Anne Thériault
@annetheriault.bsky.social
Putting the hag in hagiographer. Formerly @anne_theriault on Twitter. [email protected]
I really need to practice saying “what a weird, rude thing to say” to the people who say weird, rude things to me
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I really need to practice saying “what a weird, rude thing to say” to the people who say weird, rude things to me
I always wonder what doctors make of influencers who are filming their children going through medical crises (or even non-emergency health stuff). Like, it cannot feel normal to have someone be like “hey, I’m just going to set up my phone to record me tearfully helping my kid with their CT scan”?
November 22, 2025 at 5:55 AM
I always wonder what doctors make of influencers who are filming their children going through medical crises (or even non-emergency health stuff). Like, it cannot feel normal to have someone be like “hey, I’m just going to set up my phone to record me tearfully helping my kid with their CT scan”?
Me: what was your favourite breakfast that you had in Spain?
14yo: I want to say the ones that involved pastry and chocolate, so I guess that was all of them.
14yo: I want to say the ones that involved pastry and chocolate, so I guess that was all of them.
November 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Me: what was your favourite breakfast that you had in Spain?
14yo: I want to say the ones that involved pastry and chocolate, so I guess that was all of them.
14yo: I want to say the ones that involved pastry and chocolate, so I guess that was all of them.
There are a bunch of retired teachers from my sisters’ high school who volunteer with me at the meal program that my church runs. I was telling one of them this story about how my middle sister got in trouble for kissing her boyfriend in the school hallway and got sent to the principal’s office …
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 AM
There are a bunch of retired teachers from my sisters’ high school who volunteer with me at the meal program that my church runs. I was telling one of them this story about how my middle sister got in trouble for kissing her boyfriend in the school hallway and got sent to the principal’s office …
14yo: if St Patrick was alive today, he’d probably try to explain the Trinity through men’s products that are like shampoo, conditioner, and body wash. It’s three in one and the only thing you need in the shower! Just like Jesus!
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 AM
14yo: if St Patrick was alive today, he’d probably try to explain the Trinity through men’s products that are like shampoo, conditioner, and body wash. It’s three in one and the only thing you need in the shower! Just like Jesus!
Representation (of Acadian trash) matters ✨
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Representation (of Acadian trash) matters ✨
Someone recommended this novel (The Time In Between by María Dueñas) for me to read while I was in Spain, and I thought it wouldn’t be my thing but I’m really enjoying it! I got it from the library as an ebook on the Libby app, really putting my household’s 15 year old Kobo to work.
November 15, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Someone recommended this novel (The Time In Between by María Dueñas) for me to read while I was in Spain, and I thought it wouldn’t be my thing but I’m really enjoying it! I got it from the library as an ebook on the Libby app, really putting my household’s 15 year old Kobo to work.
This week in Art I Am Obsessed With: this self-portrait by Suzanne Valadon. It looks so incredibly contemporary (I would literally wear that exact outfit on hot summer day) but it’s from 1923. Anyway, love a queen with flowy pants and a dangling cigarette!
November 15, 2025 at 2:18 AM
This week in Art I Am Obsessed With: this self-portrait by Suzanne Valadon. It looks so incredibly contemporary (I would literally wear that exact outfit on hot summer day) but it’s from 1923. Anyway, love a queen with flowy pants and a dangling cigarette!
Reposted by Anne Thériault
And if that sounds cool, but you happen to live far away, and *somehow* haven't listened to the "And Also Some Women" podcast yet, well, I've got a link for you: broadview.org/podcasts/mar...
"And Also Some Women" EP #1 - Mary Magdalene | Broadview Magazine
In our debut episode of And Also Some Women, hosts Junia Joplin and Anne Thériault delve into Mary Magdalene, a figure who has been depicted in many different ways: as a sex worker, as the apostle to ...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
And if that sounds cool, but you happen to live far away, and *somehow* haven't listened to the "And Also Some Women" podcast yet, well, I've got a link for you: broadview.org/podcasts/mar...
I’m speaking at this really fun, feminist event about the Virgin Mary on November 25th. If you’re in Toronto and this seems like it would be up your alley, I’d love to see you there! Kadie is an amazing and dynamic woman and I love her vision of revisiting biblical women through a modern lens.
November 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I’m speaking at this really fun, feminist event about the Virgin Mary on November 25th. If you’re in Toronto and this seems like it would be up your alley, I’d love to see you there! Kadie is an amazing and dynamic woman and I love her vision of revisiting biblical women through a modern lens.
Had an appointment for a covid vaccine at Loblaws yesterday, only to show up and be told that they’d run out. I said, “but I booked online, they texted to confirm, couldn’t they text to cancel?” The woman said she’d tried to call everyone, did I want to rebook? They’d have more supply in a few days.
November 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Had an appointment for a covid vaccine at Loblaws yesterday, only to show up and be told that they’d run out. I said, “but I booked online, they texted to confirm, couldn’t they text to cancel?” The woman said she’d tried to call everyone, did I want to rebook? They’d have more supply in a few days.
So! What’s everyone doing tomorrow to observe the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald?
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
So! What’s everyone doing tomorrow to observe the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald?
Hanging out with this cuddly 15 lb menace. His father is a large neighbourhood stray named Dirk Moosehead. His mother is a delicate sweetheart who’s named Sabine after one of the dolls in Eloise. Together they’ve created one of the most terrible cats of all time.
