Kara Stokes (@kstokes) · DIRTY

Kara Stokes

@kstokes

Witch. Poet. Dedicated mop slinger. Born to be an abstract concept, forced to be a perceivable entity.

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Kara Stokes@kstokes· Jul 2

We get bigger crowds going to jump in the lake on New Years Day.

Polar dip at Woodbine Beach in Toronto.

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Jun 19

Angry email to the mining company

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Jun 17

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Jun 17

My Nanny (grandmother) Audrey. Born in PEI and moved to Ontario. She was tough as nails, understanding and fiercely loved all her children (grand, in laws, great grand, everyone was hers). I love this photo and wish I had the original.

Perhaps taken sometime before the sixties... A black and white photo of a young woman with dark cropped hair. She wears a light blouse and cardigan with the sleeves pushed up past her elbows, a dark mid calf length skirt and low heels. She stands in a corner where a dark brick wall and light brick wall meet, she holds a cigarette in her right hand, sporting what could be a watch or bracelet on her wrist. She squints in the sun with a small upturn at the corner of her lips.

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Mar 20

A black cat with white whiskers lays on her side with one paw over her eyes, the other stretched out and flexed revealing claws. She lays on a colourful, striped blanket above a hard wood floor.

She is tired of earth. These people. She is tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives.

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Feb 19

A photo from BBC News of a Korean woman grabbing the barrel of a gun being pointed at her by military after martial law was enacted.

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Jan 17

Same lady, same.

A senior black cat with white whiskers lays on her side atop a colourful blanket covering her forehead with one paw while the other is in the foreground next to her feet with the claws flexed. One eye is open slightly. Through a semi conscious haze she perceives her environment.

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Dec 21

An illustrated pair of hands rest on a green table adorned with orange slices, pine branches and candles. Between the hands lays a note that reads "Winter Solstice. The light will return. My heart is open for new seasons. I am in tune with nature."

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Dec 8

Go. Fuck. Yourselves.

The cover page of the US national security strategy document.

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Nov 13

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Sep 18

Faun by moonlight Leon Spilliaert 1900

A monochromatic painting of a Faun playing a flute under a full moon, being followed by four goats who seem almost hypnotized with three trees in the foreground. The image appears almost like a photo negative and gives the viewer an eerie sense of seeing what is not supposed to be seen.

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Sep 17

My cutie bum bums.

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Sep 16

In a 1990 decision, the Supreme Court said that “‘hatred’ connotes emotion of an intense and extreme nature that is clearly associated with vilification and detestation.” It added:

Hatred is predicated on destruction, and hatred against identifiable groups therefore thrives on insensitivity, bigotry and destruction of both the target group and of the values of our society. Hatred in this sense is a most extreme emotion that belies reason; an emotion that, if exercised against members of an identifiable group, implies that those individuals are to be despised, scorned, denied respect and made subject to ill‑treatment on the basis of group affiliation.34
The Ontario Court of Appeal has noted that the term “wilfully” does not include recklessness, but may include wilful blindness. In other words, accused persons must either have known that their actions would have the effect of promoting hatred, or at least have known or “strongly suspected” that inquiry on their part respecting the consequences of their acts would result in the “actual knowledge” required to satisfy the mens rea requirement for the offence.

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Sep 11

Cat.

Gracie girl, a small senior short haired black cat with white whiskers believes the CK hit was an inside job.

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Aug 28

Well good morning to you too...

A skunk can be seen through the railing of a decaying wooden deck.

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Aug 24

View of the city skyline from centre island

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Aug 22

A banner displaying the city of Toronto's motto : Diversity Our Strength

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Aug 17

✉️

Hey Joe,
I know many of my fellow Canadians have already let you know how they feel in an eloquent, informed and civil fashion therefore I do not feel the need to be any of those things in my response to your outrageous letter.

So...

Your country is a joke, run by racist pedophiles.

Screaming "muh guns!" on the graves of murdered schoolchildren.

Bankrupting the sick and injured while padding the pockets of rich.

As you circle the toilet bowl of fascism and economic decline

Canada will not join you

But rather watch you clog the pipes of world order like a giant shit

Canada forever, 'merica never.

Have the day you deserve, you absolute goof.

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Aug 12

Nice to get out of the city, only been about a decade.

A section of Gibson lake, water and the woods

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Jul 30

In a stunning and absolutely predictable display of rage, former-president-turned-tariff-tyrant Donald J. Trump declared today that he is “done negotiating” with Canada. Why? Because Prime Minister Mark Carney refused to pay what sources are calling a “one-time loyalty fee” to the United States for the privilege of… trading with the U.S. Yep, Trump wanted a bribe—excuse me, a "one-time payment”—in exchange for vaguely defined tariff exemptions.

Instead of playing ball, Carney played Canada’s favorite move: the long, quiet, polite NO.

“We will not do any deal that compromises Canada’s economic sovereignty or national security.”

—Mark Carney, over and over again

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Jul 28

Shoutout to that anti-caturday person. Best viewed with sound off.

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Jul 8

She knows...

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Jul 3

An old black cat looks up from a red lawn chair

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Jul 1

Happy Canada Day Bluesky. 🇨🇦♥️🍁

A shot of legs wearing Canada themed print leggings. Images include maple syrup, beavers, bears, moose, hockey sticks, skates, fireworks, trees, maple leaves and hearts

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Jun 30

🐌

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Jun 30

The world is crazy but the cilantro persists.

A pot of cilantro that has grown over 30 cm in height

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Jun 25

I'm a terrible photographer but I tell ya the milkweed was bumpin' today.

A bumblebee feeds and two red spotted beetles go at it on some common milkweed.

A monarch caterpillar hides under a leaf.

Kara Stokes@kstokes· Jun 9

#Toronto loves Dope Lemon!!!

Kara Stokes@kstokes· May 29

This cutie at the florist 💛

A black and white cat looking out from a store window

A black and white cat inside a florist shop

Kara Stokes@kstokes· May 28

Dudes wearing pearls makes me feel a teeny bit better about society.

YouTuber FilmCooper wearing a single strand pearl necklace as well as a single pearl earring during a reaction vid

David Bautista rocking 4 strands of pearls at an event.

Devo Brown wearing a single strand pearl necklace on a morning show