Judith Ridge

Reading a friend's thesis for my own PhD research, I came across this quote that seems entirely apposite in the current climate of book-banning. It's by Perry Nodelman, the Canadian Children's Literature academic:

Oh and by the way, f*ck you Megyn Kelly and all the other handmaiden pick-me rape apologists out there.

I got one! I got one! I must be a real writer now!

I’ve finished my marking. I’ve submitted my thesis. It’s school holidays so no paid work for two weeks. I officially have nothing to do. I don’t know what to do.

Oh my god, Jurassic Park never gets old. So good! Genuinely scary. And Jeff Goldblum with his shirt off for half the movie? Yes thanks!

Every single Pauline Hanson story reporting on her latest racist comments should also include that a court has upheld that she racially discriminated against Mehreen Faruqi.

🎶You did it! You did it! You said that you would do it, And indeed you did. I thought that you would rue it; I doubted you'd do it. But now I must admit it That succeed you did.🎶 Well, succeeded in submitting it, anyway. Now for the months’ long wait for the result!

Dear god this is pathetic. How do these so-called journalists live with themselves. Not objecting to the first paragraph, but the second one is just an embarrassment. This is how this man’s bullshit has been normalised. FFS!

OK Zotero, time to get your 💩 together and synch with Australian ISBNs smdh

Message just sent to my siblings…

I am maybe one week away from submitting my doctoral thesis and I am at the point where I no longer recognise words I wrote less than 24 hours ago. 😵‍💫

He also said this... about taking responsibility for the deaths /in the streets/ of seven aid workers.

That money you spend on Harry Potter garbage goes to suing Amnesty International on behalf of ex-spouses of trans people who call themselves "trans widows."

Fornication is the perfect word fornication like this.

this is a masterpiece

What with Stephen Colbert’s leave-taking, Thomas Massie’s concession speech, and the Miles Franklin Award longlist, I am more than ever convinced of the pleasing stupidity of people who have never heard of the Streisand Effect.

I co-wrote a thing! This is my first article for The Conversation @theconversation.com, co-written with my colleague at @utas.edu.au Professor Robyn Cox. Does your child only read graphic novels? That’s OK – it’s helping them build literacy skills theconversation.com/does-your-ch...

I wrote my thoughts on the loss of James Valentine, who I kind of knew, a bit. open.substack.com/pub/msmisrul...

I fucking hate these racists. They can all go to hell.

"when you’re in the midst of an email barrage, or getting terrible threatening DMs and the writers are copping it as well. You basically just want it to go away. And I can appreciate the easiest way for that to happen is to just get rid of the writer – but that is never going to be the solution.”

I think I’ve hit my limit. I’m so tired of having Trump in my head. Yesterday, in between meeting work deadlines, I spent the day weeping for James Valentine and wondering why we only seem to lose the good ones. In other news, my beautiful dad would have been 98 today.

Perfect name for something you use for your science and not give any credit

The entire issue with the NDIS is that a generation of Australians (including almost everyone working in the political media) have become indoctrinated to believe the private sector is more efficient than the private sector. Privatize disability care? What *could* go wrong???

Today I learned my dad was saying "a wigwam for a goose's bridle" not BRIDAL and now I have to rethink everything I have ever held to be true.

Randa Abdel-Fattah. Grace Tame. Yassmin Abdel-Magied. Brittany Higgins. Antoinette Lattouf. Jacinda Ardern. In Opposition, Anthony Albanese offered the Nation a Royal Commission into the Australian media. Now that Albanese is in power, maybe it's all become too difficult. 😑

Harrassment of women is the Oz's raison d'etre, but even by their standards this hate campaign against Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah is off the charts. I have known Randa for more than 20 years, and I fear deeply for her safety.

In case you need a reminder that there is still goodness in the world.

Alexis sits down with me for a powerful conversation on Indigenous wisdom, trauma, empathy, and staying human in a brutal time. Please watch, like, and share this episode of @thesacredslope.bsky.social : @johnfugelsang.bsky.social makes a special appearance as well. youtu.be/yG_dAhKUYKg?...

I’m really missing my dad right now. Although I am so grateful he’s not around to see this hellhole we’ve made of the world.

Not long after DT first came into power, I had a dream of him letting loose a nuclear bomb. And now here we go. Nice knowing you.

🇱🇧 Lebanese elderly struggle in Beirut's largest shelter Elderly Lebanese people displaced by the conflict with Israel live in tents at Beirut stadium, struggling with reduced access to washing and toilet facilities, and fears over returning home.

Words that a r*pist would use.

“Cruel & selfish white people have always been America’s weakness, since 1492.” — @johnfugelsang.bsky.social

Spa Day!

It’s been downhill ever since

Reading a headline on a celebrity man's take on how men can be better. Last time I saw him he was 'joking' to a big corporate gig audience, rating pupils at girls' schools of Melbourne. He said one school's girls were OK to have sex with, another provided girlfriends & one had girls you married.

Yes the world has gone to 💩 but at least there’s this: youtu.be/6flC0y-2iFw?...

Here's the list for march #EmojiSounds #MusicChallenge 1-🚗 2-🎰 3-🤒 4-🪖 5-🇯🇵 6-🙈 7-🔙 8-🐩 9-🎻 10-👠 11-🍕 12-🏝 13-🍁 14-🪩 15-🖕 16-🏠 17-🦆18-☂️ 19-🚮 20-🧠 21-🇬🇧 22-🍒 23-☕️ 24-🧟‍♂️ 25-📺 26-💋 27-🐈 28-🎨 29-🗡 30-🤥 31-☯️ Don't hesitate to ask me if you have any questions😉

The Adelaide Writers’ Week saga was about lobby groups, false equivalence and pressure on cultural institutions to bend to political demands, Louise Adler writes. #PearlsAndIrritations #auspol #ArtsIndependence #WritersFestivals #CulturalPolitics #FreeSpeech

This this this! Though I'd argue the Maduro regime is still the Maduro regime, too.

Oh.

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Donald is now killing kids to distract from his raping them.