Kathy Chung
@kathychung.bsky.social
Conference coordinator, professional genealogist, photographer, writer and editor based in Vancouver, BC. MLitt, QG. kathychung.com she/her
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We're thrilled to offer a 90-minute Zoom session with agent Sara Megibow as a donor bonus for our GoFundMe. Donate $250CAD or more Nov 15 - 30 inclusive to get an invite to the Dec 4 Zoom. We're incredibly grateful to Sara for her generosity! www.gofundme.com/f/support-siwc
November 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
We're thrilled to offer a 90-minute Zoom session with agent Sara Megibow as a donor bonus for our GoFundMe. Donate $250CAD or more Nov 15 - 30 inclusive to get an invite to the Dec 4 Zoom. We're incredibly grateful to Sara for her generosity! www.gofundme.com/f/support-siwc
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Another from yesterday morning at the beach. Bertie retrieving a Frisbee from the sea... endlessly.
November 16, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Another from yesterday morning at the beach. Bertie retrieving a Frisbee from the sea... endlessly.
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
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A couple weeks ago a friend was telling me about someone she knew who had been on maternity leave, and said she had taken "the full year." I said, "A whole year? Wow, what kind of fancy job does she have that gives her a YEAR of leave?" and my friend looked surprised & said, "... welcome to Canada?"
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A couple weeks ago a friend was telling me about someone she knew who had been on maternity leave, and said she had taken "the full year." I said, "A whole year? Wow, what kind of fancy job does she have that gives her a YEAR of leave?" and my friend looked surprised & said, "... welcome to Canada?"
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I talk to the press professionally, I'm really, really, really good at it.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I talk to the press professionally, I'm really, really, really good at it.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
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As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
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Honestly, so tired of people sharing anti-budget stories and getting all fucking bunged up on speculation.
Surely we can wait until the fucking budget is fucking released, and then fucking get angry about what's actually IN IT, rather than GUESSING?
Are you not fucking EXHAUSTED? Just STOP. Jesus.
Surely we can wait until the fucking budget is fucking released, and then fucking get angry about what's actually IN IT, rather than GUESSING?
Are you not fucking EXHAUSTED? Just STOP. Jesus.
November 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Honestly, so tired of people sharing anti-budget stories and getting all fucking bunged up on speculation.
Surely we can wait until the fucking budget is fucking released, and then fucking get angry about what's actually IN IT, rather than GUESSING?
Are you not fucking EXHAUSTED? Just STOP. Jesus.
Surely we can wait until the fucking budget is fucking released, and then fucking get angry about what's actually IN IT, rather than GUESSING?
Are you not fucking EXHAUSTED? Just STOP. Jesus.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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The Surrey International Writers Conference has been my favorite conference for over a decade. This year, it's not happening, because the hotel is in a labor disputed.
SiWC had already purchased plane tickets, etc, for all the presenters. Can you help ensure its future?
gofund.me/19c353dac
SiWC had already purchased plane tickets, etc, for all the presenters. Can you help ensure its future?
gofund.me/19c353dac
Donate to Support the Surrey International Writers' Conference!, organized by Jenn Striemer
For thirty-two years, the Surrey International Writers’ Conference… Jenn Striemer needs your support for Support the Surrey International Writers' Conference!
gofund.me
October 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The Surrey International Writers Conference has been my favorite conference for over a decade. This year, it's not happening, because the hotel is in a labor disputed.
