Yssy Burton

Aspiring writer. Criminology Honours student and research assistant. (they/them)

[Dharriwaa Elders Grp @dharriwaaeldersgrp.bsky.soci @DharriwaaEGroup]

"DEG can see that traditional criminal justice responses to issues of personal and public safety do not contribute to actual or perceived safety, and in fact make things worse". https://t.co/R83nD7qS6w

[Dharriwaa Elders Grp @dharriwaaeldersgrp.bsky.soci @DharriwaaEGroup]

Walgett residents are still buying drinking water. River water unsuitable & Council hasn't made RO system work, so tap water still high sodium. No change since we started alert 2018. Time to bring out our big guns - @thedanesimpson and Bow ❤️💛🖤https://t.co/agOBKr1lcZ

[Yssy Burton @KMeowski]

@mwedesweiler Another great article! So great to feel a sense of community in both sport and queerness ❤️

[Madeleine Wedesweiler @mwedesweiler]

Sam Kerr is one of the worlds best on the pitch but that's not why she's my hero
https://t.co/gBWJuFM5Zz

[Yssy Burton @KMeowski]

@jeffvandermeer I love it! This is me recommending it as part of the UNSW Law & Justice +Justice festival: https://t.co/JVKpEiWRYS

[Yssy Burton @KMeowski]

Save lives - support the opening of an overdose prevention service in the Melbourne CBD - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/YxsokR2yMl via @ChangeAUS

[Prof Sandy O'Sullivan @sandyosullivan]

Please sign this letter to Media Watch.

https://t.co/iRagAR1f36

[Paul Minot, MD @PaulMinotMD]

I've been practicing psychiatry for 38 years. I love my job, my peers, and my patients. But I've come to the conclusion that I'm participating in the biggest intellectual scam of this era. We claim to be a science, but have no understanding how thought or behavior is generated./1

[Kev Dertadian (he/him) @KevDertadian]

Our findings call for a deeper understanding of the way affluence (rather than social disadvantage), masculinity (rather than femininity) & whiteness and coloniality (rather than racialized ‘others’) shape the application or otherwise of criminal labels

[Allie Volpe @allieevolpe]

Therapy-speak has helped normalize conversations about mental health, but some of the terminology has gotten lost in translation. I wrote about how there are gradations of the human experience and the limits of therapy-speak https://t.co/xhYYUWTI56

[Yssy Burton @KMeowski]

An excellent podcast and a great summary!

[Kev Dertadian (he/him) @KevDertadian]

'CSI on Trial' is such a compelling, well-made podcast about the history and harms of forensic disciplines, and the way they are used in the criminal legal system.

https://t.co/8UJIYsTg4o

[Yssy Burton @KMeowski]

#NewProfilePic

[Prof Sandy O'Sullivan @sandyosullivan]

Big appreciation to @SenatorThorpe for challenging the cop float at Mardi Gras. Some of us remember when this was an actual protest for rights we still don’t have, and against those who do us harm.

[Gretchen Felker-Martin @scumbelievable]

TERF squad is giving this exact vibe

[UNSW Disability Innovation Institute @DisabilityUNSW]

To mark #internationaldayofpersonswithdisability, our Director @JLSbioethics shares her thoughts about this year's theme, Transformative solutions for inclusive development: the role of innovation in fuelling an accessible and equitable world.

https://t.co/KgCpruPVJ4

[Disposable Human @haveachattabs]

I’m speaking at this event if anyone’s interested. I’m writing it as we speak and it’s a little in your face, but may be of interest (definitely abolitionist)

https://t.co/HEB1AgSFja

[Yssy Burton @KMeowski]

@phillipwadds @KevDertadian @UNSW Congrats, @KevDertadian! Well deserved.

[Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer]

I always meant to share my one secret piece of sure-fire writing advice, which also doubles as great financial advice and prolongs life, before the end. So with twitter's fate uncertain, I might as well just post it now. 1/2

[Yssy Burton @KMeowski]

@marquisele Me please :)

[Tonia maggs 🏳️‍🌈 @toniacmaggs]

TW Suicide. There is an underlying “objective measuring” of a persons mental state based on arbitrary behaviour such as hair washing, using such measures to determine the scale of suffering is lethal. A decade ago I was severely depressed, diagnosed so. 1/