, 2025 at 11:59 pm EST: www.btlbooks.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My publisher only publishes social justice focused works. So, if you want to get a copy of my book from a rad place, buy it directly from them now while it's hella on sale!
Reposted by Julie S. Lalonde
Terribly stupid idea that will satisfy faux-populist urges to dunk on public servants while simultaneously making the lives of public servants and the service itself so much worse.
Goofy stuff.
Goofy stuff.
Carney says back-to-office plan for federal civil servants coming soon nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/08/c...
Carney says back-to-office plan for federal civil servants coming soon
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Terribly stupid idea that will satisfy faux-populist urges to dunk on public servants while simultaneously making the lives of public servants and the service itself so much worse.
Goofy stuff.
Goofy stuff.
A lot of you say "Gaslight" when what you mean is Bamboozle.
The result is that we've watered down the real psychological harm of gaslighting and we've underutilized a really fun word to say.
The result is that we've watered down the real psychological harm of gaslighting and we've underutilized a really fun word to say.
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A lot of you say "Gaslight" when what you mean is Bamboozle.
The result is that we've watered down the real psychological harm of gaslighting and we've underutilized a really fun word to say.
The result is that we've watered down the real psychological harm of gaslighting and we've underutilized a really fun word to say.
I teach bystander intervention for a living and trained nearly 30,000 people this year. This is absolutely a growing phenomenon and there's already some academic, peer reviewed research to back up how widespread incivility has become.
TLDR: People forget they live in a society.
TLDR: People forget they live in a society.
I encounter people who seem to have lost touch with the concept of being a physical presence in a three dimensional space. Their body being present in, say, a doorway, while they stare at their phone cannot occur to them. Everyone is now the only human who exists. Seems bad.
Can't remember if it was this bad before COVID but I'm seeing an alarming spreading of what I'll call Airport Behavior to other public places. Obliviousness to other people's existence, ineptitude at navigating the environment. "Is this your first time at the grocery store" type stuff
December 8, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I teach bystander intervention for a living and trained nearly 30,000 people this year. This is absolutely a growing phenomenon and there's already some academic, peer reviewed research to back up how widespread incivility has become.
TLDR: People forget they live in a society.
TLDR: People forget they live in a society.
I feel like I have to say this twice a day on this app and it's getting real goddamn tiring.
'You shouldn't criticize Mark Carney because that's how you get Pierre Poilievre' is...exactly how you get Pierre Poilievre.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
December 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I feel like I have to say this twice a day on this app and it's getting real goddamn tiring.
Reposted by Julie S. Lalonde
Conservatives would very much like for Canada to become a bigtime arms dealer.
Canada can become a global leader in defence manufacturing, and we’re taking action to help companies scale up.
That means thousands of new career opportunities making the defence equipment that keeps Canadians and our allies safe.
That means thousands of new career opportunities making the defence equipment that keeps Canadians and our allies safe.
December 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Conservatives would very much like for Canada to become a bigtime arms dealer.
Reposted by Julie S. Lalonde
A Carney stan in my replies said I was a fascist because I don't like Carney.
But as far as I can recall, I've never tightened immigration, expanded the military, or tried to make it easier for the cops to read everyone's mail.
But as far as I can recall, I've never tightened immigration, expanded the military, or tried to make it easier for the cops to read everyone's mail.
Carney is pushing Canadian liberalism to its breaking point
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Bill C-5 signals a dramatic shift in Canadian politics, allowing major industrial projects to bypass environmental and Indigenous consultation. This move threatens to rupt...
canadiandimension.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
A Carney stan in my replies said I was a fascist because I don't like Carney.
But as far as I can recall, I've never tightened immigration, expanded the military, or tried to make it easier for the cops to read everyone's mail.
But as far as I can recall, I've never tightened immigration, expanded the military, or tried to make it easier for the cops to read everyone's mail.
