Karen Pack (she/her)

Leadership speaker and trainer. Historian and academic. Lover of cricket and card games. Gay Christian.

[Karen Pack (she/her) @kazpack]

@TrainLinkWest Thanks for letting me know what you can.

[Karen Pack (she/her) @kazpack]

This what Category 1 tickets for @FIFAWWC (bought on the day presale opened in Oct 2022 to ensure good tickets) gets you. We can't even see the whole field unless we bend down or sit on the concrete instead of our seats.

@matildas you are amazing! 🚀
@fifa you can do better. 🚽

[Karen Pack (she/her) @kazpack]

#WWJD Yeah, not that. Not cast people out of community, denying the beauty of imago dei for those who are different to you. That's not the Jesus way. /5

#FaithfullyLGBT #gaychristian #Equality #religiousdiscrimination

[Karen Pack (she/her) @kazpack]

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The ALRC is doing vital work in their inquiry into discrimination in religious educational institutions. It's important that they have the time to do that work well. /1
https://t.co/Wvbd03eeP5

[Karen Pack (she/her) @kazpack]

The fact that not all religious schools (and not all Christian schools) practice discrimination suggests that it is not, in fact, an inherent requirement of a faith community. /4

[Karen Pack (she/her) @kazpack]

You start loved. It was never in doubt and can never be expunged. Your safety matters to me, and I'll do all I can to be safe for you. 🏳️‍⚧️
🩵🩷🤍

#TransDayOfVisibility #TDOV

[Karen Pack (she/her) @kazpack]

Thank you @Mon4Kooyong ! Trove is vital to preserving our history, and making previously invisible people visible in our stories.

[Dr Monique Ryan MP @Mon4Kooyong]

Today I raised the concerns of many of my constituents about the defunding of Trove.

Trove is an essential service that democratizes knowledge.

I call on the government to step up and provide the National Library of Australia with the funding it needs.

[Karen Pack (she/her) @kazpack]

@rashidkhan_19 @CricketAus @BBL @ACBofficials So, just to be clear, in response to a decision you don't agree with (for Aus not to play in Afghanistan), you might make the decision not to play in Australia? 🤔 Ironic much? Maybe withdrawing from a competition is a valid protest after all...

[Karen Pack (she/her) @kazpack]

Wow! Best version of our anthem I've heard in a very long time, and so moving to see some diversity in who's singing it! Brilliantly done, Raphael Wong.

#cricket #boxingdaytest2022 @CricketAus

[Karen Pack (she/her) @kazpack]

When Covid hit, my PhD research was thrown into disarray. Trove was a thesis-saver. Through it I unearthed a trove of previously unexamined evidence that completely changed the conversation. For God's sake, #savetrove #fundtrove

[Karen Pack (she/her) @kazpack]

Looking for a safe space to explore faith in the lead up to Christmas? I'll be speaking 4pm tomorrow at @nccsydney. We'll chat about the dangers of reading parables literally, and the welcome that Jesus extends to all.

#faithfullylgbt #unpackingthebible
#queerlybeloved

[Zach W. Lambert @ZachWLambert]

If your pastor tells you to reject your queer kid, reject your pastor and find a new church.

[Karen Pack (she/her) @kazpack]

Very, very excited for this.
(And super proud of @Blake_Erickson) 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Blake Erickson @Blake_Erickson]

My musical ‘The Dismissal’ is opening in Sydney next year with a ✨spectacular✨ new production. I am very excited. #auspol #whitlam

[Georgie Dent @georgiedent]

There is bravado & there is brave.

There is hubris & there is humility.

There is cunning & there is courage.

There is bulldozing & there is @BridgetArcherMP

A portrait of a brave, humble & courageous politician rebuking the bravado, hubris & cunning of her former leader.

[Karen Pack (she/her) @kazpack]

@AlisonHolland33 Absolutely brilliant. Such important work.

[Karen Pack (she/her) @kazpack]

@EleniePoulos @AusPSA @PoliticsandIRMQ Thank you!

[Karen Pack (she/her) @kazpack]

Great to be at the @AusPSA symposium this week, presenting some of my research on "The Religious is Political" - how the historical erasure of LGBT people of faith is fuelling contemporary erasure and discrimination.

Thanks also to @EleniePoulos & Kate Gleeson & @PoliticsandIRMQ

[Karen Pack (she/her) @kazpack]

Unpopular opinion: I know it looks neat and pretty and all, but when I'm marking an overly confident and bombastic first year essay, justified text feels like being repeatedly punched in the eyes. 🤷🏻‍♀️

#academiclife