Kerry (she/her)

Cis, social justice advocate, non-diet dietitian & counsellor, ADHDer. Lover of cats, nature, science, truth. Opinions my own.

[Kerry (she/her) @Kerry2theLeft]

#poverty posts - a thread. Please feel free to add to this.
1. As a therapist I can say confidently, that while therapy is helpful, what most people really need is money -
@caitiehannan

[Kath Madgwick @MadgwickKath]

You lied @AlboMP. You said never again. You said people should be treated with respect.

Did we learn nothing from robodebt? NDIS automation will put vulnerable lives at the mercy of machines | Georgia Van Toorn | The Guardian https://t.co/GkDjYLrY2q

[Solo Monk @JJKALE2]

Joel Jenkins on fire:

"These clowns are not rebels – they are the custodians of the establishment. Fat and overfed hacks like Hughesie & Pickering.....more terrified of losing their next ABC contract than of staying silent & being complicit in a genocide" https://t.co/89M5jCrt5k

[Riff Raff @RichardAOB]

This isnt your first day working in the media Chuck

You knew what you were saying, who you were saying it to and how it would be interpreted

So apologise for your commentary or own it

But dont expect to receive any more benefit of the doubt than genocide opponents get from you

[Dr Liz Allen @DrDemography]

A must read. Shocking failures indicating an utterly broken system. Tammy Shipley had a right to be safe. https://t.co/RWFRKur44b

[misanthropic @v_for_valkyrie]

We are the driest continent on the planet. SA one of the driest states.
We have to fight this!

[😷 Jen Votes Anti-Poverty @JenHogben]

Be aware of this, it already happened with the DSP in the Morrison years. Applying numbers instead of diagnosis to people who need assistance will endanger lives and increase costs in health care.

[Dirtyleftie @CraigSarg73]

What Pauline Hanson said a few years back in parliament about domestic violence genuinely shocked me, not because it was controversial, but because of how dismissive it felt toward women who have survived abuse.

Telling people to "move on", "get over the hate" and suggesting domestic violence is too often used as a tactic to stop fathers seeing their children completely ignores the reality many women and children live through every single day. Because of her own bias and her sons DV conviction.

Domestic violence is not just a bad breakup. It is not two people simply struggling to co-parent after separation. It can involve years of
psychological abuse, coercive control, intimidation, fear, manipulation, financial control and physical violence that leaves lasting trauma long after the relationship ends.

Women are not protecting themselves and their children because they are bitter or vindictive. Many are trying to survive situations that have deeply impacted their safety, mental health and wellbeing.

What also disturbed me was Malcolm Roberts suggesting men "lash out in violence" because of the family court system.

Violence is not an uncontrollable reaction caused by separation or custody disputes. It is a choice. Thousands of men experience heartbreak, conflict and family court proceedings without becoming abusive toward women or children.

Excusing violence or framing it as understandable because a man is frustrated sends an incredibly dangerous message.

What makes this even more concerning is that One Nation also wants to reduce abortion rights in Australia. So at the same time women are being told to stay quiet about abuse, "work together" and move on from trauma, they are also facing political attempts to reduce their autonomy over their own bodies.

You cannot claim to stand for women while minimising domestic violence and supporting policies that reduce women's rights and choices.

Women should not have to soften their trauma to make politicians comfortable.

They should not be expected to quietly carry abuse, fear and lifelong emotional damage while being told they are overreacting or motivated by spite.

Australia should be moving forward when it comes to women's safety, bodily autonomy and dignity, not backwards. Women deserve to be listened to, protected and taken seriously, not dismissed as angry ex-partners who simply need to "move on".

[Sahar A @Sahar_A_Writes]

"We've tolerated this for too long. We've issued statements…but at some point the statements have to end & action needs to begin."

Ed Husic, clear-eyed, on Australia's acquiescence to Israel, from Gaza to the abuse of Global Sumud Flotilla activists.

Unlike Penny Wong. #auspol

[Bridie (EBK) @EmergencyBK]

‘Ambushed’? Fuck off.
He stood there willingly, not physically restrained, for 10+ mins and had his own phone out recording, interviewing the DV abuser back.

I know, I watched every eye bleeding second of it, he’d every chance to walk away or retract.

[Eddy Jokovich @EddyJokovich]

If Australian citizens make serious allegations of rape and sexual abuse in Israeli custody, why isn't the government demanding answers?

[David Shoebridge @DavidShoebridge]

Australian media isn’t covering this but what’s happening in Cuba is dreadful. Trump signed an executive order cutting off Cuba’s last oil supply. Ten million people are paying with their lives. Sewage systems are failing, food is rationed, it’s getting worse.

[Kerry (she/her) @Kerry2theLeft]

@PatMcGorry It's political eugenics

[Patrick McGorry @PatMcGorry]

It’s more a failure of the dismantled and never properly reinvented system of mental health care.

[melissa @ArtistAffame]

@Kerry2theLeft @JaneCaro @rodneycsmith1 @AbortionChat Exactly all mum wanted at that point was a baby girl (she had 3 boys) so losing my sister devastated her but seeing the constant pain was way too much for mum

[NoisywomanMP @noisywomanMP]

It's cold. Tens of thousands are homeless, thousands more 'sleeping rough', thousands more in limbo. Be kind. If you can hand someone a non tax deductible $5 without prim lips, do do.

[Prof Kathy Eagar AM @keagar.bsky.social @k_eagar]

@ThomasSideways @chippiebrooks @JJKALE2 Spot on

[David Milner @DaveMilbo]

We broke significant national news this week and not a single mainstream media outlet wanted to cover it or follow up.

It isn't surprising, but it is illustrative.

Put simply, they're all owned and operated by Zionist billionaires.

This is why indie media needs to exist.

[Jenny Difficult-Frecklington-Jones 🇵🇸🍉🇮🇷 @JonesHowDareYou]

“Those allegations are terrible. They are horrific. The treatment is unacceptable. And I express my empathy to those women to whom that was done.”

Genocide is terrible, @SenatorWong. Genocide is horrific and unacceptable. And your SILENCE and INACTION make you complicit.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

Why doesn't the media talk about the DR of Congo?

We are deeply concerned by Ebola outbreak in Congo

Congo is bleeding, It has not ended over 5 million people are dead and millions especially 40,000 children are in labor camps and cobalt mines around the country

The world must remember that we live in a society, not an economy

[🇵🇸NELA🇸🇩🇨🇴 @MoronNela]

"Asaltaron la casa, mataron a mi marido y mis hijos, luego me agarraron, me cortaron por todo el cuerpo, me tiraron agua hirviendo y me quemaron. Luego me violaron 20 soldados, rebeldes del M23 de Ruanda".

Estas mujeres y niñas del Congo merecen tener voz, ni siquiera salen en las noticias y están pasando un infierno diario por la avaricia imperialista que ha creado un genocidio en el pais solo para saquearlo.

Si #Palestina es invisibilizada a diario en los medios, el #Congo directamente ya ni existe.