Prof Michelle Ryan
@shellkryan.bsky.social
Academic, 1st gen, glass cliffer, feminist, returned Asian Australian, book-clubber, Scruff wrangler, mother to The Boy. she/her 🏳️🌈
Happy International Women’s Day from my new(ish) tattoo
March 8, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Happy International Women’s Day from my new(ish) tattoo
Back 18 months later. You can really see how fast he’s growing up!
January 21, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Back 18 months later. You can really see how fast he’s growing up!
Honestly, I can not get enough of these Japanese cheesecakes. Worth the trip to Sydney just for one of these. Canberra, you need to up your game!
January 21, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Honestly, I can not get enough of these Japanese cheesecakes. Worth the trip to Sydney just for one of these. Canberra, you need to up your game!
Well, this was completely whacky, and marvellous, and Emma Stone should definitely win an Oscar.
December 30, 2023 at 12:01 PM
Well, this was completely whacky, and marvellous, and Emma Stone should definitely win an Oscar.
Merry Xmas from the Little Free Library around the corner from my parent’s house on the Mornington Peninsula
December 24, 2023 at 11:56 PM
Merry Xmas from the Little Free Library around the corner from my parent’s house on the Mornington Peninsula
We’re on the Peninsula for Xmas. He’s actually have more fun that he is letting on 😂
December 24, 2023 at 8:03 AM
We’re on the Peninsula for Xmas. He’s actually have more fun that he is letting on 😂
I’ve just got to get through 2 more days. That’s doable, right?
December 19, 2023 at 10:09 AM
I’ve just got to get through 2 more days. That’s doable, right?
It was fabulous to spend a couple of days with the fabulous team at Advancing Women in Healthcare Leadership. So energising!
December 14, 2023 at 1:06 AM
It was fabulous to spend a couple of days with the fabulous team at Advancing Women in Healthcare Leadership. So energising!
This dog is the best dog 🥰
December 1, 2023 at 1:40 AM
This dog is the best dog 🥰
A book group book. Written by an ANU academic this book gives first hand insight into climate change science & the IPCC process while at the same time documenting the emotional, philosophical, and political journey of a climate scientist. At once disheartening and uplifting.
November 20, 2023 at 4:48 AM
A book group book. Written by an ANU academic this book gives first hand insight into climate change science & the IPCC process while at the same time documenting the emotional, philosophical, and political journey of a climate scientist. At once disheartening and uplifting.
I’m not usually into historical fiction & this was no exception. Beautifully written, well researched telling of Mrs Touchet, the cousin/housekeeper/lover of Victorian novelist William Ainsworth. But never really drew me completely in to world and it’s characters.
November 17, 2023 at 9:29 PM
I’m not usually into historical fiction & this was no exception. Beautifully written, well researched telling of Mrs Touchet, the cousin/housekeeper/lover of Victorian novelist William Ainsworth. But never really drew me completely in to world and it’s characters.
I’m heading off on a work trip. Scruff always gets sad when he sees a suitcase. The side eye!
November 14, 2023 at 10:24 PM
I’m heading off on a work trip. Scruff always gets sad when he sees a suitcase. The side eye!
And the room was fab!
November 13, 2023 at 6:40 AM
And the room was fab!
Very excited that today we are hosting on expert group meeting for the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The line up experts is impressive!
November 12, 2023 at 11:44 PM
Very excited that today we are hosting on expert group meeting for the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The line up experts is impressive!
I also got a dog the first year of grad school - the lovely Zac. He was a good boy.
November 10, 2023 at 1:18 AM
I also got a dog the first year of grad school - the lovely Zac. He was a good boy.
Last day in Vietnam today. ‘Twas a fabulous break.
November 9, 2023 at 3:42 AM
Last day in Vietnam today. ‘Twas a fabulous break.
Part memoir, part philosophy, part science comm: but most definitely not a wellness/self-help book (“happiness as a goal is a rort”). This exploration of vulnerability, love & introspection is compelling as is the understanding of trauma & complex PTSD. Filled with hope & trademark self-deprecation
November 7, 2023 at 6:42 AM
Part memoir, part philosophy, part science comm: but most definitely not a wellness/self-help book (“happiness as a goal is a rort”). This exploration of vulnerability, love & introspection is compelling as is the understanding of trauma & complex PTSD. Filled with hope & trademark self-deprecation
This is Morrison’s only short story & it’s a doozy! It tells the stories of Twyla & Roberta who have known one another since they were 8 in an orphanage. We know the girls are different races, but we don’t know who is which. Morrison plays with us: exploring and subverting racial norms & stereotypes
November 5, 2023 at 6:08 AM
This is Morrison’s only short story & it’s a doozy! It tells the stories of Twyla & Roberta who have known one another since they were 8 in an orphanage. We know the girls are different races, but we don’t know who is which. Morrison plays with us: exploring and subverting racial norms & stereotypes
Been wandering around Ho Chi Minh alleyways this morning. The colours are amazing.
November 4, 2023 at 12:46 AM
Been wandering around Ho Chi Minh alleyways this morning. The colours are amazing.
A picture on your phone with your energy; not a selfie.
November 3, 2023 at 1:21 PM
A picture on your phone with your energy; not a selfie.
I spent the morning wandering around Ho Chi Minh markets and eating delicious food. I so needed this holiday.
November 3, 2023 at 9:10 AM
I spent the morning wandering around Ho Chi Minh markets and eating delicious food. I so needed this holiday.
Bags packed, on the bus to the airport. Holiday time! Any guesses where I’m headed?
November 1, 2023 at 10:55 PM
Bags packed, on the bus to the airport. Holiday time! Any guesses where I’m headed?
A coming of age novel following The Girl, A Malaysian-Chinese Australian writer on residency in the UK. Marketed as adult fiction,
it felt more YA - or maybe I’m just old and crusty and out of touch. Some moments of beautiful introspection but felt overly earnest. Bah Humbug.
it felt more YA - or maybe I’m just old and crusty and out of touch. Some moments of beautiful introspection but felt overly earnest. Bah Humbug.
November 1, 2023 at 6:30 AM
A coming of age novel following The Girl, A Malaysian-Chinese Australian writer on residency in the UK. Marketed as adult fiction,
it felt more YA - or maybe I’m just old and crusty and out of touch. Some moments of beautiful introspection but felt overly earnest. Bah Humbug.
it felt more YA - or maybe I’m just old and crusty and out of touch. Some moments of beautiful introspection but felt overly earnest. Bah Humbug.
I 1st thought this book wouldn’t be my sort of thing: a middle-aged women’s memoir about her divorce. But turns out it was exactly my thing. Snapshot vignettes, fierce love for her children, frustration, bewilderment, anger, wry observation & oh so much laughter. As close to poetry as prose can get
October 29, 2023 at 6:29 AM
I 1st thought this book wouldn’t be my sort of thing: a middle-aged women’s memoir about her divorce. But turns out it was exactly my thing. Snapshot vignettes, fierce love for her children, frustration, bewilderment, anger, wry observation & oh so much laughter. As close to poetry as prose can get