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Julie S. Lalonde

@julieslalonde.bsky.social

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6x award-winning feminist buzzkill. Franco-ontarienne du nord de l'Ontario. 🏳️‍🌈 Femme. I teach community care for a living and wrote a book about why resilience is futile, babyyyy ✌🏻 Actually fun™️ 📍Ottawa, Canada YellowManteau.com

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · Nov 12

Lots of new folks here! 👋

I've spent 20+ years working as a violence prevention educator.

- Find my free bystander intervention webinars here : linktr.ee/JulieSLalonde

- Hire me for trainings : yellowmanteau.com

- My memoir "Resilience is Futile" is available globally wherever books are sold✌️

Julie S. Lalonde holding a copy of her memoir "Resilience is Futile : The Life and Death and Life of Julie S. Lalonde"

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 9h

This has the same energy as men who email me to say "Men's violence against women is not real and I'm gonna prove it by raping and killing you."

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 14h

The Guardian- The US president may impose tariffs, demand higher NATO contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says, if on Friday he is not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/world/202...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 20h

Appreciative of @runchinguyenrun.bsky.social using her time in Parliament today to recognize the importance of C-11 but specifically, the contributions of us civil society experts who've been demanding better yet consistently shut out.

Being name dropped in a positive way re: CAF is refreshing 😂

Statement on C-11

YouTube video by MP Chi Nguyen

www.youtube.com

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 21h

If you live in & around beautiful Muskoka, join me for this amazing conference on building equity in the Muskoka region!

I'll be teaching bystander intervention & the practical skills of community care.

Hosted at the Canada Summit Centre in Huntsville, it's a free event but you gotta register!

Hate Free Muskoka Two Day Symposium (Nov 7th & 8th)

Two days dedicated to deepening inclusion, diversity, equity, anti-racism, and belonging in the District of Muskoka.

www.eventbrite.ca

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 22h

We are not powerless in the face of rising hate, harassment and violence. If we take the time to learn effective de-escalation and intervention skills, we CAN keep each other safe.

Give me 1 hour of your time and I'll teach you how. It's free and open to anyone aged 12+ ✊

zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Image of multicoloured hands pointing at the words "Together we're strong"

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 1d

The man is currently *in prison* serving a sentence for sexual assault but the legal system stays the charges on this other assault. Bananas.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 1d

Dogshit police work means a serial rapist walks.

Where is the justice for the countless survivors of this monster?

Karen Pauls @karenpaulscbc.bsky.social · 1d

A judge has stayed all charges in the Winnipeg sexual assault case against disgraced fashion mogul Peter #Nygard, finding his Charter right to a fair trial was breached by police failing to retain records related to allegations stemming from the 1990s. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Judge stays charges against Peter Nygard in Winnipeg sexual assault case | CBC News

A judge has stayed all charges in the Winnipeg sexual assault case against disgraced fashion mogul Peter Nygard, finding his right to a fair trial was violated by police failing to retain records rela...

www.cbc.ca

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 1d

Michelle, in particular, married an American and lives primarily in the US. Her and Danielle Smith wish they were American soOoOoOoO bAd

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Ted McCoy 🖖 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · 1d

they don't ever have an idea of their own, just vapid lockstep with American conservatism.

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 1d

Conservatives want to end birthright citizenship for children of temporary residents nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/08/c...

Conservatives want to end birthright citizenship for children of…

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

nationalnewswatch.com

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 1d

Also, "Canadian Black Friday" is not a thing and I explicitly girlcott any brands that partake in that nonsense.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 1d

and Canadian media.

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 1d

Conservatives shit on the arts but they can't get enough security theatre.

The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 1d

Alberta launched its border patrol last year to help stop the flow of illegal drugs and migrants across what Premier Smith called the “leaky” U.S. border.

But the Interdiction Patrol Team has so far made only a handful of arrests, according to data released through an access to information request.

Alberta’s Border Patrol Has Made Only a Handful of Arrests | The Tyee

Ten months in, critics are concerned about the $29-million cost and few results from the initiative.

thetyee.ca

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 7d

Have you ever witnessed sexual harassment on the bus & not known what to do? Ever heard a transphobic slur being hurled at someone and worried that stepping in would just make it worse?

Let me teach you effective bystander intervention - for free!

I've got 4 webinars left! Registration links :

@julieslalonde | Linktree

Come learn bystander intervention with me - It's free!

linktr.ee

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 2d

Booksellers do occasionally make offers like that for e-pubs to drum up interest.

Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 2d

Co-signing this.

I co-founded the Radical Handmaids in 2012 to defeat an anti-choice bill* and a huge reason we were effective is that anti-choicers couldn't make fun of us because at least we *knew* we looked silly. They looked stupid as hell but took themselves seriously.

*we succeeded 💅

RDS (formerly shawphd) @rds773.bsky.social · 2d

This is why we need more costumed protesters

Hard to cosplay as a badass when a giant frog or a dino or a big pink pig is waving its arms and thrusting its pelvis at you

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 2d

from elbows up to warm embrace. it’s a betrayal of he told canadians to expect from him.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

"You are a transformative president" -- I regret to inform you that Mark Carney is kissing Trump's ass

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 2d

Totally.

I think suffering *shows* your character, it does not necessarily build it.

Covid-19 pandemic is the best example of that. If suffering inherently creates empathy and builds your moral character, then we should all be thriving now after so much suffering and isolation AND YET...

shuilian.bsky.social @shuilian.bsky.social · 2d

In connection w/your point, do you not find it a pernicious myth that suffering is ennobling & 'makes you a better person'? That can happen, of course, & people do learn from experiences, but we underestimate how often people learn the wrong lessons. Suffering often warps & damages victims, I find.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 2d

a wooden box has the word fragile written on it

Alt: a wooden box has the word fragile written on it

media.tenor.com

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Between the Lines @btlbooks.com · 2d

Out now! Toute résilience serait futile
Vie et mort et vie de Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social

www.quebec-amerique.com/collections/...

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 2d

We can, and should, honour and acknowledge people's journeys to survival without glamourizing the struggle.

"Resilience is Futile" is available worldwide as a paperback, e-book and audiobook (narrated by me) and "Toute résilience serait futile" is available now in paperback form!

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote my grad thesis on elderly women living in poverty & my goal was to show the gaps between policy & lived experience but I ended up writing a whole ass dissertation on the way their resilience minimized or downright hid the struggles they were experiencing. "Nana seems happy. Must be fine!"

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 2d

Finally, "resilience is futile" is also a challenge to the ways people glamourize suffering.

"Yes, horrible things happened to you but look at you now! Thriving!"

1- don't give *him* credit for the life I built.

2- I'm not a better person because of what happened. I'm a *different* person.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 2d

I survived 2 years of DV & 10 years of stalking because I got lucky & outlived my abuser.

The police left me to die. My employer abandoned me, as did my campus & most of the people in my life.

Telling me none of that matters because I should just be grateful to be alive is insulting.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 2d

My memoir dropped the day the pandemic was declared & initially, the title got major blowback. "Julie's telling people to give up!"

But as the pandemic dragged on, people saw how they were abandoned by systems of power who told them to just "Be resilient" as though that's separate from privilege

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 2d

I liken resilience to a rodeo clown or a magician's assistant - a shiny way of focusing attention away from the main act.

We don't have to fix systems, provide support or build community care if we individualize every problem as "You're either resilient or you're a weak victim."

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 2d

Instead of praising people for their ability to withstand hardship, why not make life softer for them? More than that, my resilience and ability to get up in the morning despite the violence I was experiencing, were used to minimize the violence. "It can't be that bad! You seem fine!"

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