Barrie Shannon
@barrieshannon.com
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UniSA researching sexuality education for trans youth and university pathways for working class queer people. Otherwise posting about gaming, sport and vegan food. https://barrieshannon.com
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Barrie Shannon
@barrieshannon.com
· Oct 26
officially back at work but here's some of my last three weeks
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Disney for generations: fuck with our IP and we will literally fucking ruin your life
Disney now: We gave $1 billion to Sam Altman so he could make a gooner Mickey Mouse that encourages kids to kill themselves, this is totally fine
Disney now: We gave $1 billion to Sam Altman so he could make a gooner Mickey Mouse that encourages kids to kill themselves, this is totally fine
December 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Disney for generations: fuck with our IP and we will literally fucking ruin your life
Disney now: We gave $1 billion to Sam Altman so he could make a gooner Mickey Mouse that encourages kids to kill themselves, this is totally fine
Disney now: We gave $1 billion to Sam Altman so he could make a gooner Mickey Mouse that encourages kids to kill themselves, this is totally fine
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I want to re-emphasize, the guy who has made HUNDREDS of videos calling people in the industry slurs, calling for them to be fired, calling all the studios that are showing games "woke and gay" and has harassed multiple journalists covering the show over the years is at the Game Awards.
LOL hey everyone in the industry who is at the Game Awards, the guy who has made countless videos harassing you is there!
December 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I want to re-emphasize, the guy who has made HUNDREDS of videos calling people in the industry slurs, calling for them to be fired, calling all the studios that are showing games "woke and gay" and has harassed multiple journalists covering the show over the years is at the Game Awards.
Glad I finally got to publish with Kurt on a topic we have chatted about for ages - how the anti-gender movement has found its way to the centre of far-right political mobilisation in Australia 🌈🎓
🌈 Very excited to share my new article with @barrieshannon.com in the Australian Journal of Political Science
‘Mainstreaming LGBTQIA+ hate: the far right’s anti-gender countermovement in Australia’
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/q4GHCROND2...
‘Mainstreaming LGBTQIA+ hate: the far right’s anti-gender countermovement in Australia’
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/q4GHCROND2...
December 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Glad I finally got to publish with Kurt on a topic we have chatted about for ages - how the anti-gender movement has found its way to the centre of far-right political mobilisation in Australia 🌈🎓
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Something I have to reiterate is that you are being straight up lied to about trans people and our healthcare on an unfathomable scale, this instance reporting is already being torn to shreds by other people commenting, but the frequency of this kind of reporting is astonishing, it's neverending.
You might think from the headline that this is a story about a trans kid suffering medical consequences from a large drug dose but nope! It is just an interview with an estranged father who is angry that his child happily transitioned.
archive.ph/Tmthz
archive.ph/Tmthz
December 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Something I have to reiterate is that you are being straight up lied to about trans people and our healthcare on an unfathomable scale, this instance reporting is already being torn to shreds by other people commenting, but the frequency of this kind of reporting is astonishing, it's neverending.
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"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
December 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
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I had a peer-reviewed paper about this published in 2021.
I theorized it as “Agentic Learning” and suggested it might be a model for learning for other groups.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I theorized it as “Agentic Learning” and suggested it might be a model for learning for other groups.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This is my write-up of my #AARE2025 talk on how Discord facilitates sexuality and civics education for queer young people. I offer some reflections on pedagogy, informal education and implications for schools that should dovetail nicely into my DECRA! 🌈🎓
What if a Discord server was a classroom?
This is an overview of a presentation titled ‘Discord servers as queer classrooms’, presented at the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference on Monday, Decemb…
barrieshannon.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I had a peer-reviewed paper about this published in 2021.
I theorized it as “Agentic Learning” and suggested it might be a model for learning for other groups.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I theorized it as “Agentic Learning” and suggested it might be a model for learning for other groups.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This is my write-up of my #AARE2025 talk on how Discord facilitates sexuality and civics education for queer young people. I offer some reflections on pedagogy, informal education and implications for schools that should dovetail nicely into my DECRA! 🌈🎓
What if a Discord server was a classroom?
