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[Guardian Australia @GuardianAus]

Powerful owl deaths fuel concerns mouse poison is spreading through food chain https://t.co/WbIdfMVtqP

[Alex Lee @alex_c_lee]

The thing about that consent video for highschoolers is that there was never any need for it to be wacky. As a teenager I would have killed for a plain-speaking adult to talk about this stuff with us in an honest, open and informative way. That's literally all it needed to be.

[Ben Eltham @beneltham]

I was reminded today that Labor took a costed and detailed national firefighting policy to the 2019 election, including water-bombing helicopters and aircraft https://t.co/S1esn3R1uz (ht @elliemail)

[alex @alexccroft]

"Our [feminist] work is better when we consider those who would otherwise have been left behind."

—the wonderful @NayukaGorrie on critiquing white feminism at #broadside2019 @wheelercentre

[alex @alexccroft]

@VicRoads @DanielAndrewsMP #MRPV if you value 3 minutes at $128 million, then how much is 800 years of history worth??? What about 80,000?? #DWembassy #DjabWurrung
#NoTreesNoTreaty

https://t.co/0lFmZowceV

[alex @alexccroft]

last night my date started eating the rosemary from my cocktail. just steadily snacking away at it. when he said we should get out of here, I said, yeah, I should.

[alex @alexccroft]

@mwikramanayake at @IPEd_Conf
Sensitivity readers aren't a checkbox for due diligence #IPEdConf19

[alex @alexccroft]

@mwikramanayake 'you cannot make a trope out of someone else's living history'

Remember that sensitivity readers aren't monoliths who know everything. Writers have a responsibility to do their own research too @IPEd_Conf
#IPEdConf19

[alex @alexccroft]

@mwikramanayake on the importance of hiring sensitivity readers (in addition to editors) to fight the perpetuation of inaccuracy, stereotypes and bias in writing. To be gatekeepers, we must do the gatekeeping @IPEd_Conf #IPEdConf19

[alex @alexccroft]

@mwikramanayake on Sensitivity readers: Who, what, when and why editors should use them. Discussing issues of bias, cultural inaccuracy, insensitive language and representation @IPEd_Conf. #IPEdConf19

[alex @alexccroft]

Helpful tips from @LiteraryMinded in keeping a writing practice at @IPEd_Conf:
-take writing workshops
-make time for writing
-experiment with form and genre
-try writing activities and prompts
-join a writing group.

#IPEdConf19

[alex @alexccroft]

@LiteraryMinded at @IPEd_Conf: empathy, intuition, imagination and specialisation are all important editing skills that can be enhanced by a writing practice #IPEdConf19

[alex @alexccroft]

@LiteraryMinded: a writer-editor is anyone who values writing as a practice, whether published or not @IPEd_Conf #IPEdConf19

[alex @alexccroft]

@LiteraryMinded at @IPEd_Conf on The writer-editor: how elements of a personal writing practice enhance developmental editing work

[alex @alexccroft]

@michelleaungthi at @IPEd_Conf on the importance of balance of authenticity and accuracy. 'The authentic doesn't always have to rest on the author' #IPed

[alex @alexccroft]

Dr Rose Michael: expression and metaphor are the touchstones that reveal narrative @IPEd_Conf #IPEdConf19

[alex @alexccroft]

Considering the politics of point of view at @IPEd_Conf with Dr Rose Michael #IPEdConf19

[alex @alexccroft]

First pages: Questions for editors at @IPEd_Conf, with Dr Rose Michael, Dr Michelle Aung Thin, moderated by Sharon Mullins #IPEdConf19

Dr Rose Michael: 'I have made my career as an editor because of my ability as a writer'.