You can't extrapolate someone's entire thought process or opinion from a tweet. You can't tell whether they're a good or bad person by their Instagram feed. And their social media likes don't give you an insight to their heart. Social media isn't real. Nighty night.
I really resent that someone who is off on taxpayer-funded sick leave because he's unable to do his job, is seemingly well enough to plan, strategise and launch a high level legal action in an attempt to stifle public interest journalism.
You know, at some point we have to have a conversation around how school in Australia is still entirely calibrated on the assumption that one parent (THE MOTHER) doesn't work.
I’m Jewish and the granddaughter of holocaust survivors. If any member of my family, husband or children, are put on a ‘national register’ I’m leaving Australia.
Wait wait wait. The Catholic Church gets Jobkeeper? But universities don’t? Musicians and performers don’t? Local government doesn’t? What the actual?!
Today I went to a local cafe that I love. I try to go there each day to get a coffee. Today, in the heart of St Kilda, ppl were walking in, no check ins, no masks. I won’t go back. I’m heartbroken. I get that ppl are frustrated. But checking in and masks are no brainers.
heavily pregnant patients, patients in labour or patients who have just given birth and their babies. It's is a HUGE source of torment for ppl who are attending after loss. I *know* that this will make a huge difference and I'm so proud of them for doing it and that I helped. <3
Usman Khawaja is a national treasure. I really do hope Australian Cricket is supporting him publicly and privately. I don't know why Australia would play on English soil again until a full and frank apology is offered to him specifically and more broadly.
At what point does a journalist say 'I'm not going to report on that story because it's just utterly ridiculous?' The Courtney Act Playschool accusations are ridiculous, damaging, offensive, homophobic and attention-seeking. Defamatory? At what point do we deprive them of oxygen?
THREAD: A win for me today. I was chatting to a doctor at a large metro hospital. I've been giving presentations within the medical fraternity about best practice when it comes to miscarriage care and this doctor's team was one that I spoke with. Based on what I said...
Sitting at a table outside at a small restaurant. Table for 21 - almost the whole outdoor area. They’re supposed to be coming at 730pm. They just cancelled. My heart breaks for hospo right now.
Seeing a lot of parents post about being lunchbox shamed, with kids coming home from lunch with stickers telling them there was something not ok in their lunchbox.
Fuck this to absolutely hell.
Currently talking to a patient who is in an Australian hospital having a miscarriage. They've put them in the maternity ward. IN. THE. MATERNITY. WARD. They are literally surrounded by babies. Super common... but no less absolutely and entirely fucked. I'm so angry and so upset.
I can’t help but remember a day when Nazis descended on St Kilda and we asked police to walk an African-Australian woman to her car (she’d been menaced earlier) and they said no bc the Nazis, who were *literally* sieg heiling metres away said they were “v reasonable, no threat”.
How it feels for me as a Jew to see a swastika: a trickle down ice bath starting at my head and covering my entire body. It’s paralysing. It makes me physically sick and I shake like a leaf. Bc I know that person wants to watch me and my kids die. That’s how it feels.
Billionaires pay $250k for a tourist trip, go missing: entire world mobilises resources to find them.
Brown ppl drown at sea trying to live in a place where they're less likely to die: World pretends to be horrified and then moves on within the hour.
The juxtaposition is stark.
Just heard from a friend that the vaccination hub at St Kilda's Peanut Farm is completely empty. No queues. It's a walk-in. 5km travel limit doesn't apply if you're getting vaccinated. Pass it on!
Just here to point out that the ad was conceived and directed by one of the most important Aboriginal filmmakers to ever live, Warwick Thornton. So this comment is deeply problematic, as are the people RTing it.
So. The Nazi uniform. As someone whose family died at the hands of Nazis, I have some thoughts. 🧵
When I read the headline my first reaction was that I felt very sick. As I always do when I have to look at Nazi paraphernalia. But I've been thinking all day and quite frankly
Leunig has been problematic for a long time. As someone who watched Tiananmen live from HK before the lines were cut and am still scarred, I am so sorry that such selfless and heroic bravery is being compared to antivaxxing. I'm so very deeply sorry.
ScoMo praising all the Aboriginal writers nominated in the
#PMLitawards
, the day after pushing the cashless welfare card in Parliament. Honestly... the cognitive dissonance is just mind blowing.
Before we offer our congratulations to the LNP for their move against Moira Deeming, remember she is:
-Anti-vaxx
-Anti-mandates
-Anti Safe Schools
-Anti Euthanasia
-A pro-lifer (including in rape cases
-Pro conversion therapy
Why was she in the party at all?
I now have more questions than answers. What sort of people were your family/friends/peers/teachers? Did they think it was funny? Did you? Did not one single person have a quiet word? If that's the case, what in the hell other things were said and done in yr presence and theirs?
What are some changes you’ve seen that you’d like to see stay?
For me: I want Newstart and other social security payments to stay higher, I want parents to be given more flexibility to work from home, I want early childhood education to be free for all.