This is an overview of a presentation titled ‘Discord servers as queer classrooms’, presented at the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference on Monday, Decemb…
barrieshannon.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This is my write-up of my #AARE2025 talk on how Discord facilitates sexuality and civics education for queer young people. I offer some reflections on pedagogy, informal education and implications for schools that should dovetail nicely into my DECRA! 🌈🎓
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“Too young for social media but old enough to be tried as an adult in a court of law”
December 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
“Too young for social media but old enough to be tried as an adult in a court of law”
Australia has banned social media for under 16s and all I can think about is how I would have survived my school bullying and depression if I had been ripped away from my only outlet and my only other gay friends. I probably wouldn't have. #auspol
December 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Australia has banned social media for under 16s and all I can think about is how I would have survived my school bullying and depression if I had been ripped away from my only outlet and my only other gay friends. I probably wouldn't have. #auspol
i thought it would be cute for my gay sims to have a science baby together, and he came back with TRIPLETS. suddenly i've lost any motivation to play them, babies are so annoying 😭
December 9, 2025 at 6:46 AM
i thought it would be cute for my gay sims to have a science baby together, and he came back with TRIPLETS. suddenly i've lost any motivation to play them, babies are so annoying 😭
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Imagine if everyone just got the fuck off Twitter instead of making excuses?
The only surefire way to stop oligarchs buying up the things we love is to drop those things the moment oligarchs buy them & that requires changing habits and massive self-discipline.
It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient.
It’s really hard. But there it is.
It means going to alternatives that might not be quite as good or convenient.
It’s really hard. But there it is.
December 9, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Imagine if everyone just got the fuck off Twitter instead of making excuses?
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It's my pleasure to announce the Longlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction in the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
The 2025 Longlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction (TFR Awards)
Thirteen early contenders for the best transfeminine novel of 2025. Voting is open until December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
thetransfemininereview.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
It's my pleasure to announce the Longlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction in the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
enjoying the sunshine in newcastle ☀️
December 5, 2025 at 5:13 AM
enjoying the sunshine in newcastle ☀️
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Though we made the decision not to post about the conference sessions live, you can read a short summary of the GSCS SIG's showing at #AARE2025 here, prepared by co-conveners @leannehigham.bsky.social and @barrieshannon.com 🌈🎓
Some reflections on #AARE2025 https://loom.ly/fe9VHW0
An absolutely beautiful conference - some reflections
ICYMI: Day one blog ICYMI: Day two blog ICYMI: Day three blog ICYMI: Day four blog How to stay involved with AARE New connections, new directions — and why your feedback is part of the work Catherine Smith, former conference convenor, writes: Walking out of a conference at the end of a long academic year ...
blog.aare.edu.au
December 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Though we made the decision not to post about the conference sessions live, you can read a short summary of the GSCS SIG's showing at #AARE2025 here, prepared by co-conveners @leannehigham.bsky.social and @barrieshannon.com 🌈🎓
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Yes anding this because while that is certainly the primary goal, a secondary goal is a cushy Rittenhouse/Riley Gaines style job for her and her daughter to get paid 6 figures to go on TV shows and talk at cpac about how they were victimized by wokeness. It's also pretty clearly a cash grab
i’m genuinely so convinced all of this has been a planned operation by the student and her mother (who is commenting on this publicly, and associated closely with the republican party), and big far right propaganda account going all in on it. this is designed to oust trans people from public life
December 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Yes anding this because while that is certainly the primary goal, a secondary goal is a cushy Rittenhouse/Riley Gaines style job for her and her daughter to get paid 6 figures to go on TV shows and talk at cpac about how they were victimized by wokeness. It's also pretty clearly a cash grab
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the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
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UniMelb is hiring for a new Senior Advisor for LGBTIQA+ Inclusion. This is a key high-level role within the D&I team in Chancellory, with a lot of responsibility and ability to actually influence and drive the university's actions in this space.
