Today is International Women’s Day. As usual, social media will be flooded with pastel colours and “girl bosses” and “bad ass bitches” and so on.

I’d like to bring attention to some of the atrocities that occur in this world, that affect females only or disproportionately. #IWD - Domestic violence, including physical, sexual, emotional abuse, financial & coercive control. A pattern of constant threat. 1 in 3 women worldwide have experienced partner violence. On average, one woman a week is killed in Aus at the hands of a current or former male partner.

I am fuming. After ignoring work emails regarding pronouns in signatures months ago, I’ve just discovered that it has been DONE FOR ME! I’ve been sending emails for god knows how long with “she/her” after my name without realising! A few thoughts: Firstly - how dare they assume my pronouns! I could be a they or a xir or a bun, for all they know. But jokes aside, isn’t it interesting that they know I’m a “she/her” without me telling them? Hmmm. Biology? Something about biology being transphobic.

Bonjour Twits! In 2020, when one of my idols @jk_rowling was being attacked online, I became fully aware of the shemozzle we are in. I dove in and haven’t surfaced since. I read tweets, articles, books.. I couldn’t look away. And I continue to be appalled every day. I’ve witnessed women losing their jobs, Gender Critical Reddit taken down, many of my favourite women on Twitter suspended, campaigns to remove @AbigailShrier’s Irreversible Damage from shelves. This is disgraceful, I thought. This isn’t fair. This isn’t right.