Reposted by Julie S. Lalonde
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
Reposted by Julie S. Lalonde
While Nathalie Provost says much has changed since an antifeminist gunman entered her Polytechnique classroom and killed her classmates 36 years ago, she worries about worsening social tensions.
Polytechnique survivor ‘worried’ about social climate 36 years after antifeminist massacre
While Nathalie Provost says much has changed since an antifeminist gunman entered her Polytechnique classroom and killed her classmates 36 years ago, she worries about worsening social tensions.
bit.ly
December 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
While Nathalie Provost says much has changed since an antifeminist gunman entered her Polytechnique classroom and killed her classmates 36 years ago, she worries about worsening social tensions.
Reposted by Julie S. Lalonde
Progress on combatting intimate-partner violence stalling under new government, advocates fear
By Molly Hayes in @theglobeandmail.com
#GiftLink 🎁
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a0344d6...
By Molly Hayes in @theglobeandmail.com
#GiftLink 🎁
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a0344d6...
Progress on combatting intimate-partner violence stalling under new government, advocates fear
Thirty-six years after the Polytechnique killings, stats show the biggest threats to women are the men closest to them
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Progress on combatting intimate-partner violence stalling under new government, advocates fear
By Molly Hayes in @theglobeandmail.com
#GiftLink 🎁
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a0344d6...
By Molly Hayes in @theglobeandmail.com
#GiftLink 🎁
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a0344d6...
Today is Canada's National Day of Action & Remembrance on Violence against Women. It marks the day in 1989 when 14 women at Polytechnique in Montreal were murdered by an "incel" (Proving that shit has a new name but is an old problem.)
There are vigils across the country today. Please attend one.
There are vigils across the country today. Please attend one.
December 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Today is Canada's National Day of Action & Remembrance on Violence against Women. It marks the day in 1989 when 14 women at Polytechnique in Montreal were murdered by an "incel" (Proving that shit has a new name but is an old problem.)
There are vigils across the country today. Please attend one.
There are vigils across the country today. Please attend one.
Today!
Saturday, December 6th is Canada's National Day of Action and Remembrance on Violence against Women. It commemorates the '89 Montreal Massacre where 14 women were targeted & killed for daring to study engineering.
Attend your local vigil & come learn community care with me
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Attend your local vigil & come learn community care with me
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Today!
"But to call the crime femicide — a sex- or gender-specific term — is in fact a radical rethink in a climate of neutrality that too often masks the disproportionate burden women and girls bear for some forms of male violence."
Why Canada needs to recognize the crime of femicide — on Dec. 6 and beyond
More than 1,100 Canadian women and girls have been killed by men since 2018. So why is the federal government dragging its heels in adding femicide to the Criminal Code?
theconversation.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"But to call the crime femicide — a sex- or gender-specific term — is in fact a radical rethink in a climate of neutrality that too often masks the disproportionate burden women and girls bear for some forms of male violence."
I'm so moved by tootruecrime.com (Created by @cfoja.bsky.social)
At least 580 confirmed femicides in Canada since 2020 & this project highlights them all.
An episode each.
It's a staggering number of episodes because we have a staggering number of women and girls who've been stolen from us.
At least 580 confirmed femicides in Canada since 2020 & this project highlights them all.
An episode each.
It's a staggering number of episodes because we have a staggering number of women and girls who've been stolen from us.
Too True Crime
The Too True Crime podcast documents over 580 women killed by femicide in Canada since 2020. Explore an episode for every life lost to gender-related violence.
www.tootruecrime.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I'm so moved by tootruecrime.com (Created by @cfoja.bsky.social)
At least 580 confirmed femicides in Canada since 2020 & this project highlights them all.
An episode each.
It's a staggering number of episodes because we have a staggering number of women and girls who've been stolen from us.
At least 580 confirmed femicides in Canada since 2020 & this project highlights them all.
An episode each.
It's a staggering number of episodes because we have a staggering number of women and girls who've been stolen from us.