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Judith Ridge
@msmisrule.bsky.social
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Writer, editor, reader, neglectful gardener, cat-wrangler. Children’s/YA lit. PhD student: Australian children’s fantasy. New RGPer. She/her. Politics tragic. Lives on unceded First Nations land, lutruwita (Tasmania). https://linktr.ee/msmisrule
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Fellow Aussies, imagine how exhausted poor Antony Green would be feeling if he’s been covering the 5000+ elections happening in the US today! #auspol
Meme image of Australian political analyst Antony Green smiling with his mouth and eyes wise open and his hands thrown up, palms forward. Text says “Has Antony Green called the election? Yes!”
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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It’s taken me most of this year to write it, but I think I have a finished draft WITH AN ACTUAL CONCLUSION to a pivotal chapter of my thesis. Imma go and lie down now.
Screenshot of the word count and stats of a google doc.
October 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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New post on Substack, link in my bio. On the latest moral panic around young people and reading and why Dickens will not save us all. #reading #childrensliterature #fauxstalgia
Tile preview of a Substack post called "Keeping Alive Their Fancy or, All Aboard the Nostalgia Train". Background image is of a 19th century painting of children in a schoolroom reading books.
September 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Maru’s person’s message on Youtube after he died.
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September 10, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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August 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Tonight’s evening sky over my little corner of the world (Launceston, Tasmania).
August 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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The pleasures of plump
A chonky grey and white cat in full belly-up pleasure mode
August 19, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Wrangler of two entirely uncooperative cats. Australian. Children’s and youth literature specialist. Big reader, also watch too much TV. Here are the cats (Kip and Milly):
A photo of two cats on a woman’s lap and feet. The woman is covered by a heated blanket: she lives in Tasmania and it’s winter. The cat closest to the camera is a chonky grey and white boy. The cat at the rear is a tabby with a calico-ginger wash. Both are looking at the camera/woman taking the photo.
August 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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I mean, the jokes just write themselves…
Screenshot of Apple News headline “Panahi: Why would PM cosy up with attention-seeking simpleton?”
August 4, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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No way, get f*cked, f*ck off!
A cat putting her ears back in horror
July 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Listening to Beds are Burning on the #HottestAustralian100 and remembering my uni crush telling me Peter Garrett better not stand for Parliament (for the No Nukes party) because no-one under 30 would vote for him and break up the Oils. Ah the 80s.
An utterly gorgeous young man and woman on their way to a university ball, 1985. They are beaming and dressed to the nines.
July 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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For the record, this is what I voted for. It was NOT easy to narrow down to ten.
Image of ten songs I voted for in the 2025 Triple J Hottest Australian 100.
July 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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This is not going to end well.
An awkward shot of two cats vying for space on my body. I’m in an armchair in my reading room. One (small gingery tabby) is on my knees, the other (grey tuxie) on my chest. They don’t get on.
July 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Kippy says please don’t watch any more horror movies the world is bad enough as it is.
Concerned cat
July 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Abso-bloody-lutely loving this YA book by @kenneth.oppel Have it on my recommended reading list for my session on choosing texts for student engagement at @aatealeaconf in Hobart this weekend. #YA #yafiction #aatealeaconf
A young adult novel called Best of All Worlds by Canadian author Kenneth Oppel.
July 3, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Saturday at home reading with the kittehs.
A tabby cat peeks over the top of a stripey carry bag, which she has climbed inside because she is a cat. In the foreground is a pile of books. A grey and white cat snuggles against his person, who is wearing an orange paisley hand-felted woollen scarf, clipped with an Erstwilder Jocelyn Proust-designed brooch of red and orange flowering gum blossoms.
June 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Got myself a c*nty little bob 😝
Selfie showing the back of my head in a mirror showing off a new, sharp cut haircut. (I’ve always had a bob, this is just a really good cut.)
June 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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I’m trying to avoid Meta this week so you will all have to out up with photos of things I bought for the house lately. Number 1: this concrete darling who is probably meant to be an Aristo-cat but who I prefer to think is Mewsette from Gay Purr-ee.
A somewhat weathered concrete cat garden statue. She looks like a cartoon character, and is striking a coquettish pose. She is painted white with faded emerald green eyes and sits on a mint green base.
May 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Nothing became him like the leaving…
Image of Peter Dutton looking creepy with half his face in shadows
May 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Image of Antony Green having called the election.
May 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Smug. And no, it wasn’t just luck.
Screenshot of the results of today’s Wordle quiz. I got it on the second go. Damn I’m good.
May 3, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Article notes she “passed away peacefully in her sleep”. #Hello
Screenshot of preview of Apple News article from Hello! Magazine with the headline “Dallas star passes away aged 100”.
April 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Four years today since we lost our lovely mum, Edith. Here are some photos of us together over the years, and the last photo I took of her. Loved and terribly missed.
Photo of a dark haired woman holding a baby girl who is about 12 months old. Woman is smiling at the baby; the baby is looking straight at the camera (or her dad, who is behind the camera). Black and white photo of a woman holding a young child in her arms, and making a face at the child as if they are sharing a joke. They are both in winter clothes. A photo of an older woman and her daughter, who is in her mid-30s. They are both dressed nicely for a special occasion. A photo of an elderly woman, smartly dressed in a pink and blue floral outfit. There is a large cup of coffee in front if her. She is smiling at the camera, or her daughter, who is taking the photo.
April 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Like their frickin’ hide.
Screenshot of a Threads post from Meta saying “they’re a 10 but they don’t say thank you to meta ai”. A user responds, “Imagine illegally stealing so much content and this is the best you can come up with.”
March 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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That’s it. Peak stupid.
Screenshot of news item titled “Princess Beatrice's stepson's mother's split with ex revealed amid engagement to Spanish businesswoman”.
March 18, 2025 at 5:08 AM