Darlene McLeod

@darlenemcleod

uOttawa PhD student specializing in ritual studies; researching ritual in Christo-fascism in Canada and abroad; if I pin you, it's probably research; granola aficionado; bike commuter; 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ ally; frequently swearing 🇨🇦

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Darlene McLeod@darlenemcleod· 23d

Joy and progressive anger are good for the skin.

A white woman with glasses, red lipstick, and curly, grey-purple bobbed hair, wearing a black tank top with the text "Rebel Queens" on it, a heavy, silver chain necklace. She is sitting in front of a large, green wooden door to a church.

Darlene McLeod@darlenemcleod· 27d

I've got a little rake I use in my garden he can borrow!

A white man in a black winter jacket and jeans performatively and ineffectually shovels snow with a disproportionately small red shovel from in front of a grey Honda. The man is Doug Ford, the Premier of Ontario and a very silly and useless excuse for a politician.

Darlene McLeod@darlenemcleod· May 20

Quote with a fictional band that is not Spinal Tap.

Black and white image of 3 women and 7 men. One man is wearing an electric guitar, one is wearing a bass, and one is holding a saxophone. They are standing outside in some rubble. From the movie The Commitments.

Darlene McLeod@darlenemcleod· Apr 29

I don't know who's to blame, but this is suddenly my desktop background. (and sadly, it still applies today)

Aragorn in LOTR, text reading: There will come a day when I am not reading undergrad essays on the 2nd Peloponnesian War but it is not this day.

Darlene McLeod@darlenemcleod· Apr 28

We need a hero.

Four sequential images of White Nationalist Richard Spencer being properly punched by a mysterious hero.

Darlene McLeod@darlenemcleod· Apr 15

Drop your crime fighting Catholics

The cast of Derry Girls in their school uniforms standing on a street.

Darlene McLeod@darlenemcleod· Apr 1

Dude, I was sitting here first.

A small black and white dog has presumptuously wedged himself between my back and the back rest of the armchair we are in. He is thoroughly unbothered by my discomfort, resting his head on his paws on the armrest as though he isn't making thoroughly rude choices.

Darlene McLeod@darlenemcleod· Mar 18

A day for lordly, thunderous pee for the male-folk, while us females will have to struggle through the urethral maze.

"But she was, for the bathroom door didn't altogether close, due to the old frame of the house settling over the centuries, and she had to sit on the toilet for some minutes waiting for the pee to come. Men, they were able to conjure it up immediately, that was one of their powers, that thunderous splashing as they stood lordly over the bowl. Everything about them was more direct, their insides weren't the maze women's were, for the pee to find its way through. "

Darlene McLeod@darlenemcleod· Feb 15

Dewey (for the decimal system, of course)!

A small floofy dog with a black nose, white snout, and black fur around the eyes rests his chin on a pale ink blanket,gazing directly into your soul. He loves you.

A small black and white dog sits on a wooden floor. He looks up at you. He's so happy to see you, his tail is wagging in a blur.

Darlene McLeod@darlenemcleod· Feb 15

It was certainly louder back when people were allowed to slap these bad boys around.

A "Rink Rat" curling broom. A regular broom handle with a "brush" made of fabric stuffed with foam. This Rink Rat has a pale blue brush head.

Darlene McLeod@darlenemcleod· Feb 13

They clearly use their time in the most productive of ways:

Screencap of a Bluesky account largely devoted to pearl-clutching trolling under the guise of information integrity. It's just a bunch of replies telling people they suck for one reason or another.

Darlene McLeod@darlenemcleod· Feb 6

Found it! They're in reverse order and nota bene, my handle at the time was @UrbanSlowLife.

Tweet from @DarleneEMcLeod: "But I deal in fantasy. Care to comment, @StephenBlais?" Quoted tweet from @davidreevely on Jan 29, 2016: "Walked Bank Street from Fifth Avenue to Lisgar, a street served by multiple bus routes. Not one actual bus."

Thread of tweets dated Dec 4, 2015:
@StephenBlais: @UrbanSlowLife NO CHANCE! I'll have real conversations not ones based in fantasy.
@DarleneEMcLeod: It's happened dozens of times. I've tweeted it repeatedly. But sure, go all-caps yelling at me, councillor. That's pleasant.
@sandyhillcoop: @UrbanSlowLife @StephenBlais "No chance"? Come on! I used to routinely walk Gladstone from Bayswater to Elgin without being passed by a 14.

Tweets dated Dec 4, 2015:
@DarleneEMcLeod: @StephenBlais I can literally walk the length of Bank St. from Glebe to Wellington at child-speed w/o a single bus passing me.
@StephenBlais: @UrbanSlowLife NO CHANCE! I'll have real conversations not ones based in fantasy.

Darlene McLeod@darlenemcleod· Jan 13

Gosh, why is bus ridership down?

Screencap of an app showing multiple OC Transpo bus cancellations.

Darlene McLeod@darlenemcleod· Jan 12

*with alt text*

Text: He didn't kill her because he was scared.
He killed her because she wasn't.

Darlene McLeod@darlenemcleod· Jan 9

The painting.

A realistic painting of two small, tailless deer-like animals, called dik-diks. The dik-diks are surrounded by dried grasses and shrubs, with some stones in the background.

Darlene McLeod@darlenemcleod· Jan 2

I will reach heretofore unknown levels of perimenopausal adhd impulsivity.

Merriam-Webster: "Your 2026 word: out of pocket"

Darlene McLeod@darlenemcleod· Dec 28

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

Cover for Garbage's debut self-titled album.

Darlene McLeod@darlenemcleod· Dec 25

See how hard it is to be a little dog?!

Darlene McLeod@darlenemcleod· Dec 25

Merry Christmas! Beginning my day alone with my dog, my coffee, and my Christmas tree lights, accompanied by some Mendelssohn.

Screencap of YouTube music playing Mendelssohn's "Vom Himmel Hoch" cantata.

Darlene McLeod@darlenemcleod· Dec 25

You can't hear it but this photo has a whining puppy soundtrack. It's very hard for little dogs to wait for Santa Paws.

A small black and white dog lies in front of a mantle hung with garland and Christmas stockings and next to some wrapped gifts.

Darlene McLeod@darlenemcleod· Dec 21

Oh, I'm past due for my annual brag! I give you...the Gingerbread Colosseum, complete with giant statues, gladiators and blood-shed. (we had to reduce the number of arcades for structural integrity/'good lord, we can't possibly eat that much' purposes)