“Titans of industry have to do what they have to do” ie suck arse 🤮 #Empathy will save us not corporations and esp. not the big tech bros. Source: CNN Business www.cnn.com/2026/01/26/b...

Australia’s social media ban sends a message to tech companies that a digital duty of care and safety by design approach are needed to keep young people safe online Source: The Conversation theconversation.com/banning-kids...

Aaaah … now this story warms the cockles of my luddite heart…📵 "How cool would it be if flip phones came back into fashion? That would be epic. Not gonna lie," Source: ABC.net.au www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Hopefully the social media ban will give some boys a break from the toxic world of the #manosphere This “depends on a number of factors, from the strength of his friendships, to happiness at home, among others.” Source: The Conversation stories.theconversation.com/how-boys-get...

Why the internet became so shit and how deshittify it💩 #enshittification “The internet was not always shit. It used to be good. And it could be good again.” Of course, “Opinions, as the old joke goes, are like assholes: everybody has one.” theconversation.com/how-the-inte...

Smells like 💩 floats to the top 😬 #SmashPatriarchy 🥾💪🏾 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

What happens in #Roblox, the gaming app of choice for Australian children. “my avatar is cyberbullied, aggressively killed, sexually assaulted and shat on – all with parental control settings in place” www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...

Do CEOs actually deserve bonuses? I reckon nup coz some of them seem to be doing a pretty dodgy job. People like #nurses, #teachers, #carers etc are the ones who deserve a bonus. Just sayin’… 🤦🏽‍♀️ #Optus #QANTAS #BUPA www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Superannuation and women “Women spend longer out of the workforce for care and get paid less for the same work” #Superannuation #women #GenderGap #care Source: The Saturday Paper page 8, 18-19 October 2025 article by Alistair Kitchen

Check your #superannuation fund investments. You might be ideologically opposed to war and yet unwittingly financing international arms ☮️ #peace johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Why younger women are more likely to identify politically as “leftist” #GenderDivide www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The Emperor’s New Clothes and the ongoing enshittification of global diplomacy is giving super-icky cringe vibes 🫣 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Vale Robert Redford 🎥🎞️🎬 “Much more than a pretty face…Away from the cameras, Redford was widely known as a philanthropist, environmentalist and a strong supporter of American First Nations and LGBTQI+ rights.” Source: The Conversation theconversation.com/a-pretty-fac...

#Neurodivergent People and #Narcissists | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...

“It turns out that many old-school parenting and educational approaches based on outdated behavioral models are not effective” #education #parenting #Neuroscience #CoRegulation #curiosity #Connection theconversation.com/parenting-st...

"We need more men in the teaching workforce so that we can allow children and young people to see positive role models for men," #education #TeacherShortage www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Nursing is a heroic profession. “This work … is completely devalued in our societies, … because it’s women’s work – 80% of the people [in many countries] who do this work are female.” #Nursing #CareEconomy #WomensWork #empathy #LateShift www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...

What can we do to make #care and #education safer for our kids #TakeCare #StaySafe 🫶🏽💓 theconversation.com/10-steps-gov...

*Trigger Warning* child s#xual abuse This is about is about child care and early childhood education. It is distressing but relevant content for parents, educators, legislators, (everyone, really) to consider. #TakeCare #StaySafe 🫶🏽💓 theconversation.com/childcare-se...

Australia’s queer his/her/their-story #LGBTQIA+ #LoveIsLove 🏳️‍🌈🇦🇺🦘🐨🩷❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Tackling #ToxicMasculinity by teaching boys #empathy #Resilience and #Respect www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

“Women teachers, principals, school staff across Australia face increasing rates of violence and harassment from students, mostly teenage boys” Source: Independent Education Union Issue 1| Vol 55 | 2025 pp. 12-13

“Coercive Control is a web of abuse” so subtle sometimes that victims don’t even know they are being abused until they realise they are trapped… 🕷️🕸️ #StaySafe #CoerciveControl Call 1800RESPECT for help. Source: www.act.gov.au/coercive-control

Why kids bully others 😬 #EQ #EmotionalLiteracy #respectfulrelationships #education #StaySafe “There are certain personality types who are more likely to persistently bully others.” theconversation.com/with-a-gover...

