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Laura Barrett

@laurabarrettgo

singer-songwriter • teacher • composer • improvisational music director • asker of questions - she/her

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☀️🕰️ Out today, in time for the Changing of the Clocks! 🕰️☀️ Bandcamp: laurabarrett.bandcamp.com/track/daylight… Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/7uWIDr8K… 🎙️ "Daylight Savings Time" was recorded in a single take in my living room, almost exactly four years ago, just before the pandemic hit North America.

laurabarrettgo's tweet image. ☀️🕰️ Out today, in time for the Changing of the Clocks! 🕰️☀️
Bandcamp:
laurabarrett.bandcamp.com/track/daylight…
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/7uWIDr8K…
🎙️ "Daylight Savings Time" was recorded in a single take in my living room, almost exactly four years ago, just before the pandemic hit North America.

Laura Barrett reposted

In Gaza, Israel has destroyed - churches dating back to the 5th century, mosques to the early 7th century - every university - museums - cemeteries - an ancient harbour - libraries - archives And people are crying over a painting of the arch-racist Arthur Balfour.


Laura Barrett reposted

We can’t wait.

BerniceKing's tweet image. We can’t wait.

If you care about #housing as a human right, please read this thread, about what's happening in #Toronto #TheCruel:

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This afternoon a passing stranger (with their two friends) sang, "Agony," which I immediately followed up with "misery, woe!" and then we all had a nice giggle. #overheard #street #songversations #Sondheim #IntoTheWoods


Esp. in light of Toronto's upcoming mayoral election, "There's No Place Like This Place, Anyplace" is a wonderful look back at our very recent history around housing & redevelopment -- pressing issues for all Torontonians. Join us on Wednesday @ 6:30pm: socialinnovation.org/event_auto/csi…


Celebrate National Film Day by watching Lulu Wei's stellar doc, "There's No Place Like This Place, Anyplace" @csitoronto this Wed Apr 19 @ 6:30pm! So honoured to have scored this important film re: TO history, gentrification, affordable housing & more! socialinnovation.org/event_auto/csi…


Hey, #OntEd! For the past 2 yrs I've been participating in this long-range study of Ont. education workers during COVID -- if you're interested, sign up here: tibdn.ca/covid-19/educa…


Laura Barrett reposted

I’ve made no secret about my feelings on the troubling rise in the anti-trans coverage in the New York Times’ , as such I happily added my name to this open letter calling for change at the paper of record nytletter.com


Laura Barrett reposted

There's a petition drive in Canada with over 12,000 signatures to "extend the right of asylum" to transgender people in unsafe areas of the globe. It includes ""Western democracies" which have historically been presumed safe;" Go sign, Canadians. petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/De…


Read the article & then sign the petition to amplify this horrific story of greed that is tragically all too common in Toronto/Ontario under austerity:

Toronto Bar Owner Facing Eviction From Her Home Of 23 Years While Fighting Cancer nar.city/8485



Please sign this petition - landlords literally have the power of life and death in this city:

Toronto Bar Owner Facing Eviction From Her Home Of 23 Years While Fighting Cancer nar.city/8485



Toronto, we should all be upset about @JohnTory's plan to increase the police budget when so many other (*actually* vital) services are underfunded. Make some noise via phone, e-mail, board meeting (info below):

Toronto Bar Owner Facing Eviction From Her Home Of 23 Years While Fighting Cancer nar.city/8485



Keep this handy for when people say they're socially liberal, but fiscally conservative:

This Christmas please don’t say we can’t afford housing for all. We can no longer afford the cruelty of the status quo. A month in provincial jail costs: $9,400 Month in hospital: $20,100 Month in shelter: $6,600 Social housing per month: $2,500 Housing is a human right.



Laura Barrett reposted

Why aren’t we all more angry that the government has a surplus of money (our tax money that we gave them) and it’s not being spent on keeping children safe and healthy???


I experienced the partial collapse of my social media-distributed identity last Sept, when my artist Instagram account was disabled/eventually deleted, & I lost years of content & connections. None of this will last, but if you want to follow me on IG: instagram.com/laurabarrett.w…


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