Great article that details and analyses the first 10 #AFLW seasons and the importance of the counter-narratives created by fans. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 👏 @kaseysymons.bsky.social

Er...no, they are not scientific.

Repost and make sure you copy in @support.bsky.team We need to get Marie Coleman back on here as a priority #auspol

Cool with this, @albomp.bsky.social? No problems there? #auspol

spineless..

2016 theconversation.com/ministers-se...

New story from me. Thanks to the women of the WEST Project for agreeing to let me this story.

And neither Sydney team wanted to sign Sheerin and in this article she was described as “too intense” for the Swans. So does too intense mean professional?

I hope the Giants read this and take extensive notes. www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/14...

“I think it's the way that both clubs embrace their women's programs, the way they resource them, the coaching...”

Is this really the announcement of the AFLW All Australian team? A bored Gunston? #WAwards #AFLW

Another club taking their W program seriously. www.goldcoastfc.com.au/news/1933896...

re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"

Can we not have Daniel Harford on the #AFLW commentary label? Kthanxbai. #AFLWLionsBlues

This Welcome to Country #AFLW #ALFWLionsBlues

I spent 8 months waiting for an FOI from the NDIA on how they're using AI. This is what I found. Machine learning is used in developing draft plans for participants. Robodebt concerns loom large over the Copilot trial, but staff reported favourably on it. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Why did Sarah Hall stamp her new novel with a “human-written” maker’s mark? On AI and “creative larceny.”

www.codesports.com.au/afl/aflw/how... Now do the Giants

When W results are taken seriously www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/14...

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

A new study reveals women and girls are being turned away from community sport by racist behaviours including appearance-based name-calling and a lack of understanding of diverse cultures.

21 years ago we had stillborn twins. It still hurts. I cannot express in words the loathing I feel about these men. To suggest people would cash in on such excruciating loss says everything you need to know about these “moral conservatives.” Arseholes. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

"...what decade (yes, I said decade) will it be, when an AFL club has a men’s team that is doing well, but a women’s team that is doing very poorly, and the powerful coteries make a move to sack their club’s board because of the poor performance of the women’s team?" Indeed.

Teenager Mira Mohan, and Francee and Carolyn, both in their 60s, are changing the face of weightlifting, showing it is a sport for women at any stage of life.

Very happy to have been able to tell the stories of some incredible woman who are lifting weight. Thanks for the chats. #womenssport #weightlifting www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Inspired by her dog Tobi, Andrea Cáceres shares some illustrated affirmations for the canines in your life.

Absolutely a “genuine unfair advantage”. Can you imagine the brouhaha if this happened in the men’s game? #aflw #AFLWBluesGiants www.afl.com.au/aflw/video/1...

This doesn’t seem to have been publicised widely so here you go: www.gwsgiants.com.au/news/1902738

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Motto for life

The Giants W program and its decline have finally got to me. I wrote this because the players deserve more, and words are all I have right now. pocketsized.substack.com/p/orange-des...

Love this.

Well. That was hard to watch. #AFLWPiesGiants

Time to randomly promote my newsletter again: this week it’s about dressing for weightlifting. For the women at Atletika in Sydney, it is about performance, comfort, and finding your power. Just look at the sports bra. pocketsized.substack.com/p/fk-being-a...

Absolutely shit outcome. Gutted. www.gwsgiants.com.au/news/1867764...

So I just sat in the freezing cold & watched #AFLWGiantsDons & I love this team but for the LOVE OF GOD I can NOT take another season of this. The players should not have to take another season of this. Giants hierarchy: DO SOMETHING. This coaching set up you've got going? It's not it. #AFLW

A national screening system for workers in childcare, disability and aged care is among the recommendations in a new report for the federal government.

" You can’t perfect what you can’t predict. You can’t optimise preparation when the target keeps shifting." Excellent piece by inaugural AFLW player Nicola Barr. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...

And today, the flip side. Thankfully Judith is doing her bit to keep people on the streets and more importantly, out of Mosman. www.smh.com.au/business/the...

There’s a cost of living crisis and people are struggling to put a ROOF OVER THE HEAD but it’s ok, Judith here has budgeted $500k to make sure no one else can live in her suburb. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

The GWS Giants continue to be the most maddening team. You can’t come out and play like you don’t care for a half and then mow down the opponent every week. You’re going to get found out. One high point: I’ve a rainbow flag in the Giants cheer squad section and that is highly unusual but lovely.

This piece had my blood boiling, whist shaking my head in agreement at how spot on it is. Caring is still not "work" because it sits outside of what some people can fathom as "productive". What could be more productive than keeping someone alive? www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/30/c...

Honestly, just WRITE an email. It's not that hard. WRITE.

What about a Special Envoy?

Women's sport is absolutely booming around the world and in other codes in Australia; it's a multi-billion dollar growth business. The fact the AFL can't make money out of AFLW says a LOT about them, and nothing about the female athletes. #aflw #oldwhitemen www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Calling out a genocide is not hate. Perpetrating a genocide is hate. www.smh.com.au/politics/vic...

"We don’t give tax breaks on superannuation so that you can fund the inheritance of your children. Tattoo that on your eyeballs." www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

In the newsletter this week: there's nowhere to hide in weightlifting and it's making me very uncomfortable. #sport #womenssport pocketsized.substack.com/p/nowhere-to...

PM Albanese is my local member. Have started a letter to him several times today, but having trouble politely putting into words the disgust I feel at the Govt's support of US bombing Iran. Combined with their inability to condemn the genocide in Palestine, it's a total failure of morality & guts.

OMG just put him in jail already www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...