Academia Thank you. 17 Dec 202124 Nov 2021 Hi! I submitted my PhD thesis for examination, 1 year ago today!!!It is standard practice when submitting a doctoral thesis to include an 'acknowledgements' section - thanking everyone who helped…
Academia… On mentoring 29 Nov 202124 Nov 2021 Deciding to leave academia has conincided with feeling very lost. This is perfectly understandable. My decision was prompted by a global pandemic, a tiny existential crisis, and the devastation of…
About me… On resistance 24 Nov 2021 Hello world! It's been a while.I starting using this website as an academic portfolio of sorts while doing a PhD. It was a place to share the work that I…
Academia… An introduction to the social construction of sex, gender and sexuality 5 Dec 20195 Dec 2019 The featured image shows (clockwise from top left) Violet Chachki, non-binary drag queen known for competing on the Ru Paul's Drag Race Season 7, Ericka Hart, sex educator, model and activist…
Academia Applying for PhD scholarships mid-candidature 19 Jul 2019 This post is a response to a friend who asked me for advice on applying for PhD scholarships mid-candidature. I won two scholarships part way into my PhD after beginning…
Academia Being a Women’s Studies student 18 Jan 201922 Jul 2019 It might surprise some of you to know that I was never the best student. I have been educated in the under resourced public sector, primarily in the poorest suburbs…
Academia… Understanding ‘stealthing’ in the context of Australian rape culture 4 Dec 20184 Dec 2018 This post is an overview of some of the key points that I made in a talk on 'stealthing' and follow up journal article. In the journal article I used…
Academia Navigating the murkiness of emotional wellbeing in a PhD project on sexual violence 29 Nov 201812 Feb 2019 Recently, I spoke about my experiences of conducting doctoral research on sexual violence as someone who has experienced many forms of sexual violence and will likely experience further violence in…
Academia Quick notes on the PhD process 5 Sep 201813 Dec 2018 I was asked to contribute to a seminar for new HDRs at my university and prepared the following (rough) comments. I thought that these could be useful for a wider…
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