Chrissie Robinson

art-maker, pot-stirrer, stealer of spoons, raging queer, and general font of useless information-- ran away from the arts to join the medicine. they/them.

[Chrissie Robinson @stinabel]

'Is that relevant, or are you just tired?'

[Chrissie Robinson @stinabel]

Clickbaity & outrageous to pretend this is even an argument. Also demonstrates the absolute fragility of gender binarism & essentialism. There is room for everyone in obstetrics! Nobody is trying to erase women, we are just trying to include others, too.

https://t.co/sOu5VDspl8

[Chrissie Robinson @stinabel]

@BrowneKayali But can the info patients get which constitutes 'informed' consent ever be concrete enough given the ever-changing nature of symptoms/virulence/morbidity/sequelae of new Covid-19 variants? Can we expect patients to fairly exempt themselves when goalposts are constantly shifting?

[Chrissie Robinson @stinabel]

an interesting take on successful #Covid responses in Taiwan, S Korea, Japan, NZ, Germany, Austria & Scandinavia. Would be keen to hear what the author has to say on Melbourne's response, where the public response feels somewhat more cynical... https://t.co/aJRt1r96yL

[Chrissie Robinson @stinabel]

💔 haven't our indigenous communities endured ENOUGH? please don't let the #covidnewscycle bury this travesty.

[ABC Indigenous @ABCIndigenous]

‘Sacred Djab Wurrung tree' felled, 25 protesters arrested at controversial highway site.

The Victorian Government denies that it has destroyed a culturally significant "Directions Tree" to make way for the Western Highway upgrade.

https://t.co/hCCacdiFgV

[Chrissie Robinson @stinabel]

@jordanwalter that’s bangin’! what a mega babe!

[Chrissie Robinson @stinabel]

@Jadedhackeroo Mmm true - and perhaps that semantic is the key. Regardless, you can't ignore the fact that the project results in a pregnancy - I guess the question of the state's role in that depends on whether the insemination event would have occurred regardless of project funding?

[Chrissie Robinson @stinabel]

fascinated by this decision & the intersection btwn health/reprodn ethics/art. Jenkins asks VIP qns abt access to pregnancy for queer/low SES folks, but is this a state funded pregnancy? interested in your perspectives @Jadedhackeroo @DeakinHealthEth https://t.co/eGNzT6W670

[Chrissie Robinson @stinabel]

3/ if this process ultimately involves someone who can't 'consent' to their involvement, should it continue? Is there a line where parental consent no longer applies? It also calls into question definitions of personhood....

[Chrissie Robinson @stinabel]

1/ My qns are, regardless of the insemination itself and not the pregnancy being the art/concept, can you ignore that a baby may be born from this that would not have existed without state funding?

[Chrissie Robinson @stinabel]

2/ what is the objective of conceiving? to have a child? to interrogate the act/process of conception?.

[Chrissie Robinson @stinabel]

5/ the state, by way of medicare, currently does NOT fund ARF for socially infertile (LGBTIQA+) folks, or anyone else without medically diagnosed infertility (to my knowledge). Would funding this project set a new precedent here? Could it be groundbreaking? Dangerous?

[Chrissie Robinson @stinabel]

4/ if the state can sanction (by implication of giving funding) the creation of life, does this open the floodgates in it having a say over it's termination as well?

[Chrissie Robinson @stinabel]

@BrowneKayali Wow, talk about a read popping up exactly on cue! Thanks for sharing :)

[Chrissie Robinson @stinabel]

@kingdom_horse oh wow! I'm kind of intrigued, despite my spook-phobia!

[Chrissie Robinson @stinabel]

missing Art during covid? Do this! Live, intimate, deep conversations with strangers on the phone - “Speaking to a stranger in a conversation with no future, no catch and no expectations, you can be totally honest,” says @sarahtakesfotos

[The Age @theage]

Even without the rigours of lockdown, these are isolating and stressful times. Would you find comfort in having an in-depth phone conversation - with the lights out - with a complete stranger? #TheAgeArts (1/2) https://t.co/hicilxPx4C

[Chrissie Robinson @stinabel]

@GrichaelMeaney draws how we all feel -- 😬

[Chrissie Robinson @stinabel]

fascinating connections made by @wisebeck in @ConversationEDU - how instagram aesthetics influence our reading of political commentary: https://t.co/vMegyd3mNT

[Chrissie Robinson @stinabel]

@richardthewatts No worries! There’s more than one way, but the logic here is that the pt’s Dr can substantiate the reason for a carer (ie pt illness) whereas carer’s Dr can’t. Also full disclosure: I’m still 3m off being qualified (!) but these are the letters I’m writing for our Drs to sign!

[Chrissie Robinson @stinabel]

@richardthewatts If you have any further queries, please contact [Clinic name] on [Clinic number]. Kind regards, Dr Z, Provider number 12345678 (3)
Hope that’s useful!

[Chrissie Robinson @stinabel]

@richardthewatts this letter concerns Mrs X of [insert address], a longstanding patient of this practice. Owing to medical condition Y, Mrs X’s son Mr X, of [suburb in Melbourne] is medically required to attend her at her residence in [Mrs X’s town] for the [forseeable future/number of days]. (2)