emmadavidson @emmadavidson@aus.social

Because there seems to be lots of new people lately... I’m a community sector worker and social researcher from Canberra, Australia here for progressive policy-making, environment, inequality issues. I’m national Convenor of Women’s Electoral Lobby, secretary of my local community council and a suburban community centre, and help out with local sports clubs. Also into roller derby. If I post lots about baking, I’m probably stressed. If I post lots about my dog, I’m probably happy. #introduction

Yesterday’s campaign meeting was done while walking 6.5km around Lake Burpy Gherkin. Today’s meeting was done while sharing lemon and vanilla cronuts and a pineapple lime custard croissant from the farmer’s market.

“Once investors start assessing government bonds in terms of climate change, Australia’s government will be in serious trouble.”

https://theconversation.com/blackrock-is-the-canary-in-the-coalmine-its-decision-to-dump-coal-signals-whats-next-129972

I had a politics related meeting to attend this morning.

My bulldog just snore-snorted and I swear it was the best Winston Churchill impersonation ever.

Walking home in 31°C and air quality around 140PM2.5 in Canberra.

Teen daughter is lobbying for a pet kitten. Her father told her it starts with one, and before you know it you’re a single old woman living with half a dozen cats. And she was all “what’s wrong with that?”. To which there is no comeback, really.

Aunty Gloria from Mogo would have slept in a tent to stay on her traditional lands where she is an elder. Thanks to Find A Bed, she’s got somewhere safer and much nicer. Reading this story has been the highlight of my day so far, everyone involved is a bloody legend.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-15/bushfire-affected-woman-delivered-donated-caravan-by-volunteers/11858678

This shits all over lemon crisp.

Work colleague brought random snacks back from her Japan holiday. Now eating tiny sweet biscuity thing like Parmesan cheesecake.

My twelve year old has started saying “OK zoomer” to his slightly older teen sisters and this is wild. They just give him side-eye and ignore him.

Our local food co-op ran a workshop on Sunday to teach people how to make an air purifier for their home if they have an ordinary fan, HEPA paper car air filter, and some corrugated cardboard. Pretty effective, and very accessible to people who already own a fan and just need to buy a HEPA filter and raid the recycling bin.

FYI in the ACT, if you’re female aged 15-19 years, you are more than 36 times more likely to be sexually assaulted than a man of any age over 15, and more than 4 times more likely than a woman any age over 15. And women only report a small fraction of sexual assaults to police. So yeah today is not a fun day in the office.

Thought I’d take a break from my depressing reading on the “impact of bushfires on women” and “why do ACT young women have really high psychological distress rates compared to boys or Australian young women generally” to read about sexual assault data in the ACT.