Senior Adviser, Lgbtiqa+ Inclusion Job in Parkville, Melbourne VIC - SEEK
Join us in championing LGBTIQA+ inclusion at the University of Melbourne, driving impactful diversity initiatives.
www.seek.com.au
November 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
UniMelb is hiring for a new Senior Advisor for LGBTIQA+ Inclusion. This is a key high-level role within the D&I team in Chancellory, with a lot of responsibility and ability to actually influence and drive the university's actions in this space.
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We’ve all seen the evidence that ARC are already stretched. They already outsource so much admin to university research offices – duplication across all unis – & have zero capacity to inform the public about what tax-payer money is funding.
Their response? Reduce capacity further!
Utter nonsense!
Their response? Reduce capacity further!
Utter nonsense!
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
We’ve all seen the evidence that ARC are already stretched. They already outsource so much admin to university research offices – duplication across all unis – & have zero capacity to inform the public about what tax-payer money is funding.
Their response? Reduce capacity further!
Utter nonsense!
Their response? Reduce capacity further!
Utter nonsense!
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ARC are considering a restructure in which jobs there will be lost, a source tells me.
This seems ridiculous when they're about to completely overhaul the entire grants system – they've never undertaken anything so large before!
I've long said ARC needs MANY MORE staff, & should do more, not less.
This seems ridiculous when they're about to completely overhaul the entire grants system – they've never undertaken anything so large before!
I've long said ARC needs MANY MORE staff, & should do more, not less.
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
ARC are considering a restructure in which jobs there will be lost, a source tells me.
This seems ridiculous when they're about to completely overhaul the entire grants system – they've never undertaken anything so large before!
I've long said ARC needs MANY MORE staff, & should do more, not less.
This seems ridiculous when they're about to completely overhaul the entire grants system – they've never undertaken anything so large before!
I've long said ARC needs MANY MORE staff, & should do more, not less.
Feeling unbelievably lucky to have been awarded one of the three (!) DECRAs given to education scholars in this round. I put a lot of hard work into this and I'm looking forward to digging into the nuances of social media sexuality education for queer youth 🌈🎓
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Feeling unbelievably lucky to have been awarded one of the three (!) DECRAs given to education scholars in this round. I put a lot of hard work into this and I'm looking forward to digging into the nuances of social media sexuality education for queer youth 🌈🎓
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🚨 #DECRA #DE26 announcement:
❗️Outcomes announced publicly for Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2026❗️
See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ https://rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/Download/Report/a3f6be6e-33f7-4fb5-98a6-7526aaa184cf/285
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❗️Outcomes announced publicly for Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2026❗️
See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ https://rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/Download/Report/a3f6be6e-33f7-4fb5-98a6-7526aaa184cf/285
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November 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
🚨 #DECRA #DE26 announcement:
❗️Outcomes announced publicly for Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2026❗️
See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ https://rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/Download/Report/a3f6be6e-33f7-4fb5-98a6-7526aaa184cf/285
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❗️Outcomes announced publicly for Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2026❗️
See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ https://rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/Download/Report/a3f6be6e-33f7-4fb5-98a6-7526aaa184cf/285
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from the article "Airplanes (song)"
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
from the article "Airplanes (song)"
Looking forward to #AARE2025 next week in Newcastle! I'll be talking about how Discord servers have substituted for school-based sexuality and civics education for queer and trans young people - and what that might mean for sex ed and wellbeing on the cusp of a youth social media ban 🥴 🌈🎓
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Looking forward to #AARE2025 next week in Newcastle! I'll be talking about how Discord servers have substituted for school-based sexuality and civics education for queer and trans young people - and what that might mean for sex ed and wellbeing on the cusp of a youth social media ban 🥴 🌈🎓
bf took me on a cute staycation for birthday 34 on the weekend 💕 i had some amazing food, won some money and slept on the comfiest bed i think i've ever been on 🧖🏻
November 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
bf took me on a cute staycation for birthday 34 on the weekend 💕 i had some amazing food, won some money and slept on the comfiest bed i think i've ever been on 🧖🏻