Bad + Bitchy Podcast

Welcome to Bad + Bitchy! We are a #intersectionalfeminist political platform that does deep dives on the issues of our time. This platform is owned and led by @wickdchiq.bsky.social, an award-winning journalist known for her sharp wit and biting commentary ALL CONTENT IS FREE! badandbitchy.com

NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

Some ground rules that have helped us: - Go outside your bubble, try new social media channels - Don’t underestimate the power of WhatsApp (although less so in the U.S.) - Post on the Instagram grid, not just stories - Watch every Instagram video until the end before sharing - IGNORE THEM

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

When you have leverage, increase your demands.

That's wild, in the US they'd have just shot a bunch of kids

So it was a choice by the government not to do these things with money it had from taxes that were paid by the people who wanted these services.

Canadians, we need to take notice of this. We don’t fight with much might, but look where strength in numbers, conviction based on real needs for the people, look where it can get you. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

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It’s interesting that they can always find the money when necessary. We just have to make it necessary

Never let them tell you how to protest or that you shouldn’t protest. Never let them confuse protests and parades

The Results of the Alberta Referendum put Immigrants on Notice

I hear the winds of the Harper era blowing in… all the “abolish the Indian Act” talk… feds would love nothing more than to drop its fiduciary and treaty obligations. Saw this coming with Carney’s conservative extractive agenda. #cdnpoli #indianact #treaties

I didn’t know the French were this lethal

I want to let ppl know that there are economists trained in economic theory that can explain how the economy works and provide great insights into economic thinking that are anti-imperialist, socialist, anti-fascist. And they studied from the same textbooks neoclassical economists use

It’s rare to find a photo that matches the verbiage of a political meme so perfectly. This is one example of it.

The Results of the Alberta Referendum put Immigrants on Notice

The province of Alberta put immigrants and racialized people living in Alberta at risk for violence and harassment with this vote. It showed that this is acceptable to treat immigrants/racialized ppl as less-than. This will have major implication including the creation of a permanent underclass

A sobering thread

These motherfuckers hate women so much.

I believe they do

I’m sure gender is part of the calculation

Alberta voted to put immigrants on notice. What is clear is the associated violence already began way before the referendum. All racialized people in the province have a target on their backs www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

Slavery, not so long ago. These codes are still in full effect in society and form the basis of racism against Blk ppl

This is a thread as to what it takes to get change and why on this side of the Atlantic we get nothing

Immigrants work super hard and accept/ignore all sorts of racist, colorist, classist, ableist, casteist shit because the only consequence of calling any of this shit out in Canada is isolation, ostracization, demonization, poverty, unhousedness, mental illness, and eventually death.

Imagine a news organization giving credence to the possibility that one group of people are responsible for Canada’s socioeconomic woes (“fairly or not” means there’s a possibility it’s true). That’s discriminatory and how far-right rhetoric is platformed by mainstream media

If you want to know where Flock cameras are located download MapQuest www.engadget.com/2288729/mapq...

I assumed the response to the Omar harassment was muted because there's an assumption that she'll win in the end. But @sophiatesfaye.bsky.social is probably right that the press has been cowed by right-wing conspiracists into thinking they may have something. www.salon.com/2026/10/17/t...

The people are revolting and it’s lovely to see

Polling places don't have the required resources or interest in supporting disabled voters. For Disability Culture Currents, Eric Welsby, Advocacy Director of Detroit Disability Power, dives into challenges to accessible voting — and how we can address them. Read more: tinyurl.com/DCCurrents.

Data centres are also military outposts

Unlike the raid on John Bolton, the targeting of Omar has elicited zero condemnation from NYT, WSJ, and Washington Post.

And they are at risk of sexual exploitation and trafficking

(🧵1/5) Bill C-39 violently attacks Indigenous rights by allowing the government to bypass their constitutional obligation to obtain free, prior and informed consent.

This is frightening and will set a precedence that aims at removing mostly racialized people from American society Funny thing is these efforts have unintended consequences such as Melania possibly facing the same fate

A lot of women are in jail for protecting themselves from their abusers

New from me. I wrote about the immigration questions on Alberta’s referendum ballot. www.hilltimes.com/2026/10/14/s...

Separatists aren’t smart enough to realize when they’re being played www.hilltimes.com/2026/10/14/s...

Eternal

My latest column imagines the following: let’s say for sake of argument Alberta secedes, it would never becomes a state: www.hilltimes.com/2026/10/14/s...

German police have seized a humanoid robot after it allegedly touched a 16-year-old girl in an indecent manner and made sexually suggestive gestures toward her. The two young men apparently livestreamed the incident in the western city of Cologne on social media. www.cbsnews.com/news/germany...

Google images was founded by Jennifer Lopez’s infamous green dress