SiWC had already purchased plane tickets, etc, for all the presenters. Can you help ensure its future?
gofund.me/19c353dac
SiWC had already purchased plane tickets, etc, for all the presenters. Can you help ensure its future?
gofund.me/19c353dac
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We have the most amazing community! You've already raised more than $8500 to help the magic of SiWC stay alive long into the future. Let's keep it going! www.gofundme.com/f/support-siwc
October 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We have the most amazing community! You've already raised more than $8500 to help the magic of SiWC stay alive long into the future. Let's keep it going! www.gofundme.com/f/support-siwc
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We need storytellers now more than ever. Please support SiWC and keep the magic alive. www.gofundme.com/f/support-siwc
October 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
We need storytellers now more than ever. Please support SiWC and keep the magic alive. www.gofundme.com/f/support-siwc
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We were heartbroken to have to cancel this year’s SiWC. We want to continue to provide an inclusive, welcoming & career-expanding experience for years to come. We're running a GoFundMe to help secure the future of SiWC. Please help if you can by boosting or donating. Thank you! gofund.me/5b4760382
Donate to Support the Surrey International Writers' Conference!, organized by Jenn Striemer
For thirty-two years, the Surrey International Writers’ Conference… Jenn Striemer needs your support for Support the Surrey International Writers' Conference!
gofund.me
October 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
We were heartbroken to have to cancel this year’s SiWC. We want to continue to provide an inclusive, welcoming & career-expanding experience for years to come. We're running a GoFundMe to help secure the future of SiWC. Please help if you can by boosting or donating. Thank you! gofund.me/5b4760382
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Hey friends, SiWC is a labour of love for me and all our staff, board, and volunteers. Please boost our fundraiser to help ensure we're able to continue for years to come. Cancelling this year because of a strike at our hotel was expensive!
We were heartbroken to have to cancel this year’s SiWC. We want to continue to provide an inclusive, welcoming & career-expanding experience for years to come. We're running a GoFundMe to help secure the future of SiWC. Please help if you can by boosting or donating. Thank you! gofund.me/5b4760382
Donate to Support the Surrey International Writers' Conference!, organized by Jenn Striemer
For thirty-two years, the Surrey International Writers’ Conference… Jenn Striemer needs your support for Support the Surrey International Writers' Conference!
gofund.me
October 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Hey friends, SiWC is a labour of love for me and all our staff, board, and volunteers. Please boost our fundraiser to help ensure we're able to continue for years to come. Cancelling this year because of a strike at our hotel was expensive!
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SiWC has been the beating heart of my local writing community for over thirty years—please consider donating to keep this not for profit conference going after a financially brutal year.
We were heartbroken to have to cancel this year’s SiWC. We want to continue to provide an inclusive, welcoming & career-expanding experience for years to come. We're running a GoFundMe to help secure the future of SiWC. Please help if you can by boosting or donating. Thank you! gofund.me/5b4760382
Donate to Support the Surrey International Writers' Conference!, organized by Jenn Striemer
For thirty-two years, the Surrey International Writers’ Conference… Jenn Striemer needs your support for Support the Surrey International Writers' Conference!
gofund.me
October 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
SiWC has been the beating heart of my local writing community for over thirty years—please consider donating to keep this not for profit conference going after a financially brutal year.
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SIWC invited me last year, paid me fairly for my workshops, and covered my hotel and flights; it was a fantastic conference and it's focused on classes, panels, pitches, and professional development. It's a very useful resource for Canadian writers and I hope it continues!
October 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
SIWC invited me last year, paid me fairly for my workshops, and covered my hotel and flights; it was a fantastic conference and it's focused on classes, panels, pitches, and professional development. It's a very useful resource for Canadian writers and I hope it continues!
Hey friends, SiWC is a labour of love for me and all our staff, board, and volunteers. Please boost our fundraiser to help ensure we're able to continue for years to come. Cancelling this year because of a strike at our hotel was expensive!
We were heartbroken to have to cancel this year’s SiWC. We want to continue to provide an inclusive, welcoming & career-expanding experience for years to come. We're running a GoFundMe to help secure the future of SiWC. Please help if you can by boosting or donating. Thank you! gofund.me/5b4760382
Donate to Support the Surrey International Writers' Conference!, organized by Jenn Striemer
For thirty-two years, the Surrey International Writers’ Conference… Jenn Striemer needs your support for Support the Surrey International Writers' Conference!
gofund.me
October 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Hey friends, SiWC is a labour of love for me and all our staff, board, and volunteers. Please boost our fundraiser to help ensure we're able to continue for years to come. Cancelling this year because of a strike at our hotel was expensive!
