Zoe Whittall
@zoewhittall.bsky.social
TV writer/novelist. My latest books: No Credit River, Wild Failure, & The Fake. The Best Kind of People was shortlisted for The Giller Prize. Canadian Screen Award winner. Available to staff on your TV show. https://linktr.ee/Zoewhittall
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Zoe Whittall
@zoewhittall.bsky.social
· Dec 8
No Credit River by Zoe Whittall
Memoir / Prose Poetry / Autofiction
Publication Date: October 29, 2024
5.5 x 8.5 inches
78 pages
Trade Paperback
ISBN 9781771669078
bookhugpress.ca
“No Credit River is a testament to our queer and artistic communities—profoundly thoughtful, coursing with intelligence.” —Ali Blythe, author of Stedfast.
"one of the most electrifying collections I have read in years.” —Hannah Green, author of Xanax Cowboy
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Danielle Smith’s party will also consider changes to DEI in schools and the disclosure of students’ participation in gay-straight alliances at their annual convention
Alberta UCP to consider policy proposal banning Pride flags on public property | Xtra Magazine
Danielle Smith’s party will also consider changes to DEI in schools and the disclosure of students’ participation in gay-straight alliances at their annual convention
xtramagazine.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Danielle Smith’s party will also consider changes to DEI in schools and the disclosure of students’ participation in gay-straight alliances at their annual convention
The thing about Wicked that I can’t wrap my head around is that it is … bad? I feel a bit insane that everyone is so excited about the new one.
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The thing about Wicked that I can’t wrap my head around is that it is … bad? I feel a bit insane that everyone is so excited about the new one.
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As somebody situated in that exact cultural space at that time, this is *mind blowingly accurate.* The landscape is SO different, it feels like remembering a parallel universe.
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
As somebody situated in that exact cultural space at that time, this is *mind blowingly accurate.* The landscape is SO different, it feels like remembering a parallel universe.
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Honouring the trans women and fems slain by violence used to feel like invoking a lineage of fierce and fabulous ghosts. Right now, it feels hollow, writes @razorfemme.bsky.social
I’m sick of writing about dead trans people | Xtra Magazine
For 15 years, I hoped my words would change something. Now I’m grieving the world that could’ve been
xtramagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Honouring the trans women and fems slain by violence used to feel like invoking a lineage of fierce and fabulous ghosts. Right now, it feels hollow, writes @razorfemme.bsky.social
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TDOR is a day I've had complicated feelings on for many years, and this year it feels especially hollow. To have people only celebrate our names on the day we remember the dead. There has been little to silence of any of our triumphs and joys, and many feel all too eager to lay flags in memorial.
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
TDOR is a day I've had complicated feelings on for many years, and this year it feels especially hollow. To have people only celebrate our names on the day we remember the dead. There has been little to silence of any of our triumphs and joys, and many feel all too eager to lay flags in memorial.
I want to know your most shameful ADHD habit. Mine is that every Nov I buy a humidifier and promise myself I will disinfect it weekly then I rarely do. By spring I put it away after cleaning it but it’s still gross enough that I think the germs will make me sick. Then I buy another one.
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I want to know your most shameful ADHD habit. Mine is that every Nov I buy a humidifier and promise myself I will disinfect it weekly then I rarely do. By spring I put it away after cleaning it but it’s still gross enough that I think the germs will make me sick. Then I buy another one.
No one is more surprised than me that the Morning Show finale was excellent? Billy Crudup deserves an Emmy.
November 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
No one is more surprised than me that the Morning Show finale was excellent? Billy Crudup deserves an Emmy.
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Texas' abortion ban has killed another woman.
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Texas' abortion ban has killed another woman.
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Every time Hinge shows me the “perfect match” they’ve chosen for me I feel less like AI is gonna ruin us.
November 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Every time Hinge shows me the “perfect match” they’ve chosen for me I feel less like AI is gonna ruin us.
Are we for Avi Lewis? Someone tell me who has been paying more attention. I am saying yes right now because of a flawed reason I am very familiar with. (Has a cool wife.)
