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Amina
@ayasinvan.bsky.social
Former WNBA player•anti-imperialist Pan-African•BAP•former Vancouver Planning Commissioner #newwest

🏗️cities are capitalisms playground for race-class struggle, and yet I love public housing, parks, trains, libraries, bike lanes & benches when we get them
It’s just all air. 😅
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Someone actually wrote a comment under this video saying “imagine me going to an Asian country and complaining about the beauty standards,” the entire point going over their head.

The euro-colonial world has been poisoned with westernized beauty standards, incl Asian, African, and SAmerican nations
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A B.C First-Nations-Muslim man, a member of the Heiltsuk Nation, was racially profiled while trying to open a bank account at a Surrey branch in 2021. The branch thought it unfathomable that an Indigenous person could be Muslim.

Here’s a reminder Islam is a religion, NOT an ethnic distinction.
November 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This could be an SNL skit with how absurd it is. But despite the absurdity it’s also not at all surprising, because Trump isn’t complex, he’s just a billionaire clown from New York who deeply wants to be admired and liked for his wealth. So when he meets someone that’s charismatic he bends the knee.
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
So, there’s a Canadian on 🦑Squid Game “the Challenge,” and she asserted her Canadiana in one of the games by immediately apologizing for absolutely no reason at all.
November 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
How the oppressed became oppressors for racial capitalism:

"There is nothing sadder to people struggling against oppression in Ireland than to see our own people being used to oppress Black people." -Bernadette Devlin

This has occurred in Canada, the U.S, in Israel & Liberia and we must be aware.
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It’s the cutie Kinsi #caturday
November 9, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The crack in her little voice trying to hold it together, as she revealed her grief to LaRussell and the audience was heart wrenching. And what a beautiful offer of stability and care from LaRussell when he offered her lifelong free tickets saying, “for the rest of your life you can come see me." 🥹😭
November 8, 2025 at 5:15 AM
The ADL just launched the “Mamdani Monitor.” It’s interesting they didn’t launch this when Trump won or when Musk did the seig heil.

It’s almost as if this is just another capitalist racist billionaire-class moral panic steeped in anti-Muslim and red scare baiting. They require divisions to rule.
November 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Again very little of “British culture” is actually British. Even worcestershire sauce isn’t British.
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Fair Play? The British? This man clearly has no sense of what “British culture” is.

Meanwhile, why do we keep getting dragged into every kind of euro right-wing gotcha everywhere these days.

I know Somali food and our humour has been blowing up in London lately, maybe that’s why he’s big mad. 🤷🏾‍♀️
November 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Mamdani’s timing, awareness, references and his trolling were unmatched this election season. Particularly him walking out to Ja Rule’s ‘New York’ as a message to 50 cent - after winning the New York Mayoral seat - who was constantly posting anti-Zohran memes during the election.

Incredible!
November 6, 2025 at 7:17 AM
In other news…
November 6, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Teach them a lesson Bichette! Look at that beautiful swing, 3-0 fam, let’s go with the hoooomer! #bluejays #toronto
November 2, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Get them kids out the cages! Status for all.
November 1, 2025 at 3:44 AM
She asked, 'Are You Afraid of The Dark?'/
Cuz I got some Tales From The Crypt on my list that are biblical/
And I'm not talking about Noah's arc/
Walk with me as I spit some lyrical Freaky Stories in your ears/
Let the Goosebumps rise, as I confirm all your fears.

- Halloween 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 AM