Cassie Byrnes
@cassiebyrnes.bsky.social
Historian of reproductive rights, abortion, consent | lecturer at UQ | living and working on unceded Jagera and Turrbal lands | she/her 📚
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In our latest #VIDAblog, prominent LGBTQIA+ activist Bill Rutkin (OAM) and contributing editor Michael Stockwell explore how homosexual men living in Queensland during the Bjelke-Petersen era used lavender language to circumvent public and political vilification ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/camp-na...
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/camp-na...
Camp Names and Vernacular: Queensland's Lavender Language | Australian Women's History Network
Bill Rutkin (OAM) and Michael Stockwell explore homosexual men's use of lavender language in Queensland during the Bjelke-Petersen era.
www.auswhn.com.au
July 30, 2025 at 7:56 AM
In our latest #VIDAblog, prominent LGBTQIA+ activist Bill Rutkin (OAM) and contributing editor Michael Stockwell explore how homosexual men living in Queensland during the Bjelke-Petersen era used lavender language to circumvent public and political vilification ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/camp-na...
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/camp-na...
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This week, Australia and Britain mark Birth Trauma Awareness Week 📣
Learn more about the history of birth trauma and obstetric violence from #VIDAblog Managing Editor @paigedonaghy.bsky.social.
#BirthTraumaAwareness #BirthTrauma #ObstetricViolence
Read it here ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/histori...
Learn more about the history of birth trauma and obstetric violence from #VIDAblog Managing Editor @paigedonaghy.bsky.social.
#BirthTraumaAwareness #BirthTrauma #ObstetricViolence
Read it here ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/histori...
Histories of Birth Trauma and Obstetric Violence | Australian Women's History Network
In this blog, Managing Editor Paige Donaghy explores the history of birth trauma and obstetric violence in Britain and Australia for “Birth Trauma Awareness Week” 2025.
www.auswhn.com.au
July 16, 2025 at 7:06 AM
This week, Australia and Britain mark Birth Trauma Awareness Week 📣
Learn more about the history of birth trauma and obstetric violence from #VIDAblog Managing Editor @paigedonaghy.bsky.social.
#BirthTraumaAwareness #BirthTrauma #ObstetricViolence
Read it here ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/histori...
Learn more about the history of birth trauma and obstetric violence from #VIDAblog Managing Editor @paigedonaghy.bsky.social.
#BirthTraumaAwareness #BirthTrauma #ObstetricViolence
Read it here ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/histori...
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Free access intro to our WHR forum! Articles to come - w @anncurthoys.bsky.social , Cath Kevin, Claire Morey & Zoe Smith
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Historicising domestic abuse in Australia 1850–2020: how useful is new language for describing an old problem?
In recent decades, closer attention to experiences of domestic and family violence has resulted in the naming and detailing of different forms of abuse that fall into the category of domestic and f...
www.tandfonline.com
July 16, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Free access intro to our WHR forum! Articles to come - w @anncurthoys.bsky.social , Cath Kevin, Claire Morey & Zoe Smith
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A new quilt commemorating survivors of forced sterilization in California prisons exposes a long, ongoing history of reproductive and medical violence against incarcerated and marginalized women.
Quilt Honors Survivors of Forced Sterilization in California Prisons: 'Together We Rise'
A new quilt commemorating survivors of forced sterilization in California prisons exposes a long, ongoing history of reproductive and medical violence against incarcerated and marginalized women.
msmagazine.com
June 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
A new quilt commemorating survivors of forced sterilization in California prisons exposes a long, ongoing history of reproductive and medical violence against incarcerated and marginalized women.
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Ever wondered why #tradwives are so white, why they’re always in the kitchen, or what the deal is with raw milk? I’ve just written a piece for @auswhn.bsky.social’s Vida blog. You should read it!
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/colour-...
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/colour-...
White Aprons, White Sauce, White … Supremacy? The culinary politics of internet ‘tradwives’ | Australian Women's History Network
In this blog, Lauren Samuelsson explores the colour white and its links with the tradwife movement and white supremacy.
www.auswhn.com.au
June 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Ever wondered why #tradwives are so white, why they’re always in the kitchen, or what the deal is with raw milk? I’ve just written a piece for @auswhn.bsky.social’s Vida blog. You should read it!
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/colour-...
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/colour-...
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Check out @cassiebyrnes.bsky.social and I’s paper in the latest special issue of Health & History! Here we review some histories of reproduction and try to think through what might come next. Big thanks to Gayle Davis and Linda Bryder for steering the issue! ✨
muse.jhu.edu/issue/54314
muse.jhu.edu/issue/54314
Project MUSE - Health and History-Volume 26, Number 2, 2024
muse.jhu.edu
March 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Check out @cassiebyrnes.bsky.social and I’s paper in the latest special issue of Health & History! Here we review some histories of reproduction and try to think through what might come next. Big thanks to Gayle Davis and Linda Bryder for steering the issue! ✨
muse.jhu.edu/issue/54314
muse.jhu.edu/issue/54314
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The @austhistassoc.bsky.social statement on UA's new definition of antisemitism:
February 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
The @austhistassoc.bsky.social statement on UA's new definition of antisemitism:
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And the thing is, the war never ended. The tactics just changed. 'More than 10,000 First Nations people killed in Australia’s frontier wars' www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
More than 10,000 First Nations people killed in Australia’s frontier wars, final massacre map shows
‘Horrendous’ eight-year long project has ended with final fact check, leaving a legacy ‘nobody can argue’ with, says researcher
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
And the thing is, the war never ended. The tactics just changed. 'More than 10,000 First Nations people killed in Australia’s frontier wars' www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...