November 8, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Hanging out with this cuddly 15 lb menace. His father is a large neighbourhood stray named Dirk Moosehead. His mother is a delicate sweetheart who’s named Sabine after one of the dolls in Eloise. Together they’ve created one of the most terrible cats of all time.
I’ve been trying to figure out if there’s a way to spin my trip into an article (or a series of articles). Not sure if there’s an angle that makes it all interesting beyond “North American lady goes to EUROPE”. The only thing I can think of is offering travel tips for parents with teens.
November 8, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I’ve been trying to figure out if there’s a way to spin my trip into an article (or a series of articles). Not sure if there’s an angle that makes it all interesting beyond “North American lady goes to EUROPE”. The only thing I can think of is offering travel tips for parents with teens.
I think I’m a good traveller because when I’m on the road I (generally) have a low threshold for being delighted by novelty while at the same time having a high capacity for turning lemons into lemonade. If you need someone to tell you why a holiday disappointment is good, actually, I’m your man.
November 8, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I think I’m a good traveller because when I’m on the road I (generally) have a low threshold for being delighted by novelty while at the same time having a high capacity for turning lemons into lemonade. If you need someone to tell you why a holiday disappointment is good, actually, I’m your man.
Will delete this in a hot second, but something I totally forgot about until this week is that when I did a 23 & Me test many years ago (before I realized that the whole enterprise was problematic - I didn’t properly think it through), I learned that I was allegedly part Spanish
November 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Will delete this in a hot second, but something I totally forgot about until this week is that when I did a 23 & Me test many years ago (before I realized that the whole enterprise was problematic - I didn’t properly think it through), I learned that I was allegedly part Spanish
The North American urge to marvel over the comfort, efficiency, and punctuality of European trains
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The North American urge to marvel over the comfort, efficiency, and punctuality of European trains
A fun fact about the current King of Spain is that he attended an elite boarding school just outside of Peterborough, ON. Extra fun fact: Prince Andrew also went there.
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
A fun fact about the current King of Spain is that he attended an elite boarding school just outside of Peterborough, ON. Extra fun fact: Prince Andrew also went there.
A friend and I have a running joke that images of St Sebastian are always the gayest, sluttiest works in Catholic art history. Anyway, this 16th c. painting by Luis de Vargas isn’t beating the allegations. Love Sebastian’s crop top paired with the extreme low-rise skirt, plus the gladiator sandals.
November 1, 2025 at 5:05 AM
A friend and I have a running joke that images of St Sebastian are always the gayest, sluttiest works in Catholic art history. Anyway, this 16th c. painting by Luis de Vargas isn’t beating the allegations. Love Sebastian’s crop top paired with the extreme low-rise skirt, plus the gladiator sandals.
Belated, because it would have given away our exact location at the time: the view from the deck of our accommodation in Seville. Sunrise and sunset, with the iconic Setas (mushroom-like wooden structure that you can climb) lit up in bright purple. Loved, loved, loved that city.
November 1, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Belated, because it would have given away our exact location at the time: the view from the deck of our accommodation in Seville. Sunrise and sunset, with the iconic Setas (mushroom-like wooden structure that you can climb) lit up in bright purple. Loved, loved, loved that city.
Today in emails from my grandmother: I told her that 14yo got a kick out of her swearing and jokingly flicking an elastic at him (while he defended himself with a Coke bottle), and this was her response
(14yo was impressed that his 90yo great-grandmother knew how to use LOL appropriately)
(14yo was impressed that his 90yo great-grandmother knew how to use LOL appropriately)
November 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Today in emails from my grandmother: I told her that 14yo got a kick out of her swearing and jokingly flicking an elastic at him (while he defended himself with a Coke bottle), and this was her response
(14yo was impressed that his 90yo great-grandmother knew how to use LOL appropriately)
(14yo was impressed that his 90yo great-grandmother knew how to use LOL appropriately)
14yo plans on dressing up for trick or treating but is eschewing wearing a costume to school. My baby, etc.
October 31, 2025 at 11:30 AM
14yo plans on dressing up for trick or treating but is eschewing wearing a costume to school. My baby, etc.
Happy Halloween from the Archdiocese of Toronto, who would like to remind you to pray to St. Michael the Archangel before going trick or treating
October 31, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Happy Halloween from the Archdiocese of Toronto, who would like to remind you to pray to St. Michael the Archangel before going trick or treating
Uh not to brag but it’s not even 4:30 am and I’ve already achieved Queen Bee
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Uh not to brag but it’s not even 4:30 am and I’ve already achieved Queen Bee
A week ago I was enjoying 30 degree (Celsius) temps in Córdoba, and the day before we left it was 25 degrees in Málaga. Sunny every day.
Today in Kingston it’s going to be a high of 8 degrees and raining. I suspect the real adjustment won’t be the time difference but the temperature.
Today in Kingston it’s going to be a high of 8 degrees and raining. I suspect the real adjustment won’t be the time difference but the temperature.
October 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A week ago I was enjoying 30 degree (Celsius) temps in Córdoba, and the day before we left it was 25 degrees in Málaga. Sunny every day.
Today in Kingston it’s going to be a high of 8 degrees and raining. I suspect the real adjustment won’t be the time difference but the temperature.
Today in Kingston it’s going to be a high of 8 degrees and raining. I suspect the real adjustment won’t be the time difference but the temperature.