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Dr Kate Manlik
@katemanlik.bsky.social
Lecturer in Social Sciences at JCU in Cairns. Writing a book on lesbian AIDS activism in Australia. They/She.
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“AI returns to the university as part of a broad effort to further corporatize universities, vocationalize higher-education instruction, and diminish both research and research-based pedagogy”

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Higher Ed’s Rush To Adopt AI Is About So Much More Than AI | Defector
If you don’t work at a university or have college-age kids, you may have missed the flurry of news stories and social media banter about AI adoption in higher ed, stories which have snowballed into th...
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October 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Always thrilled to be able to talk about AIDS activism in the Australian lesbian press.
October 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Do not miss the powerful & poignant show David Wojnarowicz: Arthur Rimbaud in New York at the Leslie-Lohman Museum. After returning from France, Wojnarowicz created the "photo-performance" series in 1978-79, documenting NYC before the onslaught of AIDS & gentrification.
October 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
October 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
@qtrg.bsky.social is celebrating 5 years of conferences in 2025 with the theme Queer Temporalities. Exploring the possibilities of queer lives unbeholden to normative narratives of time, memory, success, love, happiness, and family.
May 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Here's a great piece on Nonsense today from @nataliesqrl.bsky.social that looks at the fascism involved in controlling who gets hormones
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Hormones are a human right, and here's why
We can't let the rich and powerful determine our human rights
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January 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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uh oh! It's the internet's darling
@brocklesnitch.bsky.social, with one of the best arguments about "wokeness in comedy" I've read - namely that hack comedians who are obsessed with it are just bad at their job.
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Comedians obsessed with 'wokeness' are the ones ruining comedy
there's nothing less funny than old lazy jokes about cancel culture that we've heard before
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January 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Happy new year! My resolution for 2025 is to wrangle my terrifying notes app, which has taken over my life. New article in @australia.theguardian.com

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My new year resolution is to stop using one giant list in my Notes app for literally everything | Patrick Lenton
We all know I’m not going to ‘get into hiking’ or ‘understand superannuation’ – but maybe I can destroy my swollen and lumbering digital memo once and for all
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December 31, 2024 at 10:08 PM
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I'm not at all surprised that men are more likely to submit book proposals to university presses, but these disparities are quite shocking. Is this press & field specific? Also wondering about the breakdown in terms of reviewing manuscripts. Who's doing the service work?
There are still a few weeks left in the year (though December is generally a quiet month for book proposals), but it looks like I’m going to close out 2024 with around 80% of total book proposals coming from men, 18% from women, and 2% from persons whose gender was not apparent/obvious.
December 7, 2024 at 2:29 AM
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Nan Goldin at the opening of This Will Not End Well in Berlin: “The ICC is talking about genocide. The UN is talking about genocide. Even the Pope is talking about genocide. Yet we’re not supposed to talk about this as genocide. Are you afraid to hear this, Germany?”
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Nan Goldin Addresses War in Gaza at Berlin Exhibition Opening: ‘Are You Afraid to Hear This, Germany?’
Nan Goldin addressed what she called a 'genocide' in Gaza during the opening for her Neue Nationalgalerie survey in Berlin.
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November 24, 2024 at 2:24 AM
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💊Call for Papers💊
Queer Pharma: Experimentations in Bodies, Substances, Affects

An anthropological workshop exploring queer/experimental perspectives on pharmaceuticals @hdilger.bsky.social

Keynote by Kane Race
Deadline for submissions: Nov 24, 2024
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October 18, 2024 at 2:40 PM
I've moved over here, hello! I research and write about lesbian studies, HIV and AIDS, PrEP, LGBTQ-inclusive sex education, and higher education! 🌈🎓
November 16, 2024 at 6:58 AM
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Being on here at the moment is like a huge party where people you know and like keep turning up
November 14, 2024 at 10:14 AM