What the fuck kind of state school announces, during a lockdown, that school camp is going ahead, at a cost of $1300, with the deposit (which is more than a JobSeeker payment) due in 11 days? WHAT KIND OF STATE SCHOOL?!
If wearing a Nazi uniform was acceptable during your formative years, indeed at your entrance to adulthood, I can only assume those years contained healthy doses of racism, sexism, bigotry, homophobia and more. Yes, 100% assumption, but prolly not an overreach TBF.
they have decided to move their recurrent miscarriage clinic out of its current location in maternity and up to where the early pregnancy assessment centre is located. What that means is that patients being treated for recurrent miscarriage won't be confronted with...
I can't see how it's in any way tenable for Karen Hayes to keep her job as CEO of Guide Dogs Vic. It's such a huge lapse in judgement. What other really poor decisions has she made or is she making?
Incredibly disappointing. When will white women learn that by being inclusive, we lose nothing and gain everything? I am a mother. If calling someone else a birthing person or a parent makes them feel safe and acknowledges their identity, what do I lose? Nothing. I lose nothing.
WOMEN OF THE WORLD! We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and even of our name! They don’t call us “women” anymore; they call us “birthing people” or “menstruators”, and even “people with vaginas”! Don’t let them erase you! Every human on earth owes you!
Porter was social services minister when Robodebt was brought in. He never shed a single tear for any of the people illegally victimised, some of whom are dead. Did he ever cry over two little innocent children locked up on Christmas Island? Or asylum seekers illegally detained?
High heels are designed to make a woman's legs look impossibly long, just like corsets were designed to make a woman's waist look impossibly small. When are we going to discuss getting rid of them? They're literally crippling women. I hate them. HATE.
Like, honestly, if only white people in the inner city were as worried about Aboriginal communities that don't have clean drinking water as they are about fucking toilet paper. If only.
Today I'm thinking about women of colour who face all the challenges we white women face, but they also worry about being more likely to be killed in their own home. Or dying younger. Or their kids being removed or dying in prison. I feel a deep sense of unease today.
Today I drove past our local primary school and there's a huge sign out the front painted on a sheet in St Kilda colours that says "WELCOME BACK DARLINGS" and I won't lie to you, I pulled the car over and cried.
To other Jews who are feeling as devastated as I am this week: you can criticise Israel. You *must* stand on the right side of history.
To the people who wrap anti-Semitism in anti-Zionism (who are few, but we see you) you do anti-Zionism a great disservice. Fuck off.
If you've followed me for a bit, you know I'm a Sinophile. I lived in HK, I have travelled in China extensively, I speak Chinese and I studied Chinese history and politics. What astounds me about Australia's approach to China is that they *STILL* don't get the concept of mianzi.
And just one more thing. Do not underestimate the levels of anti-Semitism among cis white male politicians. There are still clubs that actively dissuade Jewish membership. It is there, it is active and well. Always.
There's also a part of me that wonders what role Perrottet's involvement in the Catholic Church played here... bc we all know there's a very dicey relationship between the Catholic Church and Nazis. He has not denied a connection to fundamentalist org Opus Dei.
All the white people who are saying 'Why was that reporter so calm? Why was he so polite?' You don't get it. If you are a POC America (OR AUSTRALIA HELLO) and you are talking to police, you don't have a choice. ***Privilege*** is what allows white folk to crack it at the cops.
So. I have many qs. He says his parents talked to him the next day. They had no idea he was going to wear it? They didn't think of asking him to take it off immediately? No one else did?
Like I said... more questions than answers.
And no. You can shove your apology.
#kthxbai
"The reporter had filed no fewer than five stories on Sunday and four on Monday, which is a normal workload for a Daily Mail journalist." Is it any wonder she made a mistake?!
Many of you have followed the journey of
@derridalicious
, which has been rocky of late, to say the least. I've convinced her to let us help her and her beautiful family. Money raised will be used for cancer treatment and help with her new baby. PLS RT
So weird the way the heart works. Husbo went away for a couple of days for work. No biggie. But when he walked in yday, totally unexpectedly my heart almost exploded. As much as he is very annoying, I'm still madly in love with him. Just thought you all needed to know.
this lot keep denying they are/support white supremacists and other extremist movements - so imagine being such a selfish c*** you have no problem sitting/standing next to someone carrying that sign
Yesterday, my husband, a journalist with
@theage
, published this story. Tell me... Do WHITE journalists get called "activist journalists" by politicians? This sort of coded language is racist and outrageous. SHAME ON YOU
@PeterDutton_MP
YOU GRUB. 1/3
Long ago, I was dating someone (not husbo!) who had very very different political beliefs to me. I don't like existing in an echo chamber... I like being challenged. But I went to my mum and asked her, at what point are converging views too much? Where do u draw the line? 🧵
Took me 8 pregnancies and 7 losses to have 2
#didgerijews
. In dark times I’d always take photos of rainbows, hoping they were a sign living babes were around the corner waiting for me. Today I took a photo with my two babies with a rainbow. And the moment took my breath away. 🌈
So for anyone playing along, the
#didgerijew
didn’t stand up for or sing the anthem at assembly. I asked did anyone says anything? He said one kid told him to stand up. “I said, I’m Aboriginal and that’s a song for whitefullas and I’m not singing it or standing up”. :-)
I don’t think this story should be an exclusive to any news org. This should be fully transparent, public facing announcement by the Morrison government.