“Stay vigilant” #Respect #ViolenceAgainstWomen #SmashPatriarchy 🥾💪🏾#StaySafe www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

“Another thing women have to worry about” 😬 #StaySafe #Consent #ViolenceAgainstWomen #SmashPatriarchy www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

I’ve been whanging on for decades about gender equality and how diversity in leadership = better governance. Will this increased parliamentary representation solve the old white dude problem? Dunno. Hope so. 🤷🏻‍♀️💜💚 #SmashThePatriarchy #GlassCliff #Diversity theconversation.com/labor-women-...

‘Culture of disrespect’: Australian teachers say students’ behaviour is driving them from profession #Teaching has always been a tough gig workload-wise and can be emotionally and psychologically exhausting… #TakeCare #StaySafe #BeKind #Respect 🫶🏽

Under a legal loophole domestic abuse perpetrators can claim their victims’ superannuation #CoerciveControl #FinancialAbuse #SystemsAbuse #DomesticAbuse #StaySafe 🫶🏽 #SmashPatriarchy 💪🏽🥾💚🤍💜 Source: SBS News www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

“Teachers aren’t leaving because they’ve stopped caring. They’re leaving because they’re caring too much for too long, with too little support.” #TeacherShortage #Education #TakeCare #StaySafe #SelfCare 🫶🏽👩🏻‍🏫📚✏️🎓 www.linkedin.com/pulse/beyond...

A billionaire tech-bro’s “pseudo-progressive” personal hobby #FakeFeminist #oligarch 😑 #SmashPatriarchy 🥾💪🏾🚀🍆 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

So excited to see that Australian schools are now explicitly teaching students about safe, healthy and respectful relationships #DomesticAbuse #CoerciveControl #EmotionalAbuse #PsychologicalAbuse #FinancialAbuse Kudos to Jess Hill, Chanel Contos and Grace Tame and many others 💜💚 #StaySafe

Teachers – more than 70% of whom are female – are coming up against ‘a resurgent male supremacy’. #misogyny #SmashPatriarchy #SexualViolence #schools #respectfulrelationships www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

95% of Australia’s childcare centres are run by for profit companies. Research shows large for-profit providers are more likely to deliver lower quality services than community or non-profit services #childcare #BetrayalOfTrust #FourCorners #ABC #PeopleBeforeProfit

Kimbo…maaate…WTAF?!! Conflict of interest, much?! Why is the Australian War Memorial governed by people who are profiting from international arms companies? The old white boys club at it again, I guess, FFS! 🙄🤦🏽‍♀️ #auspol #governance #SmashPatriarchy #PeaceNotWar www.abc.net.au/news/1050158...

“Only an insane man would want the papacy” Let’s pray for a pope who doubts. #Conclave #Politics #IlPapa #Francesco #FutureIsFemale #SmashThePatriarchy youtu.be/t915aZmyEBg

“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them.” Helen Keller 📚💚❤️💙

Love this! 🫶🏽💖🌈 “Our worth and our belonging are not negotiated with other people” Brené Brown www.linkedin.com/posts/shelle...

Coercive Control and Psychological Manipulation has now been criminalised in France. #mercigisèle 👍🏽 #smashthepatriarchy #StaySafe 🫶🏽💚💜 #CoerciveControl #DomesticAbuse evrimagaci.org/tpg/french-l...

Have a quick listen to this story on ABC Radio this morning. How abusers keep abusing even after you’ve managed to physically extract them from your life 😬🙄 #FinancialAbuse #RevengeDebt #FamilyLaw #SystemsAbuse #SmashThePatriarchy 💪🏽🥾🫶🏽 #StaySafe www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

2 million of Australia’s 9.9 million women have experienced s3xual assault. That’s 20% of Australian women. 1:5 Australian women 😬 WTAF?!! #auspol #ABSStats 🇦🇺🦘🐨🌏 Source: The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) www.abs.gov.au/statistics/p...

“According to the most recent data from the ABS only about 8% of women report sexual assault to police” #SmashThePatriarchy 💪🏽🥾 #auspol The Guardian newspaper, article by Anonymous, 31 Jan 2025 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...