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Sarah Ramdawar (she/her). words in @strangehorizons, @augurmag, @ApparitionLit, @HeartlinesSpec, @livinghyphen 🇨🇦🇹🇹

Toronto, Ontario
Joined March 2009
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I've learned that some of the mayors who signed this letter did not consult with their local City Councils on it. This letter represents undemocratic decision-making by 13 politicians who aim to remove homeless people's Charter rights in lieu of solving the housing crisis.
12 Ontario Mayors are formally requesting that @fordnation invoke the notwithstanding clause to suspend encampment residents' Charter-protected rights so that they can be removed from encampments. The letter cites the Grants Pass Supreme Court decision in the U.S., which allows local governments to criminalize unhoused people in lieu of building housing and shelter, or offering services. It's Draconian and represents an abdication of government responsibility for the welfare of homeless people. This letter comes a day after @fordnation told @ONBigCityMayors to "have the backbone" to formally ask him to use the notwithstanding clause. Ford has invoked the clause three times, twice successfully to both force back-to-work legislation and to limit criticism of his government through third-party advertising. With the Mayors of Barrie, Brampton, Brantford, Cambridge, Chatham-Kent, Clarington, Oakville, Oshawa, Pickering, St. Catherines, Sudbury, and Windsor taking responsibility for the ask, Ford could very well table legislation that invokes the notwithstanding clause to evict encampments, without municipalities needing to offer resources like shelter. Even if you don't care about homeless people, you should be greatly alarmed that entire demographic groups are being targeted to have their Charter rights removed. Who's next?
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Issue 28: Harbinger, our final issue, is here! You can read the lovely editorial by guest editor Aurelius Raines II @aureliusraines2 online for free today at apparitionlit.com/harbinger-… 🧵 1/
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Still thinking about this post. Like I didn't write a story about a JANITOR perpetually stuck at work in liminal space, never seeing his family, watching the jet set hurry elsewhere, and only a sliver of love keeps him tethered to time...for a reason* heartlines-spec.com/lost-tim…
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"Gorgeous from start to finish." I thought so too! Glad to see @RadovichNadia story make Maria's short fiction roundup.
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in a just world Poison Ivy would have fed Doug Ford to a little shop of horrors situation already
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More stories for the futures we need! Let's get Augur to their next goal: funding for Augur Press!...warm and fresh right off the printers. I love the space that Augur inhabits in SFF. They do so much, and grown so much, and I'm proud to say I'm an Augurian!
✨ AUGURIANS!! You funded Kickstarter goal 1 in 6 DAYS!! 🙀 NOW we want to FUND A PRESS for: 👾 Scifi 🐉 Fantasy (cozy&dark&epic) 😶‍🌫️ Dreamy realism Novelettes, novellas & poetry by Canadian, Indigenous + international creators. 🔁 SHARE the campaign & HELP US OPEN!
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Angel's poetry is so very beautiful. Check out their Rhysling placing "Language as a Form of Breath" at Apparition Lit. Also one that touched me recently, The Witch Recalls Her Craft" in Uncanny Magazine about the struggles of creation.
We are so honored Angel @orbiting_angel chose to publish this piece with us! You can read LANGUAGE AS A FORM OF BREATH for free at apparitionlit.com/language-a… and support the SFPA @sfpoetry by purchasing their Rhysling Anthology through their website sfpoetry.com
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AUGURIANS !! ✨ 🚨 WE NEED YOUR HELP! 🚨 Back us on Kickstarter to fund -> 🪶 TWO more years of @TalesFeathers 📚 A NEW SFF press from Augur 🎙️ Podcast production There's TONS of rewards—incl. EARLY BIRDS! But if you can't give 💰, shares are JUST as good! 🙏 Scroll for 🔗
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Announcing the Harbinger Table of Contents for Apparition Lit's final issue!
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There's a few more days to send us something! *SFF focused on long-term relationships *We pay $0.08 CAD per word for short fiction (500-3,500 words) and $60 CAD per poem heartlines-spec.com/submissi…
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Sarah Ram retweeted
he wrote poetry, and i wanted to share an excerpt of one from an article in the kansas city star. may he rest in power. may his poetry be a balm for the heart.
The state of Missouri has executed Marcellus Williams
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OMG THEY’RE FINALLY MAKING THIS MASTERPIECE OF A SHORT INTO A MOVIE???? IT’S BEEN 84 YEARS???? YAY?????? 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
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Had a wonderful time last night listening to these wicked smart, talented, creative Caribbean women @premeesaurus and @sillysyntax in conversation at Bakka-Phoenix Books! Then late night dinner after with them and fantastic Augurians @kercoby @teresempierre @aniyonsenga
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In a new Weekend Essay, Ted Chiang argues that artificial intelligence can’t make real art. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/-U…
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This is your last opportunity to work with a great team of editors, y'all 🥺
We are OPEN! ISSUE 28: HARBINGER General window: 8/15 - 8/31 BIPOC extended window: 9/1 - 9/7 Details at apparitionlit.com/submission…
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We all loved this story so much by @mxcatnap, and I'm so glad to see it on this list! Coo! (pigeons hung out on my windowsill for the entirety of this issue, they knew!) "We do the unexpected and find others who are equally unexpected" 💜
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Our Issue 28 theme is "Harbinger," which seems a perfect, fortuitous choice now that we've decided it's our last issue. Please read on to hear all about what our readers and editors are hoping to receive as their last rites… apparitionlit.com/what-does-…
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Kelsea Yu's touching, astute essay closes out Apparition Lit Issue 27: Anachronism. On loss, ghosts, and stories. "We can find connections across time. We can relate to the pain, the trauma, the rage of ghosts. We can learn from writers long dead." apparitionlit.com/here-in-th…
My essay for App Lit, "Here in the After," is now available free to read online! <3 (cw: pregnancy loss)
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I loved this little star child so much I framed this dazzling poem. Tried to catch it in some prismatic light! From which position will you vibe with your light? It's really so good. Read the whole poem "Light Lies" by Coby Rosser at Apparition Lit: apparitionlit.com/light-lies…
Free to read online today! "Light Lies" by Coby Rosser @PaperNinjaMan apparitionlit.com/light-lies You can get Issue 27: Anachronism and support Apparition Lit on our website!
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