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Creative, visual arts educator

[Joe2: Woke & proud of it. @eatatjoe2]

Breaking: It appears the organisation Liveable Victoria, that accepted money from a brothel owner to smear the Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan is aligned with the Liberal Party.
Jess Wilson has questions to answer.
Media do your job. #springst #auspol

[Jacinta Allan @JacintaAllanMP]

Sexism just has no place in our political debate, full stop.

A billboard truck using sexist language has been driving around Melbourne as part of a secret and well-funded political campaign.

People are entitled to disagree with me. That’s democracy.

But I care that this attacks women.

And I care about who’s next.

The political debate in this country has become corrosive over the last few years.

So much so that behaviour which would once have been condemned is now just another part of life.

Media don’t call it out.

They report on this like it’s fair game, like it’s normal.

But nothing about this is normal.

If you don’t take a stand against this creeping culture, it has a tendency of taking over.

You only have to look at America to know that.

I cannot stand back and let Victoria become a place where this sort of language is fair game against any woman at work - or any woman in leadership.

If we don’t draw a line, the line will keep moving.

At the end of the day, I just want my kids to grow up knowing that women deserve the same respect as men.

I want girls to know that they should never need to aim lower just to feel safer.

And I want boys to know that they don’t have to put women ‘in their place’ to make their own way in the world.

Sexism hurts everyone.

If the media won’t call out it, I will.

[Bernard Keane @BernardKeane]

Bit of a pattern developing around Grace Tame. Powerful white Establishment men attack her using code words like "difficult" and "problematic", then run for cover when there's pushback and plead they've been misunderstood.

[Louise Greene @GreeneLouiseAus]

I am absolutely fed up with the relentless targeting of Grace Tame.

Let's be clear. There is a difference between fair criticism and a public pile-on. What we keep seeing directed at Grace is not constructive debate. It is constant scrutiny, personal attacks, outrage cycles and a level of judgment that seems reserved for women who dare to speak too loudly, too honestly or too unapologetically.

Grace Tame survived child sexual abuse. She helped change laws. She gave a voice to countless survivors. She has spent years doing work that most people would never have the courage to do.

Yet the attacks never seem to stop.

A few weeks ago it was the Prime Minister taking aim at her. Now it's Charlie Pickering. Before that, countless commentators, columnists and social media critics. Different names, same pattern.

And frankly, it disgusts me.

No, women in public life should not be immune from criticism. Nobody is. But there is a world of difference between criticism and the kind of sustained public hounding that seeks to diminish, discredit and exhaust someone.

As someone who has experienced public judgment and media attacks, I know how destructive these campaigns can be. They reduce human beings to caricatures. They erase context. They encourage outrage while ignoring the very real emotional toll on the person at the centre of it.

What troubles me most is that women who survive violence are so often expected to be perfect. The moment they become angry, outspoken, political, imperfect or inconvenient, they are treated as fair game.

Grace Tame has contributed more to the conversation about sexual abuse and survivor advocacy in this country than most of her critics ever will.

Maybe it's time some of the men lining up to take shots at her stopped and asked themselves a simple question:

Why are they spending so much energy attacking a survivor instead of supporting the change she helped create?

Enough. #gracetame #charliepickering

[PD @Copurnicus2]

@SkyNewsAust FFS do research on this grifter. Check how ON votes and if you are happy bowing down to Gina go ahead.

[Paul Bongiorno @PaulBongiorno]

A, truer word I have never heard before!

[PD @Copurnicus2]

@lucky703 @LMcKirdy7 Maybe trying to forget there massive 89-point loss to the Richmond Tigers in the 2019 AFL Grand Final, with a final score of 17.12 (114) to 3.7 (25). How many GF have Essendon won?

[PD @Copurnicus2]

@Woop_x3 @LMcKirdy7 Maybe Membership numbers 🤷‍♀️

[PD @Copurnicus2]

@CallenderCrypto @Melbourne_says @joelcardwellX What a sad little person you must be.

[Peter Murphy @PeterWMurphy1]

Will the racist bigots who booed during the Welcome to Country at several #AnzacDay dawn services be questioned? Arrested? Charged under hate-speech legislation? Or is disrespecting Aboriginal leaders allowed as part of our "Australian values"? 🤔 #auspol #LestWeForget

[Steven Miles @StevenJMiles]

This will shock you - the LNP voted against making fuel more affordable this week.

[Quentin Dempster @QuentinDempster]

Re-elected SA Premier @PMalinauskasMP quotes Henry Lawson poem The Stranger: “Tis our duty to the stranger .. To give all information and assistance in our power.. He’ll be father of Australians, as our foreign fathers were”. Poignant counter to Pauline and her vested backers.

[PD @Copurnicus2]

No Taxpayer-Funding or Official Support for Harry & Meghan’s Private Visit to Australia! - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/FTXTxnA60o via @ChangeAUS

[Amy Remeikis @AmyRemeikis]

News Corp should cover this. It happened while he was chasing the pictures for them.

[MFWitches @MFWitches]

Angus Taylor is now the new leader of the Australian Liberal Party.

Well may we say God Save the Queen, because NOTHING will save the LNP.

#FantasticGreatMoveWellDoneAngus

[The Chaser @chaser]

Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus

[PD @Copurnicus2]

@swainslake @EllaSnow00 @svlmonskinrolls Sorry. Victorian here to say it’s not. We have our own

[Aaron Smith @aaronsmith]

These two police officers should be fired.

[Joyce Marshall @JoyceMarshall3]

@aaronsmith Furthermore: I watched this brutality from afar (rural Victoria) - sleepless, traumatised and sick - far-reaching consequences for all who witnessed Australia's new ICE age. Stop fuCKin¿ denying responsibility @AlboMP and @ChrisMinnsMP this is your work!!!

[PD @Copurnicus2]

Brilliant. Entertaining. Added bonus the wingers loosing their minds

[NFL @NFL]

Tití Me Preguntó” @sanbenito #AppleMusicHalftime