Happy Friday and happy Halloween!
Welp. It’s been a week. We need some good news.
SO HERE IT IS!
Maybe it’s all a little lighter news this week… but hey! Who doesn’t want to watch a video of a porcupine eating a pumpkin?
But, of course, there are also some great wins! that happened this week, for you more serious-minded and less cat video-inclined folks.
So everyone have a safe and happy Halloween. Here are your treats!
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Oh Kinder Morgan. When are you going to learn no one wants you in Burnaby!
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Everyone should be allowed to bring their dogs to work so they can reenact classic romantic comedy scenes.
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Sweden recognizes state of Palestine.
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It’s Halloween, so here’s a helpful chart to tell if your costume is racist or not.
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Also here’s a helpful (and hilarious) video about racism on Halloween. Cupcakes!
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Great piece on working with Laverne Cox and standing in solidarity with trans women.
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Today (and always) is a necessary time to reread R.L. Stine’s Fear Street series.
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Great piece by Cult Montreal on the art of the Indigenous protest.
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Harry Potter raps (non-magically).
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Anita Sarkeesian went on The Colbert Report this week to discuss why GamerGate is a big deal.
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Check your privilege! by checking out this new, excellent poster campaign!
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The Boston Bruins continue their tradition of dressing up for Halloween and this year go with the more coordinated theme of the cast of Frozen.
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New mural in NYC calls out for an end to police brutality.
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Hari Kondabolu on Washington’s football logo for the win!
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Watch this video of a porcupine eating a pumpkin. Just, do it.
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This just in: The most racially diverse tv shows are the most successful this fall!
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Spoken word poem on colonialism and racism wins Festival of Spoken Word.
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Thankfully, these sexist costumes for kids were pulled from the shelf.
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Sexy? Not really. Here’s a list of the most bizarre ‘sexy’ Halloween costumes this year.
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But, obviously, if you want to be sexy for Halloween, be sexy.
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Watch Spike Lee’s short documentary on Mo’Ne Davis. She is amazing!
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Need a last minute costume idea?
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Orcas: All they want to do it play.
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Cats: All they want to do is pick their own Halloween costume.
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Last day to pitch Vancouver’s Sad Mag for their Cat Issue!
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Why do we need 3D printers? T-rex shower heads of course!
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We need diverse books! (help ’em out if you can.)
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And everyone knows that Harper hid in a closet and Con MPs fashioned spears. I know.
Need more? Check out the rest of our Feel Good Fridays here.
Kaitlin McNabb is rabble’s news and books coordinator and she has just starting reading Harry Potter. I know. Follow her on twitter @kaitlinmcnabb
Photo: flickr/Shawn Campbell
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