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Dr Blair Williams

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Award-winning academic. Lecturer in AusPol. Research examines the gendered media coverage of women in politics. Also loves craft. #feminist #disabilityactivist #unionist #craftivist TEDx speaker 🏳️‍🌈 Canberra/Naarm

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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · Mar 20

My Daggy Dads and State Daddies paper has officially been published!

This paper has everything - Diggers,Larrakins, Battlers, Daggy Dads, State Daddies, thirst traps, glow ups and more!

You can access the article (for free!) using this link:

#AusPol

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El Gibbs @bluntshovels.bsky.social · 14h

“It makes you feel like, ‘am I even a human to you guys?’. What’s the point of being here? Will that save your budget?” Kieron D’Netto

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Kieron relies on NDIS after surviving a catastrophic diving accident – but new rules could put his life at risk

Brisbane man is one of hundreds reporting devastating cuts to NDIS plans after rule changes last year

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 10h

5am?? How is that legal??

Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 10h

😂😂😂

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Omggggg 😵😵

Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 11h

Also, I never liked boy bands. I was a Spice Girls fan 🥰

Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 11h

It's just the base line of "Everybody" that is soooo irritating.

🎵 Duh duhduhduhduhduh duh duhduh🎵

😤😤😤

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Howie Hua @howiehua.bsky.social · 12h

My best explanation of parallel lines

Two parallel lines going up. Top line says "The age I consider 'old'" and the bottom line says "My age".

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Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 12h

Please acknowledge what is happening to American professors right now.

We do not deserve this.

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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 12h

It was Miley Cyrus before and now it's Backstreet Boys 🤢🤢🤢

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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 12h

Why oh why must the builders of an apartment complex literally A BLOCK AWAY play pop music this loudly from 7am in the morning 🫠🫠🫠

I can hear the base through my closed windows!

😤😤😤😤😤😤😤

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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 2d

I'm excited to officially share that I'll be joining UNSW Canberra as a Lecturer in International and Political Studies in January 2026!

#AcademicLife #Academia #NewJob

Wattle with the Black Mountain tower in tje background

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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 13h

Mmmm can't you just FEEL that "democracy"... 😬

Everything can be bought in the US of A!

The US desperately needs something like the AEC...

Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting Systems, says he’ll push for paper ballots | CNN Politics

Dominion Voting Systems, the election vendor that was falsely accused of rigging the 2020 election, is being sold and rebranded as Liberty Vote effective immediately.

edition.cnn.com

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 14h

"There is a dangerous nostalgia to images of three white men — even if Morrison, Biden and Johnson have all been replaced since the #AUKUS announcement — proclaiming an alliance which seems to totally ignore geopolitical realities of Australia’s position" #auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Our American obsession

I have spent seven years of my life in the United States and much of my writing has been influenced by the US.

johnmenadue.com

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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 14h

Australian newspapers are reporting only the ceasefire, not Israel’s violation of it. The bombing hasn’t stopped but that’s an inconvenient truth.

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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 1d

😂😂😂😂

Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 1d

Mmmm what a tempting purchase! 🤢

"Australia
A history by former Prime Minister Tony Abbott with a foreword by Geoffrey Blainey, now a major documentary on Sky News Australia

by Tony Abbott"

#AusPol

Kath and Kim scene:

"So, who would you rather go to bed with?
Tony Abbott, Alexander Downer, or Peter Costello?"

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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks 😁 We'll have to catch up!

Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 1d

Kelly on the money here!

"As it bangs on about conservatism, reinforced by media backers, it doesn’t get that conservatism doesn’t enjoy majority support in Aus. It never has and it never will. Since Federation, Australia has never been governed by a party that calls itself Conservative."

#AusPol

www.theaustralian.com.au

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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 1d

😍😍😍😍

Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 1d

Wtfffff!! 😤😤😤😤😤😤😤

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NTEU Monash @nteumonash.bsky.social · 2d

We're sad to see you go comrade but can't wait to see what trouble you get up to in Canberra!

Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 2d

I'll be sad to leave my students, colleagues and the formidable @nteumonash.bsky.social branch committee, I'm so grateful for the past 3 1/2 years. I've loved teaching the 1st year Auspol course and reshaping its curriculum to be more inclusive/diverse, and creating my beloved genderpol course.

Me and a bunch of members, holding a "STOP WAGE THEFT SIGN" at an NTEU protest

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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 1d

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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah it's ADFA 🤗

Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 2d

I'm getting an electric bike and will ride to work 😁

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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 2d

That said, Canberra has always felt like home, and I'm excited to return full-time to the heart of the nation. Exciting things await!

#AcademicLife #Academia #NewJob

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