Doctor of Quarantine. Archaeology, museums, feminism, and ridiculous novelty dresses. She/her.
Sydney, Australia
Joined July 2013
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My World Archaeology paper has just been published online! On 'Contagious objects: artefacts of disease transmission and control at North Head Quarantine Station, Australia'.
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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So she was fine when Labor nominated her for the election
And fine when she sat in the senate for 2 years as a Labor senator
But the afternoon she quits the party - suddenly "Labor figures" have had a stunning revelation that they've had to alert the papers about
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Labor figures are reportedly questioning Fatima Payman’s eligibility to sit in the senate as a dual citizen, after her bombshell resignation from the party. MORE 👉 bit.ly/4cNbbF1
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There's no way to prepare you for what this sounds like, I can only insist that it's one of the greatest things I've ever heard.
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It’s Endometriosis Awareness month, aimed at raising awareness of a disease that takes so much from so many of us. I wrote this piece in hospital five years ago, and since then have had more surgery, several ruptured ovarian cysts and an ectopic pregnancy 🧵
#OPINION: The benefit of having two brain tumours was they put an end to my 'paralysing' periods abc.net.au/news/2019-03-07/e…
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Why are doctors still telling women with endometriosis to become pregnant? Wrote about some really disappointing new research and what might happen if we thought about the uterus like we do other organs
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Hold on - journalists who’ve been gifted trips to Israel paid for by the Israeli gov are free to report on the Israel/Hamas conflict (without disclosing these Israeli gov-paid junkets), but journalists who’ve called for fairness, accuracy & transparency in reporting are banned?
Strength to the arms of courageous journalists putting their names to this letter, urging ‘improved’ coverage of Israel-Hamas conflict: smh.com.au/business/companie…
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Just spent time talking to @UniSuperNews - who are taking many calls from members about this. They confirmed to me that they are receiving a number of complaints and also confirmed that this concern about 'pedalling death' (his quote of what others have said) has been raised.
Attn: Australian academics!: Our super fund @UniSuperNews holds shares in Elbit, whose main business is to supply artillery to the Israeli defence force.
If you would like to make a complaint and demand divestment, here is the link: unisuper.com.au/contact-us/c…
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A beautiful story from @Rachwani91 - take the time to soak it in 💛
Atilla died alone, and seemed to have no family. But a sex shop told a surprisingly different story theguardian.com/society/2023…
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The ABC has crisis lines for Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people pinned to the top of their referendum coverage.
The shame of this result. And after such a harrowing campaign.
My love and solidarity to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in pain tonight
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Pat Anderson AO and @mdavisqlder will deliver four live and free online Voice info sessions this week. If you don't know, listen in. #HistoryIsCalling #VoteYes #UluruStatement ulurustatement.org/professor…
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I spoke to a bunch of women in comedy - @DemiLardner @angelavoipierre @jennaown and Gen Fricker - about what the scene is like, and: it’s not great! theguardian.com/culture/2023…
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a Deakin University survey has estimated that 17.15 million people tuned into #AUSENG cumulatively across Channel 7, Optus Sport, venues, and live-sites.
that's approx 64% of the entire Australian population. the biggest television event not just in sport, but in history.
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The first research study testing the absorbent qualities of menstrual products with actual blood was published... last week.
Literally, last week. Previous testing tended to use liquids such as saline or water.
Let's take a look and see what they found...
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Incredible that this remix of my Deadloch logies soundbyte can also be applied to the Women’s Soccer. L L L Lesbians!! Thank u @candymooremp3 I wish I could vote for it in the hottest 100!
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Period products were only tested with blood for the FIRST time just RECENTLY - manufacturers have been using water or saline. Which is nothing like human blood. But is like the ridiculous ads with the blue liquid. So all the absorption claims are wrong 🫠 theguardian.com/society/2023…
It's hard to believe a mango (or anything) can taste better than a Kensington Pride in Australia but I am more than willing to do the research to find out
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I’ve gotten a lot of new followers lately, so it’s a good day to urgently remind everyone that ALL clothing is handmade. It doesn’t matter if it’s a $2 t-shirt or $20,000 couture, someone had to make it. We don’t have automatic clothes-sewing machines.
