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Erin Riley

Erin Riley - communicator, PhD researcher, community activist, and mum

This time our guest is someone I've known for years via a group of policy wonks who used to meetup in Sydney pubs. Erin Riley is a communicator, PhD researcher, community activist, and mum. She shared with us some insights into her life as a carer, PhD researcher,

Dr Amy Coopes

Dr Amy Coopes: hack-turned-quack, doctor, journalist, parent

Our guest this time is Dr Amy Coopes - journalist, writer and editor at Croakey News, a social journalism collective for health, and a junior doctor with the Victorian Rural Generalist Program. We had a fascinating chat that ranged from journalism in a post-truth and post-consequence world to the

Dr Desirée Kozlowski

Dr Desirée Kozlowski - researcher on pleasure and human resilience

This time our guest is Dr Desirée Kozlowski. She has done some fascinating research on the importance of emotional intelligence in clinical settings, and on gender roles, and she also teaches undergraduate psychology at Southern Cross University. We had a wide ranging discussion that included how to find your happy

Assoc. Prof. Gemma Carey

Associate Professor Gemma Carey - researcher, academic, and author

This time our guest is Dr Gemma Carey. She is a researcher, academic, associate professor, and author. We had a fascinating discussion with Gemma about how lives are messy and complex, and how we can find a way through. Annie and I are going to adopt one of Gemma'

Who does Alan Jones think he is to speak to the Prime Minister like that?

Who does Alan Jones think he is to speak to the Prime Minister like that?

I was completely appalled to hear how a well known radio personality in Sydney spoke to the Prime Minister of Australia on air. The details are outlined well by Barrie Cassidy on The Drum in Liar, liar, shock jocks on fire; and you can listen to the entire interview here.

Small Dead Feminist - time to dismantle organized feminism?

Small Dead Feminist - time to dismantle organized feminism?

Kate over at smalldeadnimals comments: "I speak as a woman who has worked in a male work setting for all of my adult life. I can say with some authority that the time has come to dismantle organized feminism." She raises some interesting points in her post small

First education in Feminism

First education in Feminism

This is a story from my undergraduate days in one of Australia's *sandstone universities. In the philosophy department there had been a split between the 'old fashioned' philosophers (called "Trad & Mod Philosophy", i.e. the logicians), and the 'modern' philosophers (called

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