Shares of the week
Let's Talk About Racism
How to talk about racism with friends and family - Racism is still alive and well in Canada (I sadly hear it in my own admittedly-white bubble). The path towards a more inclusive society begins with the awkward, but necessary conversations with our loved ones about how we can think better of our fellow humans.
Pregnant People Need Not Apply
Amazon Allegedly Forced Pregnant People to Risk Miscarriages or Lose Their Jobs - You might be thinking “how the f**k does Amazon not have provisions in place for workers who are pregnant?” but you have to remember that Amazon doesn’t actually give a s**t about its workers nor women’s rights.
The Struggle
Millennials own less than 5% of all U.S. wealth - Millennials, the largest group of workers in America today, owns the smallest share of wealth, which is a quarter of what Boomers owned when they were our age. Millennials are so f**ked. There is no way this ends well.
The Working-Class Cinematic Legacy of Film Noir - Before the era of the blockbuster, billion-dollar cinematic feature, there was a genre that touched on the common struggle against such levels of power and wealth. This nostalgic article takes us through the various works of film noire that dove into this class struggle when other parts of Hollywood wouldn’t.
Nature’s Medicine
Getting into nature could benefit your mental health during the pandemic - Our modern lives are keeping us glued to our office chairs and couches more and more often, and especially now during the time of Covid. This article suggests that taking a break into nature could go a long way in combating the mental toll of an isolated and precarious life, corroborating a belief I’ve held for a long time.
You Can Pull My Video Cassettes from my Cold, Dead Hands
Alberta announces plan to grow VHS industry [Satire] - Jason Kenny wants to make VCRs great again and I hear he wants to change the official slogan of the UCP to “please be kind, rewind”, which so happens to also refer to his plans to reverse protections for workers and the environment.