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Kath Albury

@KathAlbury

Researcher: sexualities, gender, data, digital cultures. Swinburne/ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society. She/her. Views are my own.

Melbourne, Victorialinkedin.com/in/kathalbury/Joined April 2010

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Remember the SexTech Hackathon

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ARC Centre for Automated Decision-Making & Society

Is it possible to design & govern ethical sex tech at scale? What might intersectional, public interest sex tech look like? This report outlines research findings from the ADM+S Public Interest Sex Tech Hackathon bit.ly/3IA40lX #SexTech #AI #DataPrivacy

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I’m feeling Overwhelmingly Positive just reading the description of this game:

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Capybara Spa is my first game to get "Overwhelmingly Positive" reviews on Steam!! It just made my morning to see this, thank you to everyone who played it!

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From the archives (2019): "Content which expresses women's desires or sexualities, [...] has been first-up on the chopping block, labelled 'obscene'."

writes "Private Parts: Obscenity and Censorship in the Digital Age" genderit.org/feminist-talk/ Artwork by

@colouredbraids

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Philippa Collin

@PhilippaCollin

Calling researchers looking at #youth, #health #wellbeing and #climatechange ! Abstracts are open for #ISAWCS23 isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2023 I'm keen for interdisciplinary perspectives on the panel. ping

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We are still recruiting for our #AntimicrobialResistance research to learn about the burdens of living with #superbugs. Flexible time and methods of interviews! Please help circulate this to your network.

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Centre to Impact AMR

@CentreImpactAMR

Your experiences and insights into living with or caring for someone with an antimicrobial resistant infection are extremely important to us. Interview methods and times are flexible to suit you. To help with our study please email impactamr-amrsurvivors@monash.au

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Dr Julian Waters-Lynch

How are e-changers that left capital cities to work remotely faring now? Full report here: apo.org.au/node/318612). theconversation.com/lets-just-do-i #echange #remotework #housingaffordability #regions

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'Let's just do it': how do e-changers feel about having left the city now lockdowns are over?

Can we now work from anywhere with an internet connection? We interviewed workers who left the city but held onto their jobs to see how they fared. One year on, some had no regrets. Others moved back.

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**JOB ALERT** Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow

Applications close 28 Sep 2022 11:55:00 PM AUS Eastern For details, visit buff.ly/3TwIymz

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Australian universities’ current business models are based on wage theft and casualisation. They’re at breaking point:

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NTEU ~ Secure jobs, now!

Fantastic contribution from Chief Scientist @DrCathyFoley: "When we look at job insecurity we always think of the gig economy. The tertiary sector is one of the worst." #JobsSummit2022

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We need all the feminist inspiration we can get in these times. We have recently updated the #FemEdTech page on the LMT Feminist Special Issue - report that almost all of the papers have a #openaccess link.

@catherinecronin

Jade Vu Henry /1

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Thread of the Day might look like a self-cite - but in fact it’s

’s live tweet of our fantastic panel of q&a with sexual health researchers and practitioners under 30:

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We’re in room 2 watching Gen Xer @KathAlbury and proud Boomer Basil Donovan ask all the questions about young people, sexuality and gender that health promotion orgs don’t **really** get. Thanks @engagedpractx for the great idea #sh2022 twitter.com/kathalbury/sta…

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PRIZE NOMINATIONS CLOSING IN 12 DAYS Two terrific

prizes with winnings of $2000 each 1: Distinctive Work in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 2: Future Leaders Writing Prize Nominations close on September 12 For details, visit buff.ly/3w4eUsh

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Beatrice Adler-Bolton

As

and I argue in our forthcoming book: We will not succeed in defeating capitalism until we sever health from capital. There is nothing to wait for. There is no better time. pre-order “Health Communism” from

- out 18 October 2022! bit.ly/healthcommunism

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NAPWHA — info@napwha.org.au

'Changes did not come about as an act of will...' Julie says addressing cisnormativity in the survey was a process of collaboration and imagination with the community. #SH2022

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points to the challenge of developing research questions that both reflect current understandings and lived experiences of sexuality & gender AND anticipate evolving experience, understanding and culture #SH2022

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NAPWHA — info@napwha.org.au

The survey team reviewed all the questions through the lens of making it safe for nonbinary participants. Conclusions: 1/ survey should not assume gender says anything about genitalia 2/ questions about sexual risk should ask directly about genitalia #SH2022

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Jen Marino - BLM

@DrJenMarinoAus

SWASH was meant for women who identify in part or whole as women but that means the survey makes only certain kinds of lives and certain kinds of experiences knowable, and navigating survey could be a harmful experience; needed to review ALL survey q's thru a gender lens #SH2022

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Jen Marino - BLM

@DrJenMarinoAus

ACON's a partner but this isn't about ACON, it's about how researchers were slow to sort themselves and do the right thing (if I may paraphrase Julie's intro to what she identifies as a mea culpa) #SH2022

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I can’t sun up the amazing learnings that

was able to jam into that 30 minute keynote but I WISH that she was able to give that lecture in the first core subject EVERY public health course around Australia #sh2022

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@hmlittlecbigc is beginning her much-anticipated keynote on the Aboriginal-led Take Blaktion campaign - bringing a strengths-based approach (and dick jokes) to Indigenous sexual health #sh2002 @ASHMMedia

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Strength based approaches aren’t a set of rules that gvt/org can just implement but often include these strategies that focus on communities. It’s has to be Aboriginal led (not just including Aboriginal people in the process) #sh2022 3/n

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Today's Substack is hopefully the last thing I write about Quiet Quitting, and how the actual solutions to this non-existent problem involve the end of do-nothing managers, a powerful labor movement, and the return of mentorship and apprenticeships.

