M Botsford Fraser

@mbotsfordfraser

writer, broadcaster, critic; former Chair PEN International Writers in Prison Committee. Author: Acting for Freedom: 50 Years of Civil Liberties in Canada

Toronto, Canada
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Joined March 2011
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    20 hours ago

    Photographer explains how he captured viral photo that came to symbolise the Irish abortion referendum

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  2. May 29

    Actual false news

    Trump's unprecedentedly dishonest, unprecedentedly unfocused speeches are crammed into a normal-political-speech-article template, with any semblance of fact-checking relegated to a sidebar later in the week or not done at all. It Is Bad. Good night!
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    May 27

    You were all in bed sleeping but the big story at 3AM was the huge full moon over Rocky Harbour and your intrepid photographer went out and got this photo for you from the lighthouse. Until tomorrow then friends.....

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    May 29

    "There is a country in which a woman who is raped and seeks a termination as a result faces a longer jail sentence than the person who attacked her. That country is Northern Ireland."

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  5. May 28

    hey huge congratulations to the people of Ireland, to you all personally, Great admiration for the indefatigable campaigners who made something wonderful happen in your country. Splendid, inspiring achievement. Cheers

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    May 28

    The “1500 missing children” meme has exploded because it seems to confirm our worst fears about Trump’s policies. That it isn’t true — it’s a misreading of a bureaucratic figure that conflates two very different issues, and those kids aren’t “lost” — is explained well here

    Now that we’re all on twitter because of this game, I am making a public service announcement: PLEASE STOP SHARING THAT STORY ABOUT 1500 KIDS MISSING. The outrage I’ve seen is a result of a total misinterpretation and could SERIOUSLY threaten the children you want to save.
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    May 25

    That photo. ‘Yesterday, we travelled because we wanted to. Today, we vote for the women who travelled because they were forced to.’ for

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  8. May 25

    saw this just now

    South African time. Got found out on this when I worked in London.
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    May 23

    "When it hurts we return to the banks of certain rivers..." (Czelaw Milosz, 1962)

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    May 18

    SHE HAS A NAME: Foreign exchange student Sabika Sheikh who was part of the YES Pakistan program, was shot and killed at Sante Fe High School. She was scheduled to go home to Pakistan on June 10th after being away for ten months.

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    May 17

    I wrote about what it means to leave home and find yourself a stranger. This Is What the Journey Does via

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  12. May 16

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    Chinese poet and artist Liu Xia has been under house arrest for 8 years. Today, over two dozen fellow writers and artists honor her work and call for her release. Our joint initiative with .
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  13. May 15

    Pay Attention To This

    What if all your favorite websites loaded this slowly unless you paid extra to access them? The Senate votes on in 24 hours via
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    May 12

    Please retweet if you think there should be a global ban on trophy hunting.

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  15. Retweeted
    May 12

    In case your day hasn't been so great...

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    May 12

    RT if you agree

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  17. May 8

    Didn’t something else happen earlier today?

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  18. May 8

    shades of Ghomeshi

    "It’s a particular kind of monster who has the physical strength to beat a woman but lacks the emotional fortitude to talk to her."
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    May 6

    Word(s) of the day: "bluebell woods"; woodlands - usually ancient - in which the understory is dominated by bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta; lit. "the unwritten-on hyacinth-like plant"), the flowers of which bring an underwater-blue depth & hue to such woods in spring.

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    May 4

    Attention passengers on the outer decks: the ship’s whistle is about to play some Dave Brubeck.

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