I’m back in ED. A very elderly patient’s RAT came back positive. Her family broke into the area where she was to hug her because they ‘didn’t know if they’d ever see her again’. How’s your night going?
*Drumroll! Thread!*
Hard To Bear found its way home! My book about early pregnancy loss will be published by
@ultimopress
in 2023. Thanks to Brigid Mullane and her team who've made me feel so welcome. Thanks also to the *outrageously* talented
@MJOstell
.
But wait! There’s more!
@mm_newscorpaus
@Knightcartoons
@theheraldsun
Says a white man of privilege who has such immense insight into race and the effect racism has on young women of colour? This cartoon could have been executed without making her look like a gorilla and using every single stereotype about Black women. It's entirely objectionable.
@Jtlx90
Punishing? I think the word you're looking for is accountability? The fact that he himself didn't come clean about it until someone else threatened to leak it tells you that he clearly sees an issue with it too.
Just a quick note that we made it to our stretch goal of $70k. I’ll be shutting down the GFM later tonight at
@derridalicious
’ request. Thank you everyone. ❤️
#didgerijewII
turns 2 today. She’s our precious gift, a 7x rainbow and my pot of gold. Every day with her is a joy and watching her become besties with her big brother has been the privilege of my life. Happy birth anniversary to us.
@LatimoreJack
. xx
I’m still pretty sick but my docs are letting me go home for Pesach. Fam is pretty stoked. I need my babies! Hopefully I’ll keep getting better and won’t be back here any time soon. ❤️
If you see a zoom or tv footage of a white person with Aboriginal art in the background pls send to me or ping me? I want to document this phenomenon. I’m like the David Attenborough of Twitter, observing the white people in their natural habitats. I should blend in just fine.
I just asked someone to move across on the tram so I didn’t have to climb over them to get to the window seat and he flat out refused. “No I’m fine sitting here thanks”. And just sat there. I’m 7 months pregnant and massive. Honestly... what’s wrong with people?!
So proud of husbo for everything he’s achieved in his life and his career. But when Rowan Dean went on the telebox and named Jack as his most hated journalist, it was my proudest wife moment ever. Even more than when Blot named us both enemies of free speech.
#truestory
#truelove
Ok look, it’s very angry (I’m a bleeder) but here is the new art in honour of my children Buyi and Wata and seven native figs for my angels. Decorative Illawarra Flame Tree flower also on the left.
#birpai
#gathang
The explosion in Beirut was 1/5 the size of the Hiroshima bomb, half the city wiped out, 300k+ homeless and no one knows yet how many injured/dead. It’s just incomprehensible.
Doing intensive family tree research. Just found an entire branch on the Oderberg side, completely wiped out during the Holocaust. It's a pretty weird feeling to read down the family tree: Belzec, Treblinka, Sobibor and Nowy Sacz Ghetto. Takes the wind out of one's research sails
Hello white ppl tweeting about immigrants being elected to office, women premiers blah blah. A man who proposed DNA testing First Nations peoples, supports travel bans to Muslim countries and voted against marriage equality is now an elected member of NSW parliament. So stop.
On abortion rights, I don't like it when we give the most extreme examples of why it's needed. I needed a TFMR, but will fight equally for the right of someone who gets pregnant accidentally in a one-night stand. The circumstances are irrelevant. That's what universal means.
Just made myself a batch of lactation cookies in preparation for birth this week. In the past 2 years I’ve made so many batches of lactation cookies for so many friends, all while I lost five of my own pregnancies. I didn’t think it would ever be my turn. And now... it is. ❤️
I'm begging fellow white feminists to PLEASE listen. You're not hearing it. We're worried about board room seats and tax-free nannies. Aboriginal women are worried about watching their kids die at the hands of police. If it's not intersectional, it's not feminism.
Far out. On what planet to people think 14 year olds *aren't* talking about sex? Lol. If you don't want your kids to read a book, DON'T BUY THE BOOK. My gawd.
Five years ago today I married my best friend and love of my life.
Interesting fact: did you know the 5-year anniversary is curried sausages? That’s what my love is making me for dinner at my request. Have a great day all. ❤️
And just like that, our 6x rainbow baby has arrived and our family is complete. She will be spending a little bit of time in special care while they get her blood sugar under control but she’s fit as a fiddle and absolutely beautiful. ❤️❤️❤️
How utterly fucked is it that an Aboriginal man who might die in prison needs to crowdsource fucking healthcare and not dying? How many of the 339 recommendations of the royal commission have been implemented? One? Two? Five? Honestly fuck this absolute bullshit.