Author: The Arbourist
Dead Wild Roses: On Subjectivity – Gender Identity
This is from a resource aimed at children and teachers to ‘educate’ them on the finer points of gender-woo. It is here the notion of the unfalsifiable gender-soul is born. This woo, because of Bill C-16 is a category. In the same list as “sex” in our Charter. See the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Classical Interlude – Mozart’s Requiem – Kyrie
Just listen to this choir drive through the Kyrie of Mozart’s requiem. Glorious.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Why I am Leaving the Cult of Wokeness – Open Letter
A long read, but it illustrates the journey from being part of the activist left to becoming a useful member of society. If there’s one thing I’m NOT afraid of, it’s being ‘cancelled’. If being cancelled means me living in integrity as a human being who thinks for themselves, CANCEL
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Recommitting to Canadian Values – Josh Dehaas
Identity politics sow division and strife within society. We need to revisit the idea that we are all Canadians first and foremost. We come in all different shapes, beliefs, and abilities. Those differences and the acceptance of our actual diversity is what makes Canada a wonderful place to live and
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Together we can…
When your phrasing goes horribly wrong.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Thought Terminating Cliches – “The Far Right”
Discussing issues about our society in the online world is almost always a contentious affair, but lately it seems that people are particularly unwilling to engage in conversation and debate. One of the terms that is getting thrown around liberally is the “the Far Right”. Any point of disagreement once
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Passage of the Day – Jo Bartosch – There is no ‘moderate’ amount of reality.
Jo Bartosch writes in The Critic about some of the more recent nuances of the gender debate in the UK. Women espousing a defence of their rights and reality are starting to be heard and acknowledged, and it is about damn time. “Acknowledgment of both reality and personal liberty must
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: On “Vernacular Architecture” – The Cultural Tutor
Do you ever feel that older cities are just more interesting than new ones? Well, it isn’t just because they’re old. It’s because of something called “vernacular architecture”… What makes the cobbled streets of York so charming? Or the jettied houses of Plovdiv? Or the terraced villages of Bhutan? Or
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