New Year's Resolution: Break the 'guys' habit when referring to women or mixed-gender groups. fastcompany.com/90629391/guys-…

In ISO?? Do you like #HistoricalFiction, #Women'sFiction, or #literaryfiction? Then Dancing the Labyrinth (The Women Unveiled series) written by Karen Martin may be a good escape for you. Read online free sample chapters allauthor.com/book/58715/dan…

Brilliant experience for my child this morning at the Kyneton Central Highlands Rural Health #CovidVaccination clinic. All staff doing a brilliant job - thank you!

We need to be careful about the conversation from here and how we perceive people with disabilities. We all need to be included. fridayologymedia.wordpress.com/2022/01/26/ord…

Why is it considered a sign of maturity to hide how we feel about certain people or situations? We could start by not laughing or smiling every time a work colleague makes an inappropriate comment - every smile tells him it’s ok, and those who are uncomfortable feel unsupported.

Compassion, folks !

I often wonder if International Women’s Day organisers ever consider the logistics behind women making it to a breakfast event at 7am.

whenever I'm depressed I remember the penguin in a Penguin Books sweater

Every time I offer any insight into the situation in the Northern Rivers region I always find that people generally don’t understand what it’s like here or, more to the point, how bad it is. I thought I’d share something that might give you an idea.

If you haven't picked up a copy yet, knows the time. Perfect to beat off these early winter chills. Paperback and e-book available

I don’t understand how COVID is still spiking after we’ve tried everything from pretending it’s over to pretending it never happened

The general public doesn’t seem to know that Covid is airborne, that reinfection is common, that the vaccinated can get it, that Covid is a vascular disease with serious neurological complications possible, that #LongCovid is common and can disable anyone including the vaxed.

Ground-breaking Oxford University paper (which had a soft launch earlier but now is in scientific journal Joule) deserves enormous air time It overturns the common thinking that decarbonizing will be hugely expensive. It’s not – in fact it saves us $5-15 TRILLION THREAD

To anyone who needs to hear it: No one ever taught you, growing up, how to survive a neurodegenerative airborne pandemic. Nothing we learned as children could have adequately prepared us for this era. You are doing a phenomenal job. You should be proud of yourself. 1/10

A self defense class where men learn to reverse their own socialization toward harassment and assault and use the buddy system to prevent each other from doing it.

I’m sick of “resilience,” “growth mindset” and all that crap. I want to be a porcelain cup. Sitting on tabletop in a garden, at sunset, cradled by appreciative hands of someone who doesn’t want me to be a sturdy & all-suffering coffee mug.

Breastfeeding for one year is 1800 hours. A full time job with three weeks of holiday is 1960 hours.