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The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater
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Every sign has a story behind it, and I suspect this one in Bowling, just to the west of Glasgow, might be more interesting than most.
#glasgow #bowling #A82 #roadsigns #weirdsigns #ignoresatnav #strangesigns #satnav #sign #signofthetimes #satnav
#glasgow #bowling #A82 #roadsigns #weirdsigns #ignoresatnav #strangesigns #satnav #sign #signofthetimes #satnav
October 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Every sign has a story behind it, and I suspect this one in Bowling, just to the west of Glasgow, might be more interesting than most.
#glasgow #bowling #A82 #roadsigns #weirdsigns #ignoresatnav #strangesigns #satnav #sign #signofthetimes #satnav
#glasgow #bowling #A82 #roadsigns #weirdsigns #ignoresatnav #strangesigns #satnav #sign #signofthetimes #satnav
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November is Car Alarm Month! How will you be celebrating?
October 16, 2025 at 1:23 AM
November is Car Alarm Month! How will you be celebrating?
Feeling super sad about next week not being @siwc.bsky.social. Tried to distract myself with cleaning the kitchen and promptly broke the perfect little gift the wonderful @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social gave me last year that I’ve used every day since. 😭😭😭
October 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Feeling super sad about next week not being @siwc.bsky.social. Tried to distract myself with cleaning the kitchen and promptly broke the perfect little gift the wonderful @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social gave me last year that I’ve used every day since. 😭😭😭
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Child death registrations are so painful 😥 I have to hold it together and concentrate very hard on making sure it’s accurate, while exuding empathy and kindness.
I sit exhausted after every one.
I sit exhausted after every one.
October 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Child death registrations are so painful 😥 I have to hold it together and concentrate very hard on making sure it’s accurate, while exuding empathy and kindness.
I sit exhausted after every one.
I sit exhausted after every one.
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
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Did you know the first thanksgiving celebrated by Europeans in North America happened in Canada?
Or that the Indigenous celebrated autumn harvests long before Europeans arrived?
Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving a month earlier than the United States?
This is the story.
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Or that the Indigenous celebrated autumn harvests long before Europeans arrived?
Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving a month earlier than the United States?
This is the story.
🧵1/10
October 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Did you know the first thanksgiving celebrated by Europeans in North America happened in Canada?
Or that the Indigenous celebrated autumn harvests long before Europeans arrived?
Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving a month earlier than the United States?
This is the story.
🧵1/10
Or that the Indigenous celebrated autumn harvests long before Europeans arrived?
Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving a month earlier than the United States?
This is the story.
🧵1/10
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Thinking about the early closeted days as a teenager and a memory I hadn't thought about for ages popped in my head.
As a teen I was DEEP in the Experimentation->Shame->Repression->Repeat cycle that lasted until I came out at 28 and one way I experimented was sneaking make up from my stepmother
As a teen I was DEEP in the Experimentation->Shame->Repression->Repeat cycle that lasted until I came out at 28 and one way I experimented was sneaking make up from my stepmother
October 8, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Thinking about the early closeted days as a teenager and a memory I hadn't thought about for ages popped in my head.
As a teen I was DEEP in the Experimentation->Shame->Repression->Repeat cycle that lasted until I came out at 28 and one way I experimented was sneaking make up from my stepmother
As a teen I was DEEP in the Experimentation->Shame->Repression->Repeat cycle that lasted until I came out at 28 and one way I experimented was sneaking make up from my stepmother
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I didn't realise you could delete the Discovery feed because they don't call it deleting. You unpin it. But it's the same effect, it's gone and you don't accidentally click on it any more.
I deleted that one from my feeds list so I’ll never ever accidentally click on it lol. It’s the bad place
October 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I didn't realise you could delete the Discovery feed because they don't call it deleting. You unpin it. But it's the same effect, it's gone and you don't accidentally click on it any more.