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I first learned to be self-conscious about how I dress in primary school. When you’re nine and have a uniform you need to wear most of the week, and…

Apr 22

March 2023

i often feel like the most authentic version of myself when i am in the classroom — figuratively, at least. when i am jane the policy adviser or jane…

Mar 25 •

on silence and silencing

As part of a course on gender studies and epistemologies, I’ve been reading about feminist perspectives on silence — on what it means to ‘speak’ and use…

Mar 10 •

February 2023

on productivity culture, plus all my organisational hot tips

One of the main reasons why I decided to boot up this whole damn newsletter thing was to document the experience of being a full-time employee …

Feb 21 •

January 2023

on the bullets that should have been firecrackers

TW: Gun violence, domestic violence. You’ll often hear intersectionality described as a term or concept, either ‘coined’ if not created outright, by…

Jan 24 •

November 2022

on working from home

anyone in the office? oh no, not me, i'm barely awake, to be honest. still booting up my brain, resetting from the weekend. mondays, am i right…

Nov 14, 2022 •

October 2022

on public service.

So, lately, I’ve been ruminating on what it means to be a public servant.* At work, I recently had our role described to me as to deliver, and only to…

Oct 9, 2022 •

September 2022

on a PhD ... as self-care

I want to preface this update with a clear disclaimer: my PhD experience — the way I’ve chosen to structure this experience — is atypical, and very much…

Sep 1, 2022 •

July 2022

scattered thoughts about mental ill-health.

Jul 21, 2022 •

June 2022

learning to lead & the right to fail

Note: This is a revised version of a presentation I delivered as part of a panel discussion on women in leadership, at the Federation of Ethnic…

Jun 28, 2022 •

on ... life (#1)

Hey. The past few months — well, they’ve been hectic. And perhaps more to the point: I’ve been exhausted, frazzled, in a rut, pulled in every direction…

Jun 17, 2022

April 2022

Hi. The plan, initially, was fortnightly updates — then, as March rumbled by, monthly. Now it’s mid-April, and I’m trying not to get too hung up on the…

Apr 9, 2022 •

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