u/ournoonsournights

If you were also livid when you saw that ad, here's what you can do in less than 3 minutes.

1. Email Councillor Dianne Saxe
2. Submit a complaint to AdStandards

Email your Councillor
https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/council/members-of-council/

Something as simple as "I'm a resident of Toronto, and this is unacceptable, we should not have to deal with this and the precedent it sets".

(Also, I know it feels useless to email people, but I've heard from advocacy groups that even like 7-10 emails about something specific makes it a big deal to local offices. It's worth it, I promise!)

Ad Standards
https://adstandards.ca/complaints/how-to-submit-a-complaint/

The description can be something as simple as "this is an unacceptable format for ads and sets a harmful precendent."

Note - if you want to include a picture (including a screenshot from Reddit), you have to select 'other' as the type of ad, not 'outdoor'

Common councillors:

Toronto Center (dt core): Councillor_Moise@toronto.ca

Spadina-Fort York (all the way to lakeshore, west end): Councillor_Malik@toronto.ca

University - Rosedale (Annex, bloor, christie pits etc): Councillor_Saxe@toronto.ca

I picked up gouache again after years, been having a lot of fun! These are some sketches from the last few months, I'm particularly interested in colour :)

My minimalist painting setup!

One of my favourite things about a low-consumption lifestyle is how it keeps things so accessible. Painting is for everyone, and you can bring it anywhere :)

The details:

My notebook was an old one from a friend, I've had the brushes for years, and I repurposed a Tupperware for a palette & water (WHICH if you're an artist is actually the best hack ever bc extends paint life, the humidity keeps it moist) and my paints were about $8 from an independent art store. I like to challenge myself to only use primaries & white (and a burnt sienna for oils).

I'd love to see what other low-consumption artists and creatives are making 🌞

I've hiked on mountain ranges and volcanoes all over the world in my casual boots, my normal jeans, a crop top, and a mesh clubbing shirt (everyone laughs, but they're amazing for layers!! They don't hold sweat and keep you warm!)

There's no need to buy new outfits for every activity, and it's a reminder that hiking can be very accessible! :)

EDIT - resubmitted bc I used a brand name by accident!

PS- For the people calling me consumerist because I take flights:

Once I'm in a region, I use and travel :) public transit, trains, long haul busses, often 10-20 hours!

I have never owned a car, I don't eat meat, all my belongings fit in a 55L bag, and are thrifted from small local businesses. Respectfully, please keep it to yourself 👍🏽

EDIT 2 - y'all outside of the Himalayas trek, these hikes are like 4-8 hours and extremely populated. I promise you I'm not going to die of hypothermia in my jeans and/or be any more likely than the average person to require emergency helicopter rescue

Something I'm very proud of is how little I consume. All my belongings fit in a 55L bag, most of it is thrifted and multi-use. Minimalism is fun for me, like a nice puzzle.

I recently posted in the anti-consumption subreddit about how I do a lot of really cool hikes all over the world, wearing the same outfit I would to a cafe: docs, jeans, and a crop top.

It's important to me because I believe that hiking should be accessible! All you need is your legs, no need to buy new clothes or expensive supplies. A lot of people don't think of hiking this way, and it can make them feel like they're not good enough or prepared enough to hike if they don't have the right stuff.

I got such a negative response! About how I was obviously doing something SO dangerous, I didn't know anything about hiking, I'm a bad low-consumerism for taking flights (which, btw, I don't own a car, and once I get to a region I do exclusively land travel -- even if that means a 20hr bus ride). One person even said that I only wear crop tops on hikes for social media likes.

I'm so frustrated! I've been on so many crazy hikes, I included pictures, I obviously know what I'm doing! And they said things like they wouldn't wear jeans because of chafing or crop tops bc of but bites -- obviously if that was a problem for me I wouldn't keep doing it??? I just only own crop tops lmao and the whole post was about not buying new things just for hiking!

Only one person was like, let's assume she knows how to hike if she's doing all this hiking?

The post even got removed, and I don't know why.

I'm just annoyed, that was something I was excited to share and I just got completely disregarded and everyone assumed I'm just stupid. I also wonder if I would have gotten that response if I were a man.

Thanks for listening to me vent, it upset me more than I expected 😔

Food is delicious veg curry :)

EDIT - I can't reply to all of you, but thank you sooooooo so much, please know you made me feel so warm and it's so fun to be in a community of fun, feminist, outdoorsy girls!

I trave full time so I live out of a 55L backpack. Everything I own has to be light, portable, and usually multi-function. I thrift most of it as well :)

While I love beautiful, high-quality art supplies I use the cheap stuff just as often. I believe anyone can make art without the fancy equipment if they don't have it. These are gauche paints I got for under $10 CAD, 2 random old paintbrushes, a free notebook, and a small tupperware container that I use as a palette and water bowl. It's simple, everyone has one, and the humidity keeps the gauche fresh too!

Would love to see other simple living artist's setups and processes :)

Just for fun! I like making invitations to the events I host for my friends, and I'm stuck between these two options. Let me know what you think :)