Kristy (she/her)

Feminist and advocate 🏳️‍🌈Always learning (and unlearning). Always happy to be corrected (not by you straight cis white man). Views are my own.

[Caterina Giorgi @catgiorgi]

“Our advocacy is based on the evidence, but also on our experience as Aboriginal people.

We know that whenever controls on alcohol availability are relaxed, the harm goes up.”

Donna Ah Chee

@CAACongress

https://t.co/tSzAr1ANVc

[FARE @FAREAustralia]

Today, we're revealing the damaging levels at which alcohol companies exploit a major regulation gap on social media with "Buy Now" ads.

These are no longer just ads.

They are digital store fronts that promote, sell and arrange delivery of alcohol in just a few clicks. 🧵

[Aimee Brownbill @AimeeBrownbill]

Our new report out today, reports on 1,100+ alcohol ads pushed through our social media feeds each month. We show how alcohol ads are no longer just ads – they are the store front to bottle shops that look to rapidly convert ad exposure into alcohol sale. https://t.co/5YuHgqpGSR

[FARE @FAREAustralia]

FARE CEO @catgiorgi appeared on @theprojecttv last night to discuss how big alcohol corporations - and its lobbyists - have undermined meaningful, common-sense reforms that would prevent gender-based and family violence.

#ViolenceAgainstWomen #HarmPrevention #auspol

[Aimee Brownbill @AimeeBrownbill]

A fantastic paper released by @AshleighHayne12 and the team at @CancerVic showing that health halo marketing of alcohol products is increasing in Australia – our regulatory system is falling behind. https://t.co/3xAalEQ377

[Caterina Giorgi @catgiorgi]

This story makes me so sad and angry. Children with disabilities should not be in prison.

Sam is a 14 year old girl with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).

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https://t.co/ZPz8jVLSk1

[Aamer Rahman @aamer_rahman]

"The only democracy..."

[Kristy (she/her) @Kristytee_]

What a privilege to hear journalist Stan Grant @ #NSPC23: “Ive walked through the worst of what we can do to each other & we keep doing it. But I’ll see a glimpse of something in ordinary ppl. The extraordinary ability to endure. When I looked into their eyes,I saw my own people”

[Kristy (she/her) @Kristytee_]

Chills, Glenn. My goodness. Thank you for your vulnerability & generosity sharing stories so close to home in front of a packed room committed to listening & holding space.

#NSPC23 #SuicidePrevention @SuicidePrevAU

[LivingWorks Australia @LivingWorksAus]

1/2 “I thought no one cared about me & no one would miss me. My mate rang me and asked how I am and I said ‘I really need help’. He came over and we talked, and that was a turning point for me” -an honour to listen to Glenn Cotter’s #LivedExperience expertise @ #NSPC23

[Kristy (she/her) @Kristytee_]

A call to action from @joewilliams_tew for us at #NSPC23: “There’s more money in mental health than ever, more awareness than ever - but we’re dying more than ever. Why not research what First Nations ppl have done for thousands of years” 🔥 #SuicidePrevention

[Kristy (she/her) @Kristytee_]

Strolling down to day 1 of #NSPC23 and bumped into two total legends - @teganschefe leading the way on Indigenous #ASIST & vip keynote @joewilliams_tew. Incredible voices in #SuicidePrevention

Meeting today on Ngunnawal Country

@SuicidePrevAU @LivingWorksAus

[Kristy (she/her) @Kristytee_]

@teganschefe @joewilliams_tew Phwoar wasn’t it 👏

[Kristy (she/her) @Kristytee_]

“We had 500 separate dialects pre 1770 yet no words to describe suicide & we’ve gone from that to now having the highest suicide rates in the world” @joewilliams_tew at #NSPC23 on the lessons that can be taken from 100000+ years of culture-powerful beyond words
#SuicidePrevention

[Kristy (she/her) @Kristytee_]

@ConnellShayne @LivingWorksAus @Twerech Way to rub it in boss - El Jannah is just so delicious! And such exciting news re training more with and in Muslim communities 👏

[Kristy (she/her) @Kristytee_]

.@TurnbullVanessa re a question on allyship: “Show up in some way in the community you live. There is privilege and power being white. If you see family policing in your neighbourhood, instead of punishment we could support that family - step in” 3/3 #AllAboutWomen @SydOperaHouse

[Kristy (she/her) @Kristytee_]

Incredibly privileged hearing @TurnbullVanessa in #AllAboutWomen session ‘who made me a spokesperson?’:
“The only way things have changed in this toxic country is through collective action. We create incredible movements & being a spokesperson is a privilege and it is pain” 1/3

[Kristy (she/her) @Kristytee_]

“There’s privilege being a voice & there’s pain because we get arrested standing up for basic human rights. When we go out on the ground we don’t have the a choice IF we speak up or not. So we face it and we put our bodies on the line” @TurnbullVanessa 2/3 #AllAboutWomen

[Kristy (she/her) @Kristytee_]

“I don’t think we’re ready to bypass the conversation because I don’t think we know how we got here. In 2023 [girlboss] collectivism sometimes sounds like ‘I don’t see colour’. These convos still centre white women with money, othering the rest of us” @flexmami #AllAboutWomen 2/2

[Kristy (she/her) @Kristytee_]

Always obsessed with @flexmami’s take on all things: today at #AllAboutWomen streaming ‘Goodbye Girlboss’ session: “Girlboss culture = not relying on men as conduit for success, but by decentring men they put on the man costume” 1/2 @SydOperaHouse

[Kristy (she/her) @Kristytee_]

👏 Joining the standing ovation from home for the incredible music performance from @TheGelarehPour concluding the #WomanLifeFreedom session at #AllAboutWomen @IdeasattheHouse. Just wow.

[Kristy (she/her) @Kristytee_]

And so begins the annual tradition of blowing the dust off my Twitter account to join the chorus of people singing the praises of the leaders, artists, advocates, survivors sharing their voices at #AllAboutWomen. Streaming from home this yr, first up
“Iran: Woman, Life, Freedom”

[Sydney Opera House @SydOperaHouse]

All About Women is finally here! 📢

Follow our updates throughout the day, and if you're joining in person or online, don't forget to tag #AllAboutWomen to share your experience.

[Kristy (she/her) @Kristytee_]

.@TheGelarehPour on collective women’s justice: “We cannot see Iran as far away from us. Cruelty is contagious. Indigenous women in Aus are losing their children right now & nothing is being done. We need to understand we are all one & we make change together” #AllAboutWomen