November 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Are we for Avi Lewis? Someone tell me who has been paying more attention. I am saying yes right now because of a flawed reason I am very familiar with. (Has a cool wife.)
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You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
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As I sometimes like to mention, s the only reason you know who Jeffrey Epstein is (that is, if you weren't one of his friends/clients/beneficiaries) is because Ms Brown, below, broke the story of his sweetheart deal to get out of the 2008 trafficking charges.
BREAKING: (Gift) New Epstein emails reveal that Epstein claimed he had kompromat on President Trump. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
New Epstein emails claim Trump ‘spent hours’ with victim
Democrats on the House Oversight say the emails provide evidence of a cover-up by the White House
www.miamiherald.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
As I sometimes like to mention, s the only reason you know who Jeffrey Epstein is (that is, if you weren't one of his friends/clients/beneficiaries) is because Ms Brown, below, broke the story of his sweetheart deal to get out of the 2008 trafficking charges.
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Very pleased that @rollingstone.com is running an excerpt of WITHOUT CONSENT today, focusing on the making and impact of a 1980 television movie on the Rideout case featuring a young Linda Hamilton and Mickey Rourke.
Inside the 1980 Made-For-TV Movie That Tackled Marital Rape -- Before It Was a Crime Nationwide
In this excerpt from 'Without Consent,' Sarah Weinman explores a ripped-from-headlines movie starring Mickey Rourke and Linda Hamilton.
www.rollingstone.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Very pleased that @rollingstone.com is running an excerpt of WITHOUT CONSENT today, focusing on the making and impact of a 1980 television movie on the Rideout case featuring a young Linda Hamilton and Mickey Rourke.
Bold that the new update for Crave makes it worse? It’s basically impossible to find even recent HBO shows but boy are they excited for you to watch Love Island Games or CTV News morning show from yesterday. At least on Prime you know they don’t care bc it’s not their main revenue stream.
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Bold that the new update for Crave makes it worse? It’s basically impossible to find even recent HBO shows but boy are they excited for you to watch Love Island Games or CTV News morning show from yesterday. At least on Prime you know they don’t care bc it’s not their main revenue stream.
A couple of times now I’ve been asked to write pilots with someone who describes the main character as the “queer Angela Chase” and honestly if this is my calling card I’m here for it.
November 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A couple of times now I’ve been asked to write pilots with someone who describes the main character as the “queer Angela Chase” and honestly if this is my calling card I’m here for it.
Is anyone else listening to the Beth’s Dead podcast (they just released ep 3) and I think the writer is a scammer dude and it’s driving me nuts. The premise of the letter makes no real sense.
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Is anyone else listening to the Beth’s Dead podcast (they just released ep 3) and I think the writer is a scammer dude and it’s driving me nuts. The premise of the letter makes no real sense.
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If you’re still in line, STAY IN LINE
November 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
If you’re still in line, STAY IN LINE
Every Bryan Washington novel covers similar themes, settings, and relationship/family conflicts and I am here for every one. Even when the hardcover of his latest came out to over 40 bucks in Canada with the tariffs. Worth it.
November 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Every Bryan Washington novel covers similar themes, settings, and relationship/family conflicts and I am here for every one. Even when the hardcover of his latest came out to over 40 bucks in Canada with the tariffs. Worth it.
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I infamously had a very public beef with Margaret Atwood years ago because I called her out for being a terrible ally to survivors, so this headline gave me a chuckle.
For a Literary Saint, Margaret Atwood Can Sure Hold a Grudge
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I infamously had a very public beef with Margaret Atwood years ago because I called her out for being a terrible ally to survivors, so this headline gave me a chuckle.
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The Trump supporter who now runs CBS news cut the portion of the interview where Trump said he loved her. Here's why American media has a liberal bias problem.
November 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The Trump supporter who now runs CBS news cut the portion of the interview where Trump said he loved her. Here's why American media has a liberal bias problem.
Just realized I’ve been paying for Starz all year because last Christmas I wanted to watch The Family Stone for the 76th time. Does anyone know how to be less stupid
November 3, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Just realized I’ve been paying for Starz all year because last Christmas I wanted to watch The Family Stone for the 76th time. Does anyone know how to be less stupid