There’s nothing like waking up Friday morning thinking it’s Saturday, only to have reality smack you in the face.
Luckily, I procrastinated writing Feel Good Friday last night, so had to do it this morning, and now life feels good again.
So there you have it: procrastination is good and Feel Good Friday changes lives. It’s been proven. By facts no less.
Annnnd, there’s so much good news, good stuff and good fun in this edition of FGF that you’re going to be spilling rainbows out of your mouths and puppies are going to dance everywhere… k, that was weird. But, it will make you feel good. I swear.
Here we go!
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Burnaby! Wins! Ruling! Against! Kinder! Morgan! Yay!
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According to polls, Canadians continue to become more progressive.
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Vancouver this help column is for you: “Help! My boyfriend gave me a mixtape, but all the songs are weird or depressing.“
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New publisher Clockwise Press is going to fill in the diversity gaps in Canadian children’s literature.
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Olivia Chow smacks down a racist questions at a mayoral debate.
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Roxane Gay lists all the books that made her who she is; contines to be the best. (BONUS: She’s the new editor’s of The Toast’s The Butter. Rejoice!)
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Socialist.ca wins the award for best Franklin Expedition headline, hands down: ‘Franklin my dear, I don’t give a damn‘. (And the picture of Harper just puts it over the top!)
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Aretha Franklin sings ‘Rolling in the Deep‘. Somehow the world makes more sense (or does it?)
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Harper has got to go. Even prison guards are mobilizing against him. (There’s joke in there somewhere, but I just can’t find it.)
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Who knew that protecting wilderness would actually end up protecting wilderness?
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Shameless Magazine celebrates ten years of being awesome!
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We need to argue about Gilmore Girls boyfriends. Again. (Don’t pretend like you’re sick of this conversation.)
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Bif Naked will take ‘welfare diet’ challenge for one week to highlight low welfare rates in B.C.
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Grade 3 student Gelila Aedmasu receives certificate for being courageous after helping her mom.
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California is the first state to have ‘affirmative consent’ law.
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Three words to make your day better: Cats as fonts.
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The U.S. government has agreed to pay the Navajo Nation $554 million to settle claims dating back to 1946. ‘Bout time.
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‘Tuition fees are socially unjust’ — German universities scrap tuition fees.
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Get your read on with Daria!
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Congrats to Veronica Camilleri and Heather Guimond: the first two women to be wed in the Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba.
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Thousands of students are protesting curriculum changes in Colorado.
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Mitt Romney’s list of excuses for his 47 per cent remark is like a car accident I just can’t look away from.
- 100 migrant farm workers will receive the EI parental benefits owed to them for years.
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What does Jonathan Franzen hate? Why, here’s a convenient list.
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An East Harlem bookstore is getting 1,500 books to migrant children.
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Oh weren’t those the days when two smart ladies anchored SNL Weekend Update?
Need more? Check out the rest of our Feel Good Fridays here.
Kaitlin McNabb is rabble’s news and books coordinator and she has nothing clever to say here this week. Follow her on twitter though where she is equally not as clever sometimes @kaitlinmcnabb.
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