Oh Celine. As a mum of a child with a disability, I so feel you right now. I remember the shock, the discombobulation.
I’ve navigated the NDIS, unclear treatment pathways, etc. Just reach out if you feel you can or want. Mums like us are used to random calls/connections - several wonderful women were there for me at this time, some for just a single one-off chat for info or advice or a supportive ear that to my surprise helped so much. It’s all fine and good. Just DM.
Please know that your voice - on gender, Retts, anything - is SO VALUABLE. If you hadn’t stood up when you did with your court battle, I think I would have despaired at the world. It meant so much - to me, and to so many.
Know you’re not alone. Keep faith, keep connected. It will get better. Your story is and will be profound.
And hug that little girl of yours, Ciera Grace. I hugged my darling Sam tight tonight, thinking of you.
Donated, of course.
Grace (aka Cate)
Three Australian politicians are currently complaining about misogyny & sexism. But -
@JacintaAllanMP, the Victorian Labor premier, has men in women’s prisons, school girls not drinking water and women punished for not accepting men as women.
@AlboMP, the Australian prime minister, has called the destruction of women’s rights a “culture war”, ignoring pleas to ensure women have rights & protections in federal legislation.
@JuliaGillard, during her time as the first women prime minister, removed the definition of women from war, igniting the “culture war”.
Calling out misogyny & sexism when it impacts you while ignoring Australian women & girls who are experiencing ideological & institutional misogyny & sexism on a daily basis is not a good look and it simply highlights the hypocrisy. It confirms our suspicion that you only care about yourselves.
If you’re going to cry misogyny & sexism, first make sure that you’re not a perpetrator of it.