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Quiet Quitting Crony Capitalism

This has been a banner week for people getting mad about Quiet Quitting, a subject that I have spoken to at least 15 people about at this point. It is one of the worst workplace mantra debates I’ve...

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There are vast differences in HIV response between Australia and its Pacific neighbours - the region is facing a health security threat fuelled by a lack of funding and political will.

@RenataRamUNAIDS

#HIVAIDS2022 #SH2022

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School of Social Sciences, Media, Film & Education

Swinburne is running a week-long program of digital media experiences at

from Sat 3rd September to Wed 7 September. “After a false start last year due to a snap lockdown, to say we are excited to launch is an understatement, said A/Prof

swinburne.edu.au/news/2022/08/w

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Callout for nonbinary folks thinking and working on HIV, sexual & reproductive health in Australia. We're interested in convening a meeting to discuss our needs, experiences and perspectives. Sign up to hear more: forms.gle/zBcVcDmnt8SeX5 #HIVAIDS2022 #SH2022

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Callout for nonbinary folks working in HIV, sexual and reproductive health

We're exploring opportunities for a meeting and perhaps even an ongoing caucus of nonbinary folks who are thinking and working on HIV, sexual and reproductive health in so-called Australia.

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Dr Fiona Bisshop

@DrFionaBisshop

Yesterday at #HIVAIDS2022 #SH2022 I had the opportunity to present the AusPATH Informed Consent Standards of Care for Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy

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Great thread from

covering this session on sexual health in a variety of populations #SH2022 #HIVAIDS2022

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Heather McCormack

Edwin Dyson is presenting findings from GOANNA, which is the largest longitudinal survey with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people. Edwin’s research focuses on the relationship between STIs and illicit drug use #SH2022 @ASHMMedia

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Lowitja Institute

@LowitjaInstitut

We are excited to be introducing our new resources for culturally safe evaluation at the Australasian Evaluation Society Conference. Evaluation must be a culturally safe experience for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people. These tools help address issues of cultural safety

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Dr Bavinton shares data from one of the largest studies of MSM in Asia. Only 35.9% of participants aware of U=U. U=U has not been widely promoted in Asia & remains controversial. HIV + people are bearing the brunt of stigma when speaking publically about U=U #HIVAIDS2022 #SH2022

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Concerned by yesterday’s discussion of the impacts of social media content moderation (and FOSTA/SESTA) on sexual health, sexworkers’ rights and sexual expression? Check out the Manifesto for Sex Positive Social Media #HIV2022 #sh2022 @ASHMMedia apo.org.au/node/319110

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Concerned by yesterday’s discussion of the impacts of social media content moderation (and FOSTA/SESTA) on sexual health, sexworkers’ rights and sexual expression? Check out the Manifesto for Sex Positive Social Media #HIV2022 #sh2022

Manifesto for sex-positive social media

This publication sets out guiding principles that platforms, governments, policy-makers and other stakeholders ought to take into account in their design, moderation and regulation practices. It...

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Replying to

@BrentAllanKidd

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Turns out there is no pharmaceutical solution to stigma - how do we get the support to work and develop interventions to challenge the ongoing stigma around HIV.

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Featuring the insights from the

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@anthonykjsmith

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’s James Fowler. This interactive panel is hosted by myself (a Gen Xer) and the Boomer OG Basil Donovan. 2/2

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If you applauded

’s shoutout to our colleagues under 30 at

#sh2022 #HIVAIDS2022 and you would like some ‘reverse mentoring’ to help you understand contemporary sexual cultures please join our intergenerational panel after lunch tomorrow in Miyama 2 1/2

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We now have a clear picture of the significant and long-lasting health, financial & social impacts of #sexualviolence. A whole-of-life approach is required for policy & practice to respond to the complex & multi-faceted impacts of SV on women

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Dr Fiona Bisshop

@DrFionaBisshop

What’s up with intersectionality? Plenary talk by Victorian LGBTIQ Commissioner at #HIVAIDS2022 #SH2022

describes how his generation of First Nations people have helped break the cycle and change the narrative for young indigenous people

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Aboriginal Health in Aboriginal Hands

@NACCHOAustralia

𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘄! We invite you to join us at the 2022 NACCHO Members’ Conference that will be held face-to-face in beautiful Canberra. • Youth Conference (17 Oct) • Annual General Meeting (18 Oct) • Members’ Conference (19 - 20 Oct) cvent.me/ePPXgz

Winnunga Nimmityjah AHCS

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Heather McCormack

Really excited to hear from Dylan O’Hara from

next as there’s lots of interesting stuff happening in Victoria right now - by the end of 2023 the Victorian licensing system will be repealed, which is something a lot of people have fought hard for #HIVAIDS2022 #SH2022

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NAPWHA — info@napwha.org.au

Janelle Fawkes at the mic, observes that sex workers warned that FOSTA/SESTA would lead to the deplatforming of sex generally — and calls for a whole-of-sector response pushing back against this regime. #HIVAIDS2022

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Heather McCormack

We’re in Q&A now and some great discussion about the importance of centring the disproportionate targeting of sex workers by punitive law and policy that aims to suppress online sexual content (and the value of learning from sex workers on this topic) #HIVAIDS2022 #SH2022

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